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We are dedicated to bringing out the soul of grassroots culture in the city of bridges and helping build a community interconnected with the elements beneath the surface. Our goal is to promote collective creativity through a fluid intersection of people, places, ideas and vibrations. In doing so, we seek to connect independent arts and culture to the urban development of Pittsburgh and unlock the potential energy through the poetry of people in motion....

new Feb 5th, 2003 Update – The first Friday this month arrives in true TGIF style. Lots of cultural happenings this week and the next. Scroll down for the weeks highlights and the return of our weekly event calendar. The scripts have been written and testing is in progress. Our web-hacks will be adding new features to our website including event submission forms, message boards, blogs, and some more tools to provide more streamlined cultural + community info. The ideas have all been based on your suggestions. Thank you all for your continued feedback - keep it coming. Please feel free to drop us a message anytime - element5ive@yahoo.com. As always, keep your good vibes strong...

Bobby Seale - Lecture
Thurs Feb 05 | 7:30pm
@ University of Pittsburgh

Unblurred
Fri Feb 06 | 6pm-2am
along Penn Ave in Garfield, Friendship & East Liberty

Monday Talk-Talk
Mon Feb 08 | 7:30pm
@ University of Pittsburgh

Talib Kweli- Lecture
Mon Feb 08 | 7:30pm
@ University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, Febuary 05, 2004 - American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA)- Pittsburgh 100 Show
$25-35 / Students $5-10 | 6:00 pm @ Regional Enterprise Tower 425 Sixth Ave [Downtown]. Map/directions

It's time for the AIGA PGH 100 Show. This juried exhibition spotlights the very best of Pittsburgh's graphic design, advertising, digital media, illustration, student work and more. Six nationally recognized judges, from as far away as Seattle and as close as Philadelphia, voted 100 pieces into the show. In addition, they selected the best of the best for Awards of Excellence and Awards of Merit, as well as picking their favorite entries for the Judges' Choice Awards. Enjoy the company of your peers, a spectacular view of the city, food, libations, and some of the best work done by the region's designers.

For more info: Visit: pittsburgh.aiga.org

Thursday, Febuary 05, 2004 - Lecture - Bobby Seale, founder of the Black Panther Party
Free | 7:30 pm @ David Lawrence Hall Forbes Ave, University of Pittsburgh [Oakland]. 412-648-2056 Map/directions

Bobby Seale, a founding father of the original Black Panther Party, gives a lecture on the 60s protest countercultures, the Black Power movement, and the future of the human liberation struggle

Thursday, Febuary 05, 2004 - Quantum Theatre presents KAFKA'S CHIMP
For Tickets Call ProArts 412-394-3353 | 8pm @ Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium 1 Wild Pl [Highland Park]. 412-665-3640 Map/directions

Is it opera? Is it theatre? Is it dance? Is it chamber music? It's all of those things plus people acting like monkeys - REALLY. If we have a reputation at Quantum for overseriousness, this will debunk it instantly. You must come! And you're in a cage while you're watching (don't be scared, it's a good thing!)

Thursday, Febuary 05, 2004 - Theatre: Undoing Salk
$22/$18 | 8:00 PM @ Pittsburgh Playhouse 222 Craft Avenue [Oakland]. 412-621-4445 www.ppc.edu/playhouse Map/directions

In the forties and early fifties, families with children dreaded the summer months when polio epidemics would sweep the country. There were mass closings of swimming pools, movie houses, any place kids might congregate. Some towns set up roadblocks to keep outsiders away. In the cities, residents spent the summer hiding in sweltering houses. Thousand died, then tens of thousands; more were crippled for life; hundreds lived trapped in huge iron lungs. Then, when the epidemics were at their worst, there appeared an unlikely savior from Pittsburgh: a bespectacled researcher named Jonas Salk. He became, for a time, the most famous man in the world, and in the popular mind he remains an American saint to this day. But within the scientific community, he became an outcast, ridiculed and passed over for the Nobel Prize and even for membership in the National Academy of Science. This play uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, an AMA and federal government terrified at the prospect of “socialized medicine,” jealous fellow scientists, and Salk’s own hubris. This drama uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, jealous fellow scientists and Salk’s own hubris. A must-see world premiere. Written, designed and directed by Robert Benedetti.

For more info: Phone: 412-621-4445 Visit: www.ppc.edu/playhouse

Thursday, Febuary 05, 2004 - Black Ireland - Live
$6 | 10pm-1am @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions

One of the Metro's hot new bands. A blend of Jazz-Fusion and Trip-Hop. Alex Peck-Percussion, Chris McDonald-Keys, and Christian Dillingham- Upright Bass

For more info: Phone: 412.363.8277 email: jstrong@7thmovement.net Visit: www.7thmovement.net

Thursday, Febuary 05, 2004 - Film: The Triplets of Belleville
$5 | 7:00, 9:00 pm showtimes @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions

Exciting, hilarious, magical, and touching, Triplets forges a new narrative and visual style that sets the bar for all animated features to come. The loopy plot involves the club-footed Madame Souza, who lives with her grandson named Champion, and faithful dog Bruno. Champion spends years training for the Tour de France but when he's finally ready, he's kidnapped by the French Mafia. The big rescue includes Belleville's renowned Triplets - three former music-hall stars - who turn out to be quite helpful. (Sylvain Chomet; 2003; France; 80 min)

For more info: Visit: www.sonyclassics.com/triplets/

Thursday, Febuary 05, 2004 - THURSDAYS @ HAVANA
Free | 10pm-2am @ Club Havana 5744 Ellsworth Ave [Shadyside]. 412-661-2025 Map/directions

One of the hottest Deep House + Techno weekly in the 412. Guest DJs every week spinning soulful vibes for your aural and movement pleasure. This week's guest DJ: RYAN WALSH

For more info: email: jasonc_clubhavana@hotmail.com

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Look Here! The Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders
Free w/ Registration | 2pm @ Union Trust Building (Mellon 2) 435 Grant St [Downtown]. www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/wt/html/union_trust_building_1915-17.html Map/directions

A Leadership Roundtable about Attracting and Retaining some of the Best and Brightest to the Pittsburgh Region's Nonprofit Sector. Paul C. Light, author of THE NEW PUBLIC SERVICE and one of the nation's foremost scholars of the nonprofit sector's workforce, will respond to new findings from research commissioned by The Forbes Funds and presented by Ms. Shelly Cryer of New York University's Wagner School of Public Service, Dr. Susan Hansen of the University of Pittsburgh, and Ms. Sara Chieffo of the Coro Center for Civic Leadership. Local respondents include Ms. Suzanne Walsh of the Heinz Endowments, Mr. Daniel Horgan of America's Promise, and Mr. Evan Frazier of Hill House. The moderators will include Ms. Aradhna Dhanda of The Forbes Funds, Dr. Carolyn Ban of the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Ms. Michelle Pagano Heck of WQED Multimedia. Importantly, the closing for this event will set forth a series of recommendations for the community as well as an announcement about various initiatives. Registration is limited. Please respond to ensure your participation. We will accommodate respondents based on the date of receipt. We apologize in advance that we may not be able to accommodate everyone.

For more info: email: lookhere@forbesfunds.org Visit: www.forbesfunds.org

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Art Opening: ANA KELLY - réflexions du voyeur
Free | 6-8 pm @ Quiet Storm Coffeehouse 5430 Penn Ave [Friendship]. 412-661-9355 www.quietstormcoffee.com Map/directions

Pittsburgh-based artist Ana Kelly will exhibit her first solo show of 2004 at the Quiet Storm Café throughout the month of February. Entitled réflexions du voyeur, the collection is made up of new pieces from an ongoing series, each of which incorporates mirrored surfaces as an element of the finished work. The purpose of the approach is to engage the viewer personally, utilizing a process of literal reflection in an effort to prompt an internal discourse. How a viewer reacts to a piece will be dependent not only on the artist's work, but also on the viewer's feelings about him or her self. Ana has utilized a century-old mirroring application with much of the work, as well as texturing, and a shattering process to provide depth and, at times, distortion. Show runs until February 29.

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Art at Your Fingertips
$2 donation | 7-10 pm @ Garfield Artworks 4931 Penn Ave [Garfield]. 412-802-7096 www.garfieldartworks.com Map/directions

grainbag On-Line Gallery will be stepping out from behind our pixilated veil in February for our most ambitious public exibition of work ever. The exhibit will bring together a variety of work from grainbag artists around the country for a physical showing at the Garfield Artworks. Participating artists include: James Shipman, Holly Fisher, Paul Nehring, Mundania Horvath, Susannah Mira, Michael Leahy, Patrice Lehocky and many more. The exhibit opens Friday, February 6th with a performance by the Johnsons Big Band and closes February 27th with a performance by the New Alcindors. This event is sponsored by the City Paper, the Beehive and Pabst Blue Ribbon.

For more info: email: michael@grainbag.com Visit: www.grainbag.com

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - COTTON GIN
Free | 6-10pm @ Urban Space 709 Penn Ave [Downtown]. 412-288-0383 www.bridgespotters.com Map/directions

This Friday February 6 will be the opening reception for the next exhibition at Urban Space titled COTTON GIN, featuring original works by: Aki Durham Vanessa German Tarish Pipkins Alphonso Sloan Kamau Ware Silkscreen design and acrylic on canvas and 100% cotton t shirts that explore the context of African-American inventors from slavery to the 21st century. Tastey Food DJ SMI Libation for Bob Marley's Birthday!

For more info: Visit: www.bridgespotters.com

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Opening event for AMP @ The Warhol
$5 | 6-10pm @ The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St [Northside]. 412-237-8300 www.warhol.org Map/directions

In February, The Andy Warhol Museum will exhibit a group show of small works juried by the curatorial staff of the Museum. For the first time, local artists are being invited to submit 12"x12" square pieces which will hang in a 4th floor gallery at the Museum on the North Shore. Submissions for AMP @ The Warhol will be accepted at The Warhol on January 31 and February 1 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. In addition to the opportunity for local visual artist to have their work on display at the world-renown Museum, AMP will create opportunities for the artists to connect to Pittsburgh patrons. Thomas Sokolowski, Director for The Andy Warhol Museum, says, "Local artists need to be fed by local collectors. I hope that this exhibition will 'kick-ass' with collectors by offering them a wide array of small-sized works by regional artists." To connect Pittsburgh to a broader community of emerging artists, AMP @ The Warhol will also feature the internationally-recognized Flat Files by the Pierogi 2000 Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. The Flat Files are wide, shallow stacks of drawers housing more than 3,000 works by over 700 under-recognized and young, emerging artists from around the world. "The Flat Files will bring an international array of other artists to the table. It will be a banquet of art here on Sandusky Street," says Sokolowski.

For more info: Visit: amp2004.sproutfund.org

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Heart of Glass - Hot Party & Membership Drive
$25 admission ($20 PGC members) | 7 to 11 pm @ Pittsburgh Glass Center 5472 Penn Ave [Friendship]. 412-365-2145 www.pittsburghglasscenter.org Map/directions

Young at heart, lonely hearts, hungry hearts and even the faint of heart will feel the heat at our annual Heart of Glass Valentine's Party and membership drive on Friday, Featuring: · Sweaty glassblowing by Hot Rob, Cute Chris and Beagles · Seven Minutes in Heaven · Grooves by Hardgroove Project plus DJs & electronica by www.technoiraudio.com of Element 5 · Glass Lovers' Lane · Moves by GHfour performance group with site specific multimedia performances · Kiss My Glass · Glass Valentine gifts for sale · Glass Birthday Suit Exhibition · Drinks to make your heart race · And more! Sponsors: Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP), Pittsburgh Singles Volunteer Network (PSVN), WYEP, Southern Wine and Spirits, Yuengling, J.B. Kreider Printing Company, Corey Lechat and Bolan's Candies. An Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn event.

For more info: Phone: RSVP 412-365-2145 Visit: www.pittsburghglasscenter.org

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - UNblurred: First Fridays on Penn
N/A | 7pm-2am @ Penn Avenue Corridor 4800-6000 Penn Avenue [Friendship/Garfield/East Liberty]. 412-441-6147 www.pennavenuearts.org Map/directions

Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn is a multi-venue open-house arts related event that invites the public to discover the artists, arts-organizatioins, and arts-businesses that are helping the Penn AVenue Corridor become an arts district. On any given event night, up to 30 arts enues with perfromances, exhibits, and demonstrations, will be open.

For more info: Phone: 412-441-6147 email: jeffrey@friendship-pgh.org Visit: www.pennavenuearts.org

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - FIlm: Student Screening: the AIU show
Free | 7:30 pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

Each year Filmmakers sponsors apprenticeships in photography, film and video production, web design, and animation for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (A.I.U.). This program brings high school students together from 42 school districts to pursue professional instruction at the college level. This year's film, video, and animation apprentices will screen their projects in the Melwood Screening Room on Friday, February 6. (Photography apprentices will exhibit their work in the 2nd floor Student Gallery through February 29.)

For more info: Phone: 412-682-4111 Visit: www.pghfilmmakers.org

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Film: My Architect
$5 | 7:30 pm @ Harris Theater 809 Liberty Avenue [Downtown]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died bankrupt and alone in New York City's Pennsylvania Station, is considered by many architectural historians to be the most important architect of the second half of the 20th century. He left behind a brilliant legacy of intensely powerful buildings - geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light. Kahn's dramatic death laid bare a complex personal life of secrets and broken promises. In this compelling film Kahn's only son, Nathaniel, sets out on a journey to reconcile his father's life and work. I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry and Philip Johnson speak movingly of Kahn's work (including the Salk Institute, the Exeter Library, the Kimbell Art Museum) and the women and children in his life shed light on this secretive, peripatetic man. (Directed by Nathaniel Kahn; USA; 2003; 118min.)

For more info: Visit: www.myarchitectfilm.com

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Quantum Theatre presents KAFKA'S CHIMP
For Tickets Call ProArts 412-394-3353 | 8pm @ Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium 1 Wild Pl [Highland Park]. 412-665-3640 Map/directions

Is it opera? Is it theatre? Is it dance? Is it chamber music? It's all of those things plus people acting like monkeys - REALLY. If we have a reputation at Quantum for overseriousness, this will debunk it instantly. You must come! And you're in a cage while you're watching (don't be scared, it's a good thing!)

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Theatre: Undoing Salk
$22/$18 | 8:00 PM @ Pittsburgh Playhouse 222 Craft Avenue [Oakland]. 412-621-4445 www.ppc.edu/playhouse Map/directions

In the forties and early fifties, families with children dreaded the summer months when polio epidemics would sweep the country. There were mass closings of swimming pools, movie houses, any place kids might congregate. Some towns set up roadblocks to keep outsiders away. In the cities, residents spent the summer hiding in sweltering houses. Thousand died, then tens of thousands; more were crippled for life; hundreds lived trapped in huge iron lungs. Then, when the epidemics were at their worst, there appeared an unlikely savior from Pittsburgh: a bespectacled researcher named Jonas Salk. He became, for a time, the most famous man in the world, and in the popular mind he remains an American saint to this day. But within the scientific community, he became an outcast, ridiculed and passed over for the Nobel Prize and even for membership in the National Academy of Science. This play uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, an AMA and federal government terrified at the prospect of “socialized medicine,” jealous fellow scientists, and Salk’s own hubris. This drama uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, jealous fellow scientists and Salk’s own hubris. A must-see world premiere. Written, designed and directed by Robert Benedetti.

For more info: Phone: 412-621-4445 Visit: www.ppc.edu/playhouse

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Girls Hope Valentine's Party
$25 Adv / $30 Door | 5-9pm @ Sanctuary 1620 Penn Ave [Strip District ]. 412-263-2877 www.sanctuarypittsburgh.com Map/directions

Girls Hope helps children who are hurt and at-risk yet academically capable, to realize their leadership potential as responsible citizens of our world by providing a value centered, family-like home and quality education through college

For more info: email: girlshopeylb@aol.com Visit: www.boyshopegirlshope.org/locations/pittsburgh/index.html

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - element 5 presents... The AMP2004/Heart of Glass After-Party!!!
$5 / $3 with Warhol/PGH Glass Center Ticket Stub | 11pm-2am @ Dance Alloy / Showroom Lofts 5530 Penn Ave [Friendship]. 412-363-4321 www.dancealloy.com Map/directions

The official afterparty for the Warhol:AMP2004 art opening and the PGH Glass Center: Heart of Glass shows. Admission is $3 with ticket stub from either event, $5 without and includes beer, sangria with music brought to you by the DJs of element 5 and technoir-audio

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Hip-Hop Cafe Series
$8 | 10pm-2am @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions

Every Friday night come take part in the Metro's best open mic for poets, vocalists, MCs, musicians, comedians, etc. Plus live music by The Rain. Hosted by Hutch. 2/6th feat. group: Heiruspecs via Minn (Live Hip-Hop)

For more info: Phone: 412.363.8277 email: jstrong@7thmovement.net Visit: www.7thmovement.net

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - 720 Soul Night w/ DJ Selecta
Free. 21+ | 10pm-2am @ Club Havana 5744 Ellsworth Ave [Shadyside]. 412-661-2025 Map/directions

Souljazz, Rare Funk, Classics, and Party Jams. w/ DJ Selecta. Brought to you by 720 Records.

For more info: Visit: www.720records.com

Friday, Febuary 06, 2004 - Deep
No Cover | 2am-4am @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions

Every Friday Late Night from 2a-4a. Come dance + groove to Deep and Soulful House.

For more info: Phone: 412.363.8277 email: jstrong@7thmovement.net Visit: www.7thmovement.net

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - Carnivale of Color
$25 | 7 PM @ Spinning Plate Lofts and Studios 5720 Friendship Ave [Friendship]. 412-391-6160 www.artistsandcities.org/spinning_plate.html Map/directions

Join the dancers of The Laboratory Dance Company (LABCO) on February 7, 2004 as they stimulate the senses with inspiring movement and music during the 2004 LABCO celebration and fundraising event. Enjoy an evening celebrated with the festive music of Latin America and Brazil, inspiring modern dance, and a brilliant menu of food and spirits, while supporting LABCO as it celebrates its seventh year as one of Pittsburgh’s premier modern dance companies. The evening begins as the audience moves to the energizing rhythms of Salsamba and singer Kelly Krepin-Defade, also a LABCO dancer. The music will be accompanied by solo dance performances presented by Michael Walsh of Dance Alloy, as well as Adrienne Barr and Gwen Ritchie of LABCO, a performance artist production of Dean Novotny, and a final LABCO group performance. This affair promises to stimulate the senses with the rhythms of Latin music, the splendor of modern dance, and the richness of color. If you are an advocate of dance, culture and music in Pittsburgh this is an event you cannot afford to miss

For more info: Phone: 1-800-607-0857 email: director@labcodance.net Visit: www.labcodance.net

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - Celebration of Black History Month Symphony Concert
$5 | 7:00-8:30 pm @ Wilkinsburg High School Auditorium 747 Wallace Avenue [Wilkinsburg]. 412-871-2214 www.wilkinsburgschools.org Map/directions

See the symphony for $5 and support high school musicians! All proceeds from this concert of music inspired by African Americans and spirituals, and performed by the world-class Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, will go toward the purchase of instruments for the Wilkinsburg High School Marching Band. The grand finale is a 100-voice chorus of voices from Wikinsburg's churches.

For more info: Phone: 412-871-2214 email: lclark@wilkinsburgschools.org

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - Quantum Theatre presents KAFKA'S CHIMP
For Tickets Call ProArts 412-394-3353 | 8pm @ Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium 1 Wild Pl [Highland Park]. 412-665-3640 Map/directions

Is it opera? Is it theatre? Is it dance? Is it chamber music? It's all of those things plus people acting like monkeys - REALLY. If we have a reputation at Quantum for overseriousness, this will debunk it instantly. You must come! And you're in a cage while you're watching (don't be scared, it's a good thing!)

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - Theatre: Undoing Salk
$22/$18 | 8:00 PM @ Pittsburgh Playhouse 222 Craft Avenue [Oakland]. 412-621-4445 www.ppc.edu/playhouse Map/directions

In the forties and early fifties, families with children dreaded the summer months when polio epidemics would sweep the country. There were mass closings of swimming pools, movie houses, any place kids might congregate. Some towns set up roadblocks to keep outsiders away. In the cities, residents spent the summer hiding in sweltering houses. Thousand died, then tens of thousands; more were crippled for life; hundreds lived trapped in huge iron lungs. Then, when the epidemics were at their worst, there appeared an unlikely savior from Pittsburgh: a bespectacled researcher named Jonas Salk. He became, for a time, the most famous man in the world, and in the popular mind he remains an American saint to this day. But within the scientific community, he became an outcast, ridiculed and passed over for the Nobel Prize and even for membership in the National Academy of Science. This play uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, an AMA and federal government terrified at the prospect of “socialized medicine,” jealous fellow scientists, and Salk’s own hubris. This drama uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, jealous fellow scientists and Salk’s own hubris. A must-see world premiere. Written, designed and directed by Robert Benedetti.

For more info: Phone: 412-621-4445 Visit: www.ppc.edu/playhouse

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - FIlm: Student and Member Screening: "Come As You Are" Show
Free | 6:30 pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

Pittsburgh Filmmakers' students and members are invited to a "come as you are" screening, bringing any work they'd like to show. This pot-luck style screening will consist of a wide variety of talent, in a wide variety of formats, including 16mm film, super 8mm, VHS, miniDV, or DVD.

For more info: Phone: 412-682-4111 Visit: www.pghfilmmakers.org

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - Film: My Architect
$5 | 4:30, 7:00, 9:15 pm @ Harris Theater 809 Liberty Avenue [Downtown]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died bankrupt and alone in New York City's Pennsylvania Station, is considered by many architectural historians to be the most important architect of the second half of the 20th century. He left behind a brilliant legacy of intensely powerful buildings - geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light. Kahn's dramatic death laid bare a complex personal life of secrets and broken promises. In this compelling film Kahn's only son, Nathaniel, sets out on a journey to reconcile his father's life and work. I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry and Philip Johnson speak movingly of Kahn's work (including the Salk Institute, the Exeter Library, the Kimbell Art Museum) and the women and children in his life shed light on this secretive, peripatetic man. (Directed by Nathaniel Kahn; USA; 2003; 118min.)

For more info: Visit: www.myarchitectfilm.com

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - Flirt
$8 | 10pm-2am @ Jimmy Tsang's 5700 Centre Ave [Shadyside]. 412-661-4226 Map/directions

A monthly dance/party/networking event hosted by The Natural Choice, Swig-Art.com, and Urban Kontent Brand. With DJs Nate Da Phat and SMI. 21 + Over. Dress: Urban Chic

For more info: Visit: www.soulgardenlive.com

Saturday, Febuary 07, 2004 - CRASH!
$5 | 1am-5am @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions

The infamous Saturday night afterparty featuring DJ SMI and all you can eat complimentary Belgian Waffles (made fresh with all the fixings). Also featuring massage therapy and libations to keep your groove going.

For more info: Phone: 412-363-8277

Sunday, Febuary 08, 2004 - Sonic Bridge Project Sound Symposium
Free | 11am-4pm @ The Terminal Buildings 31 Terminal Way [South Side]. www.pittsburghterminalproperties.com Map/directions

The symposium will educate and raise awareness to the changing soundscape of the urban environment and its affect on our health and identity. "The human community is becoming more and more remote from its environment. We are inundated with an overpopulation of sounds so much so that acoustic clarity is lost in the sustained ambient noise of the urban landscape," says Ferraro. The Sonic Bridge Project Sound Symposium will feature guest speakers City Councilman Bill Peduto, filmmaker Tony Buba, Exec. Director of South Side Local Development Rick Belloli, architect Robert McDunn and audiologist Dr. Catherine Palmer. It will also feature sound art installations by Frank Ferraro, Maurice Rickard, Jay DelGreco and local musicians Steve Sciulli and Stephen Pellegrino.

For more info: email: RadioWeld@aol.com Visit: www.sonicbridgeproject.com

Sunday, Febuary 08, 2004 - Theatre: Undoing Salk
$22/$18 | 2:00 PM @ Pittsburgh Playhouse 222 Craft Avenue [Oakland]. 412-621-4445 www.ppc.edu/playhouse Map/directions

In the forties and early fifties, families with children dreaded the summer months when polio epidemics would sweep the country. There were mass closings of swimming pools, movie houses, any place kids might congregate. Some towns set up roadblocks to keep outsiders away. In the cities, residents spent the summer hiding in sweltering houses. Thousand died, then tens of thousands; more were crippled for life; hundreds lived trapped in huge iron lungs. Then, when the epidemics were at their worst, there appeared an unlikely savior from Pittsburgh: a bespectacled researcher named Jonas Salk. He became, for a time, the most famous man in the world, and in the popular mind he remains an American saint to this day. But within the scientific community, he became an outcast, ridiculed and passed over for the Nobel Prize and even for membership in the National Academy of Science. This play uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, an AMA and federal government terrified at the prospect of “socialized medicine,” jealous fellow scientists, and Salk’s own hubris. This drama uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, jealous fellow scientists and Salk’s own hubris. A must-see world premiere. Written, designed and directed by Robert Benedetti.

For more info: Phone: 412-621-4445 Visit: www.ppc.edu/playhouse

Sunday, Febuary 08, 2004 - Film: My Architect
$5 | 2:00, 4:30 pm @ Harris Theater 809 Liberty Avenue [Downtown]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died bankrupt and alone in New York City's Pennsylvania Station, is considered by many architectural historians to be the most important architect of the second half of the 20th century. He left behind a brilliant legacy of intensely powerful buildings - geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light. Kahn's dramatic death laid bare a complex personal life of secrets and broken promises. In this compelling film Kahn's only son, Nathaniel, sets out on a journey to reconcile his father's life and work. I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry and Philip Johnson speak movingly of Kahn's work (including the Salk Institute, the Exeter Library, the Kimbell Art Museum) and the women and children in his life shed light on this secretive, peripatetic man. (Directed by Nathaniel Kahn; USA; 2003; 118min.)

For more info: Visit: www.myarchitectfilm.com

Sunday, Febuary 08, 2004 - Quantum Theatre presents KAFKA'S CHIMP
For Tickets Call ProArts 412-394-3353 | 8pm @ Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium 1 Wild Pl [Highland Park]. 412-665-3640 Map/directions

Is it opera? Is it theatre? Is it dance? Is it chamber music? It's all of those things plus people acting like monkeys - REALLY. If we have a reputation at Quantum for overseriousness, this will debunk it instantly. You must come! And you're in a cage while you're watching (don't be scared, it's a good thing!)

Sunday, Febuary 08, 2004 - The Mikvah Project, photographs by Janice Rubin and text by Leah Lax
Free | 7-9 PM @ The Jewish Community Center 5738 Forbes Ave [Squirell Hill]. Map/directions

The American Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh presents the Mikvah Project, a traveling exhibit of photographs by Janice Rubin and interviews conducted by Leah Lax documenting the resurgence of the ancient and secret ritual of mikvah immersion. Mikvah, meaning "collection of natural water," is a tradition that stems from the Torah-the first five books of the Hebrew Bible-stating laws of holiness for the Jewish nation. According to the Jewish law, Jewish women are required to immerse themselves in a ritual bath after their monthly cycle and before they resume sexual relations. Passed down from mother to daughter from more than 3,000 years, it is a thoroughly private practice. The Mikvah Project will be on display from Feb. 6-March 28 in the Fine/Perlow & Weis Gallery and Berger Gallery, located at the JCC in Squirrel Hill at 5738 Forbes Ave. The exhibition is open to the public during regular business hours: Monday-Thursday, 6:15 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 6:15 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 1-7 p.m.; and Sunday, 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m. The opening reception will be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, from 7-9 p.m., featuring keynote speakers, Janice Rubin and Leah Lax, as well as a performance by Kol Isha, a local Jewish women's theatre group. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call AJM Director Leslie Golomb Hartman at (412) 521-8011, ext. 105. Related events include a lecture on "Bathing, Purity and the Body, " The Mikvah Project in Context featuring Elisabeth Roark, Professor of Art at Chatam College, on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at the JCC. Also, a panel of area professors in the history of religion will discuss "Water Rituals in Diverse Cultures," on Sunday, March 21, from 2-4 p.m. at the JCC.

For more info: Phone: (412) 521-8011, ext. 105 Visit: www.mikvahproject.com

Sunday, Febuary 08, 2004 - DJs: The All Star Game
Free | 10pm-2am @ Casablanca Bistro 212 Sixth Street [Downtown]. 412.281.3090 www.casablanca212.com Map/directions

The All Star Game, PGH's premiere Deep House evening. With rotating guest + resident DJs. This Week's guest DJs: Vinny & Coalesce.

Monday, Febuary 09, 2004 - Talib Kweli
Free | 8 pm @ William Pitt Union Assembly Room Bigelow Avenue between Fifth & Forbes [University of Pittsburgh, Oakland]. 412-648-7880 Map/directions

Indie Hip Hop icon and emmissary Talib Kweli comes to Pittsburgh to give a talk and share with the audience hip hop's response to historical Black liberation movements and how the two can synthesize for a more empowering future.

For more info: Phone: 412-648-7880

Monday, Febuary 09, 2004 - Monday Talk-Talk
Free | 10pm-2am @ Lava Lounge 2204 E.Carson St. [Southside]. 412-431-0850 Map/directions

A Pittsburgh Talk Show in the Raw With Dave Mansueto, Alexei Plotnicov, Unfinished Symphonies, and Sharon

For more info: Phone: 412.726.3764 email: taco@emayhem.com

Monday, Febuary 09, 2004 - Quantum Theatre presents KAFKA'S CHIMP
For Tickets Call ProArts 412-394-3353 | 8pm @ Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium 1 Wild Pl [Highland Park]. 412-665-3640 Map/directions

Is it opera? Is it theatre? Is it dance? Is it chamber music? It's all of those things plus people acting like monkeys - REALLY. If we have a reputation at Quantum for overseriousness, this will debunk it instantly. You must come! And you're in a cage while you're watching (don't be scared, it's a good thing!)

Tuesday, Febuary 10, 2004 - Allure Electronica
Free | 11am-6pm @ Wood St Galleries 601 Wood St [Downtown]. www.pgharts.org/art/woodstreet.cfm Map/directions

Comprised of the works of six women artists whose creative processes are informed by digital media, Allure Electronica offers as much a collection of individual visions as it entails a multiform exploration into the nature of art that springs from the application of a gendered technology. -Claudia Herbst

Tuesday, Febuary 10, 2004 - Film Kitchen
$4 | 8pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

This month, FilmKitchen once again presents a fine a collection of experimental film: Adam's Onions by Smilen Savov, Best of Luck by Zoje Stage and Next Door, Find Dave a Date, and Thooth by Gordon Nelson at Film Kitchen.

For more info: Phone: 412-681-5449 Visit: www.filmkitchen.org

Tuesday, Febuary 10, 2004 - Film: My Architect
$5 | 7:30 pm @ Harris Theater 809 Liberty Avenue [Downtown]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died bankrupt and alone in New York City's Pennsylvania Station, is considered by many architectural historians to be the most important architect of the second half of the 20th century. He left behind a brilliant legacy of intensely powerful buildings - geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light. Kahn's dramatic death laid bare a complex personal life of secrets and broken promises. In this compelling film Kahn's only son, Nathaniel, sets out on a journey to reconcile his father's life and work. I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry and Philip Johnson speak movingly of Kahn's work (including the Salk Institute, the Exeter Library, the Kimbell Art Museum) and the women and children in his life shed light on this secretive, peripatetic man. (Directed by Nathaniel Kahn; USA; 2003; 118min.)

For more info: Visit: www.myarchitectfilm.com

Tuesday, Febuary 10, 2004 - Quantum Theatre presents KAFKA'S CHIMP
For Tickets Call ProArts 412-394-3353 | 8pm @ Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium 1 Wild Pl [Highland Park]. 412-665-3640 Map/directions

Is it opera? Is it theatre? Is it dance? Is it chamber music? It's all of those things plus people acting like monkeys - REALLY. If we have a reputation at Quantum for overseriousness, this will debunk it instantly. You must come! And you're in a cage while you're watching (don't be scared, it's a good thing!)

Tuesday, Febuary 10, 2004 - DJs: Ya Dig?! Rare groove + Funk/soul night
Free | 8pm-midnight @ Kelly's Bar & Grill 6012 Penn Circle South [East Liberty]. 412.363.6012 Map/directions

Brought to you by the owners of 720 Records. The night features good food and rotating DJs spinning only the rarest funk and the most soulful grooves that can only be found on old dusty scratched up vinyl. Analog at its finest.

Wednesday, Febuary 11, 2004 - FINALS for THE FIRST ANNUAL QUIET STORM SCRABBLE® CLASSIC
$15 to enter, Free to watch | 6pm @ Quiet Storm Coffeehouse 5430 Penn Ave [Friendship]. 412-661-9355 www.quietstormcoffee.com Map/directions

A sudden death match to see who is scrabble champion of the universe.

For more info: Visit: www.quietstormcoffee.com/scrabble/

Wednesday, Febuary 11, 2004 - Film: My Architect
$5 | 7:30 pm @ Harris Theater 809 Liberty Avenue [Downtown]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions

Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died bankrupt and alone in New York City's Pennsylvania Station, is considered by many architectural historians to be the most important architect of the second half of the 20th century. He left behind a brilliant legacy of intensely powerful buildings - geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light. Kahn's dramatic death laid bare a complex personal life of secrets and broken promises. In this compelling film Kahn's only son, Nathaniel, sets out on a journey to reconcile his father's life and work. I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry and Philip Johnson speak movingly of Kahn's work (including the Salk Institute, the Exeter Library, the Kimbell Art Museum) and the women and children in his life shed light on this secretive, peripatetic man. (Directed by Nathaniel Kahn; USA; 2003; 118min.)

For more info: Visit: www.myarchitectfilm.com

Wednesday, Febuary 11, 2004 - Quantum Theatre presents KAFKA'S CHIMP
For Tickets Call ProArts 412-394-3353 | 8pm @ Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium 1 Wild Pl [Highland Park]. 412-665-3640 Map/directions

Is it opera? Is it theatre? Is it dance? Is it chamber music? It's all of those things plus people acting like monkeys - REALLY. If we have a reputation at Quantum for overseriousness, this will debunk it instantly. You must come! And you're in a cage while you're watching (don't be scared, it's a good thing!)

Wednesday, Febuary 11, 2004 - Theatre: Undoing Salk
$22/$18 | 8:00 PM @ Pittsburgh Playhouse 222 Craft Avenue [Oakland]. 412-621-4445 www.ppc.edu/playhouse Map/directions

In the forties and early fifties, families with children dreaded the summer months when polio epidemics would sweep the country. There were mass closings of swimming pools, movie houses, any place kids might congregate. Some towns set up roadblocks to keep outsiders away. In the cities, residents spent the summer hiding in sweltering houses. Thousand died, then tens of thousands; more were crippled for life; hundreds lived trapped in huge iron lungs. Then, when the epidemics were at their worst, there appeared an unlikely savior from Pittsburgh: a bespectacled researcher named Jonas Salk. He became, for a time, the most famous man in the world, and in the popular mind he remains an American saint to this day. But within the scientific community, he became an outcast, ridiculed and passed over for the Nobel Prize and even for membership in the National Academy of Science. This play uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, an AMA and federal government terrified at the prospect of “socialized medicine,” jealous fellow scientists, and Salk’s own hubris. This drama uncovers the undoing of Salk by a conspiracy of profit-seeking drug companies, jealous fellow scientists and Salk’s own hubris. A must-see world premiere. Written, designed and directed by Robert Benedetti.

For more info: Phone: 412-621-4445 Visit: www.ppc.edu/playhouse


DJ Selecta Fri Feb 06 \| 10pm-2am @ Club Havana	element 5 presents.... The Warhol + Glass Center After-Party Fri Feb 06 \| 11pm-2am @ Dance Alloy Studio Lofts	Deep Inside... w/ resident DJ John Ep Fri Feb 06 \| 2am-4am @ Shadow Lounge

Flirt Sat Feb 07 \| 10pm-2am @ Jimmy Tsang's Koran Grill	The All Star Game 10pm-2am \| Sun Feb 08 @ Casablanca Bistro	Ya Dig?! Souljazz + Rare Funk night. 8pm-midnight \| Tues Feb 11 @ Kelly's Bar & Grill


Art at your Fingertips: Grainbag Online Party Fri Feb 06 \| 7-11pm @ the Garfield Artworks	Cotton Gin - an Art exhibition Fri Feb 06 \| 6-10pm @ Urban Space	Ana Kelly - Art Opening 6-8pm \| Fri Feb 06 @ Quiet Storm Coffee House

Art Opening: African-American History Month Celebration Sat Feb 07 \| 4-8pm @ ARTSpace303	ART Opening: The Mikvah Project Sun Feb 09 \| 7-9PM @ The Jewish Community Center	Allure Electronica Tues Feb 10 \| 11am-6pm @ Wood Street Galleries


Quantum Theatre - Kafka's Chimp Feb 5th-22nd \| 8pm @ the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium	Undoing Salk Feb 5th-22nd @ the Pittsburgh Playhouse	The Spoken Mic Sun Feb 15th \| 7-9pm @ the Quiet Storm Coffeehouse	Off the Wall: w/ special guest Sekou Sundiata Sat Feb 21st @ the Andy Warhol Museum


AMP2004: ART - opening party Fri Feb 06 \| 6-10pm @ The Andy Warhol Museum	HOT GLASS 7-11pm \| Fri Feb 06 @ The Pittsburgh Glass Center	Carnival of Color 8pm-1am \| Sat Feb 07 @ The Spinning Plate Artists Loft


Film: Bus 174 Thurs Feb 05 @ The Harris Theater	Film: My Architect Feb 6-13 @ The Harris Theater	The Parallax View Feb 24-29 @ The Andy Warhol Museum