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April 20, 2003 Update – Our apologies for the lack of update this past Thursday. A bug in a webscript our web hacks installed threw our database in disarray last week. Everything is under control now. And just in time - lots of music, art, film, and performance happenings this weekend in the city of bridges. Thanks to everyone who've been emailing us suggestions for this website. We've received whopper suggestions from online CD reviews to real-time community news updates to city related blogs, message boards, editorials, and to an online local literary depot. Rest assured, our volunteer web hacks are busy implementing core web scripts that'll put all these ideas online over the summer. As such, we are slowly evolving into a real-time self-updated website. Your feedback in this grassroots project is most valuable. Please feel free to drop us a message anytime - element5ive@yahoo.com. Your feedback is most valuable to us. And as always, keep your good vibes strong...
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Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Art for Earth’s Sake
$12-20 | 6-9 pm @ ARTspace303 303 East 8th Ave [Homestead]. 412-708-0371 www.steelvalleyarts.org/space303.htm Map/directions
PA CleanWays of Allegheny County will host the second annual Art for Earth’s Sake, an evening of environmentally inspired art and performance. Several local artists will exhibit including The Artist Nat, Stephanie Flom, Bob Johnson, Brian Britza, Karen Hohman, and Brian Goff. Donated works will be auctioned off, and all proceeds will go to the chapter’s development fund.
For more info: Phone: 412-322-6681 Visit: www.steelvalleyarts.org
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - DJs: HOT HIP HOP THURSDAYS with DJ JOHN G of the JHN STREET TEAM
$3 | 10pm-2am @ Rumshakers 1224 East Carson St [South Side]. 412-431-5910 Map/directions
REAL HIP HOP , R&B, REGGAE and YOUR REQUESTS live on the Technics 1200's for the biggest Thursday night Hip Hop party on the South Side RUMSHAKERS with DJ JOHN G...the BIGGEST HIP HOP THURSDAY NIGHT on the SOUTH SIDE! Pittsburgh's Street Team Music Director, DJ JOHN G gives you REAL HIP HOP , R&B, REGGAE (and requests) ALL THE WAY LIVE on the Technics 1200's (for real) at Rumshakers at 13th & E. Carson Streets on Pittsburgh's South Side. You don't want to miss out on what hundreds of people (and at least 200 on Thursdays) each week now know about on the South Side! Rumshakers is across the street from Dairy Queen and three blocks East of the 10th Street Bridge, South High School and the BP Gas Station.
For more info: Phone: 412.431.5910 or 412.216.6790 email: johng@webjhn.com Visit: www.webjhn.com/jhn_on_the_streets_of_pittsburgh
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Film: Good Bye, Lenin!
$6 | 8 pm @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany. But in this charming comedy, that's precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a hilarious scam as friends and family struggle to maintain the elaborate ruse. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Wolfgang Becker; Germany; 2004; 118 min)
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Film: ROBOT STORIES
$5 | 9:15 pm show @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
Winner of over 30 film festival and audience awards, "ROBOT STORIES" is science fiction from the heart, four stories starring Tamlyn Tomita ("The Joy Luck Club") and Sab Shimono ("The Big Hit") in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of technology and mechanics – from robot babies to android office workers. The stories include: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son by completing his toy robot collection; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality. John Petrakis of the Chicago Tribune calls the film "one of the most moving pieces I've seen all year."
For more info: Visit: www.robotstories.net/
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Film: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
$5 | 5:45 and 7:30 pm shows @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
In a year of great political documentaries, this may be the most gripping and remarkable of them all. Irish filmmakers Kim Bartley and Donnacha O’Brien intended the movie as a straightforward portrait of populist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who was elected in a landslide in 1998. But when Chavez’ left-wing government was suddenly overthrown by a coalition of military and business leaders on April 12, 2002, the film became the chronicle of a coup. The filmmakers captured the tumultuous events from the inside, where their perspectives ran counter to those on Venezuela’s privately owned television networks. And when yet another transfer of power took place, two days later, the indefatigable filmmakers were still there on the inside, and still shooting! Propaganda or historical evidence, decide for yourself, as “THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED” offers a challenging essay which considers the meaning of truth, biases, and the impact of the media and how that is controlled!
For more info: Visit: www.chavezthefilm.com/index_ex.htm
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Film: Two Films by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí
$6 | 8:00 pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions
Two by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí. Un Chien Andalou: Buñuel and Dalí’s first collaboration is dreamlike, surreal and famous for its shocking opening scene involving an eyeball. The avant-garde film is filled with memorable, symbolic images (such as disappearing underarm hair, ants crawling out of a hand, and donkey corpses on a grand piano) meant to unsettle the bourgeoisie. David Lynch and David Cronenberg were clearly paying attention. (France; 1929;16min) L’Age d’Or: "L’Age d’Or is the only film I know of which reveals the possibilities of the cinema. It makes its appeal neither to the intellect nor to the heart; it strikes at the solar plexus." – Henry Miller In their second collaborative effort, Buñuel and Dalí created cinema’s greatest ode to surrealism. While centered around two frustrated lovers, this visual poem of scorpions, nuns, dogs, bishops and blind men drives home its point: it is an assault on religious, political and social establishments of the day. Its release caused a near riot when rightists vandalized the theater where it was shown. The authorities responded by banning the film. (France; 1930; 60min)
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Film: Joe
$6 | 7:30 pm @ Harris Theater 809 Liberty Avenue [Downtown]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions
This cult classic stars Peter Boyle as a bigot who ends up associating more with the people he hates. (Director: John Avildsen;1970;107min)
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Music: Sound Meditation w Life In Balance
$10 | 7 pm @ Schoolhouse Yoga 41st & Foster Street [Lawrenceville]. 412-401-4444 www.schoolhouseyoga.com Map/directions
Meditation with the ambient sounds of Life in Balance.
For more info: Visit: www.lifeinbalancemusic.com
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Music: Sound Meditation w Life In Balance
$10 | 7 pm @ Schoolhouse Yoga 41st & Foster Street [Lawrenceville]. 412-401-4444 www.schoolhouseyoga.com Map/directions
Meditation with the ambient sounds of Life in Balance.
For more info: Visit: www.lifeinbalancemusic.com
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Robert L. Vann Media Awards and Jazz Reception
$10 | 6:30 pm @ Community College of Allegheny County 808 Ridge Ave [Northside]. 412-263-1410 Map/directions
The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation is once again proud to host its 21st Annual Robert L. Vann Media Awards and Jazz Reception. Join us, to honor excellence in media coverage of the Black community in Western Pennsylvania for the year 2003. PBMF student scholarship recipients will also be recognized. Tickets are $10 per person and are available at the door. Refreshments and beverages will be served and entertainment will be provided by the Howie Alexander Jazz Trio. Proceeds benefit PBMF student scholarships and support of other programming. For more information, call Erv Dyer at: 412-263-1410.
For more info: Phone: 412-263-1410
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Salsa
$5 | 8:30 pm lessons, 9:30pm-2am Live Bands @ Dowe's on Ninth 121 Ninth Street [Downtown]. 412-281-9225 www.doweson9th.com Map/directions
Dowe's is planning on starting a Thursday Salsa night beginning in March, 2004. Local bands, Algo Latino and Azucar will rotate. Cover charge will be $5.00 on Thursdays and $10 on Fridays. Kristen Licht will teach a dance lesson from 8:30 - 9:30 pm. The bands will start at 9:30 pm and play until around 1:00 am
Thursday, April 22, 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: KEREM
For more info: email: jasonc_clubhavana@hotmail.com
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Theater: Chesapeake
Visit Website or Call for Tickets | Check schedule for Showtimes @ City Theatre 1300 Bingham at 13th Street [Southside]. 412-431-CITY www.citytheatrecompany.org Map/directions
Arts. Politics. Dogs. Labeled obscene and stripped of his NEA grant, a performance artist seeks revenge against a right-wing Senator and becomes inextricably linked with Lucky, the Senator’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever. A brilliantly off-kilter take on America’s culture wars.
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Young Pioneers Zine release Party
$6 | 8 pm @ Quiet Storm Coffeehouse 5430 Penn Ave [Friendship]. 412-661-9355 www.quietstormcoffee.com Map/directions
Young Pioneers (independent travel culture magazine) release party with the New Alcindors, Soulcialism.
Friday, April 23 ,2004
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Friday, April 23, 2004 - Art: CMU Undergraduate Senior Art Shows
Free | 7 pm @ The Frame 5200 Forbes Ave [CMU Campus, Oakland]. Map/directions
CMU undergrads in the Art Dept are required to put up a show in The Frame during senior year. 3/26: John Kim & Gina Lee. 4/2: Patrick Rowe & Lindsay Cortese & Christina Murcado. 4/9: Jeannine Biunno & Nick Wylie & Claire Perry. 4/16: an Barret & Tommy Macker & John Bush. 4/23: Fiona Wilson & Leslie Vega & Maureen Antkowski. 4/30: Christina Lazar & Ashley Harwood. 5/7: Leslie Klasterka & Maxim Tsvetovat. 5/14: Ryan Murray & Luke Meeken.
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Benefit: MAC MARTIN AND THE DIXIE TRAVELERS 50 YEAR CELEBRATION
$15 | 7:30 pm @ Synod Hall University of Pittsburgh [Oakland]. www.pitt.edu/~nisg/maps/B/bellefieldhall062702.pdf Map/directions
This year's concert is called the Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers 50 Year Celebration. Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers have been performing so long that they were called "a bluegrass institution in the Steel City," by Bluegrass Unlimited magazine. One writer has stated," Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers have displayed a consistent quality of straight traditional Bluegrass that is virtually unsurpassed by a semi-professional band." w/ M&M Express, the Allegheny Drifters and Nine Mile Run and Bruce Mountjoy of WYEP. St. Joseph House of Hospitality serves men 50 years of age or older who are capable of living independently, but unable to support themselves. Residents may come to St. Joseph from living arrangements such as homeless shelters, detoxification units or psychiatric wards. In the last year, St. Joseph has added a caseworker to its staff, which has helped some of the men to connect with community resources and move back into the community at large.
For more info: Phone: 412-471-0666 x 227
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Community Drum Circle with Deke Kincade of Dancing Drum
$12.00 to attend / $3.00 drum rental | 7 - 9pm @ 3rd Street Gallery 220 Third Street [Carnegie, PA 15106]. 412-276-5233 www.orbidex.com/3rdstreet/index.htm Map/directions
A drum circle with Dancing Drum is a fully participating group of people discovering a common base by creating and sharing a rhythmic and musical experience. No musical training is necessary. All ages enjoy and are revived by the rhythm. Through fun group activities using movement, voice, musical instruments, and improvisational games, participants learn that all parts of the circle are equal. The rhythm of the circle celebrates the spirit of the community. As the facilitator, Deke Kincade shares more than 40 years of drumming experience, knowledge, and appreciation of music, culture, and group dynamics. Widely recognized as a master of rhythm, as Deke facilitates, the circle becomes a unique and seamless experience in which each tone complements another. Participants are encouraged to add their own contributions to the music by creating and exchanging rhythmic and tonal ideas around the circle. With Dancing Drum everyone succeeds, everyone matters, and everyone always has lots of rhythmical fun! Traditional and found instruments encourage an intense and inspiring hands-on process. Instruments are available for rental or feel free to bring your own.
For more info: Phone: 724-847-4781 email: blackcatotis@comcast.net Visit: www.imagineyoga.com
Friday, April 23, 2004 - DJs: Deep
Free | 2am-sunrise @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions
Deep House, soulful techno, underground Disco with lots of Body & SOul. w/ resident DJ John Ep + friends.
Friday, April 23, 2004 - DJs: Soul, Funk, Rare Groove, and Nu Beat night w/ DJ Selecta Y Su Record Collection
Free | 10pm - 2am @ Club Havana 5744 Ellsworth Ave [Shadyside]. 412-661-2025 Map/directions
Soul, Funk, Jazz, Hip hop, Electronic, Rare grooves. All seemlessly in the mix with the DJ Selecta monster orchestra.
For more info: Visit: www.720records.com
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Film: Good Bye, Lenin!
$6 | 7:00 and 9:30 pm shows @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany. But in this charming comedy, that's precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a hilarious scam as friends and family struggle to maintain the elaborate ruse. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Wolfgang Becker; Germany; 2004; 118 min)
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Film: Good Fridays Event - Freedom to Love and Stag Films from the Evergreen Review Collection (1960s)
$5 | 7 pm @ The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St [Northside]. 412-237-8300 www.warhol.org Map/directions
Freedom to Love (West Germany, 1969) 90 min. Directed by Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausen. The Kronhausens, a Paris-based team of psychotherapists produced this film to point out the irrationality of common sexual prejudices and sex laws. In fact, it argues that sexual suppression leads to crime, family breakdown and divorce. To illustrate their point, the scholarly couple present dramatizations of four sexual cases from their files. Stag Films from the Evergreen Review Collection (1960s, 16 mm, 70 min) Stag films from the collection of alternative book publisher Barney Rosset, including: Inside Virginia Dare, Our Daughter, Emergency Room and Half a Man is Better Than None.
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Film: In July
$5 | Check Website for Show Times @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
Ever since RUN LOLA RUN raced across the Atlantic and rang in a new era in German filmmaking, Teutonic comedy has ceased to be an oxymoron. A classic romance, IN JULY takes us from Hamburg, Germany, crosses into Austria, continues from Hungary to Romania and finally to Istanbul, Turkey over the breathtaking course of 100 minutes. The film, directed by German-born Turk Fatih Akin, is a vibrantly photographed journey set against the decidedly multicultural backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe, in which unrequited love, a stolen passport and 5 different countries and languages play the leads. Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu, Lola's wayward boyfriend in RUN LOLA RUN) is a young physics teacher in Hamburg who plays life by the rules. His students ridicule him, bartenders ignore him, and every night he walks home to a perfectly empty IKEA-furnished apartment. But his drab existence is about to change-he falls head over heels in love with a beautiful Turkish girl named Melek and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. On his way East, Daniel discovers a new self and learns to truly fight for his happiness, even as he gets high on drugs for the first time, gets beaten up, is seduced, robbed, and finally busted by Turkish borderguards. Daniel's wild odyssey is shared by Juli (the stunning Christiane Paul), a young woman hungry for life who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. But until then, the two must conquer Europe, by truck, car, bus, boat and foot and find out on the way that the laws of physics don't always apply.
For more info: Visit: www.filmsphilos.com/injuly.html
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Film: Two Films by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí
$6 | 8:00 pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions
Two by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí. Un Chien Andalou: Buñuel and Dalí’s first collaboration is dreamlike, surreal and famous for its shocking opening scene involving an eyeball. The avant-garde film is filled with memorable, symbolic images (such as disappearing underarm hair, ants crawling out of a hand, and donkey corpses on a grand piano) meant to unsettle the bourgeoisie. David Lynch and David Cronenberg were clearly paying attention. (France; 1929;16min) L’Age d’Or: "L’Age d’Or is the only film I know of which reveals the possibilities of the cinema. It makes its appeal neither to the intellect nor to the heart; it strikes at the solar plexus." – Henry Miller In their second collaborative effort, Buñuel and Dalí created cinema’s greatest ode to surrealism. While centered around two frustrated lovers, this visual poem of scorpions, nuns, dogs, bishops and blind men drives home its point: it is an assault on religious, political and social establishments of the day. Its release caused a near riot when rightists vandalized the theater where it was shown. The authorities responded by banning the film. (France; 1930; 60min)
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Film: Joe
$10 | 7:30 pm @ Harris Theater 809 Liberty Avenue [Downtown]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions
The 5th Annual Pittsburgh International Science and Technology Festival is a 9-day community event showcasing innovations in science and technology. As part of the event, Filmmakers will host a film and lecture: "A Shortcut Through Time," with George Johnson, an award-winning New York Times journalist. Information is relative, explains Johnson, based on our viewpoint, as is time and space. This explosive film concentrates on love, death and, above all, timing. Lolais boyfriend is a small time courier for a big time gangster who is waiting for Lola to pick him up after a job. But she's running late. Lola races through the city in a whirl of bums, nuns, babies and guns. As her feet slap the pavement and seconds tick down, the tiniest choices become life altering, and the fine line between fate and fortune blur. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Tom Tykwer; Germany; 1999; 81min)
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Music: Beam
$3 | 10pm @ Pittsburgh Deli Co 728 Copeland St [Shadyside]. 412-682-DELI www.pghdeli.com Map/directions
Fabulous Funky 5ive. With Throck on the drums, Paul T on the Bass, Supa C on the Wheels, MC Akil Esoon on the mic, and that tall dude on bass with all the electronic gadgets making those "space" sounds.
For more info: Visit: www.beaminfo.com
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Music: Hip Hop Cafe Series
$8 | 10pm-2am @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions
One of the Metro areas most popular live performance nights. Weekly regional and national feature guests artists. Resident band: The Rain Quartent (very soulful jazzy group). Hosted by Hutch (HutchSimon Project). Hip Hop culture at its finest.
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Music: Sri N Ravikiran (Indian Classical Performance)
Free, Donations accepted | 7:30 pm @ Graduate School of Public Health Auditorium DeSoto and Fifth [University of Pittsburgh, Oakland]. www.andrew.cmu.edu/~macay/ Map/directions
An Indian Classical Chitravina concert by Sri N Ravikiran (Vocals / Chitravina), Guruvayoor Sri Dorai on Mridangam and Sri Ravi Balasubramanian on Ghatam. Sri N Ravikiran is the recipient of the Millennium Award (UK) and has been described as "Perhaps the greatest slide instrumentalist in the world today" by Radio National Australia and an "Arresting Virtuoso" by the Los Angeles Times. Ravikiran places stress on the vocal style without overlooking the beauties of instrumental style. He is known for his fidelity to pitch, rhythm, ornamentation and thorough understanding and communication of the spirit of the musical works of great masters. Ravikiran is equally at home in all the aspects of improvisation, be it raga alapana, tanam, neraval or kalpana swaras. He revels in bringing out the life and soul of the raga and maintaining its individuality and color, with depth.
For more info: Visit: www.ravikiranmusic.com/vocalinstrumental.shtml
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Music: Community Drum Circle
$12 donation w/ $3 drum rental if you need | 7-9 pm @ 3rd Street Gallery 223 3rd Avenue [Carnegie, PA]. Map/directions
Dancing Drum Circle w/ Deke Kincade. All are welcome including children. Drum rental if you need. Just follow the vibe that's the rhythm.
For more info: Phone: 724.494.7874 or 724.847.4781 email: blackcatotis@comcast.net Visit: www.imagineyoga.com
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Music: Marlon Saunders, live
$8 / $5 with RSVP | 10 pm @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions
Marlon Saunders, co-founder and lead singer of Jazzhole, visits Pittsburgh Friday, April 23 to serve up a musical evening that will have you smiling, nodding, dancing, and reflecting on all that is so beautifully encased in soul music. Saunders, who is also a faculty member at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, creates soulful melodies that keep the legacy of good Black music alive. Emphasis is placed on vocal harmony while the band is used to lay the basic foundation of rhythm and soul ala the sounds and stylings of Donny Hathaway, Gil Scott Heron, and Roy Ayers. Saunders’ use of poetic lyrics, inspired by the writings of Nikki Giovanni, allows the listener to discover the complexities that he sees in soul music. Saunders has worked with such renowned artists as Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Billy Joel and Michael Jackson, and has penned songs for Barry White, Maysa Leek and Vanessa Rubin. His recently released solo project, Enter My Mind (Black Honey Records/Soulbrother Records UK) has been rated "exceptional" by Vibe Magazine (September 2003) and described by The Baltimore Sun as an invitation "into a sun-drenched place of romantic and spiritual love, of inspired funk, passion and rich imagery"
For more info: Visit: www.marlonsaunders.com
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Salsa
$3 | 10pm-2am @ Cozumel 5505 Walnut St [Shadyside]. 412-621-5100 Map/directions
DJ Paul Mitchell and DJ Marlon Silva alternate on Friday nights from 10:00 to 2:00 am. Cover charge is $3.00 on Fridays. Live bands play Saturday nights. Cover charge ranges from $5.00 to $7.00 on Saturday nights beginning at 10:30 p.m. Parquet wooden floor. For schedule of Saturday bands and cover charge call 412-621-5100.
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Theater: Chesapeake
Visit Website or Call for Tickets | Check schedule for Showtimes @ City Theatre 1300 Bingham at 13th Street [Southside]. 412-431-CITY www.citytheatrecompany.org Map/directions
Arts. Politics. Dogs. Labeled obscene and stripped of his NEA grant, a performance artist seeks revenge against a right-wing Senator and becomes inextricably linked with Lucky, the Senator’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever. A brilliantly off-kilter take on America’s culture wars.
Saturday, April 24 ,2004
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Saturday, April 24, 2004 - AFTERHOURS: Crash!!!
$5 | 2am-5am (saturday evening to sunday morning) @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions
The Mid Atlantic's Only After Hours Open Waffle Bar (made fresh to order with all the fixings and all you can eat). Featuring DJ SMI spinning Down Tempo and Head Nod Hip-Hop. Plus in House Massage Therapist. Every Saturday Night!
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Art All Night
Free | 8pm until sunrise @ 51st Street Business District 135 51st Street [Lawrenceville]. Map/directions
Art All Night Lawrenceville is one of Pittsburgh's most popular-and populist-arts events. Art All Night Lawrenceville debuted in 1998, with some 101 pieces of art and 200 all-night art lovers, and has gained a cult-like following over the years. In 1999, submissions grew to more than 200 pieces and attendance to more than 1,100 attendees. Art All Night drew even bigger crowds in 2000 with record attendees and 300 pieces of artwork on display. Art All Night is a catalyst for neighborhood development. Donations by attendees have spawned arts education and neighborhood art projects. For further information on arts and culture in Lawrenceville, please send an e-mail to info@artallnight.org, or call Barb Pyles at 682-2925. To volunteer at Art All Night, please send an e-mail to volunteers@artallnight.org. Art All Night is an all-volunteer, free community event.
For more info: email: info@artallnight.org Visit: www.artallnight.org
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Art Opening: Mindscapes & Numbers by JACK N. MOHR
Free | 6-9 pm @ BoxHeart Gallery 4523 Liberty Ave [Bloomfield]. 412-687-8858 www.boxheart.org Map/directions
For decades Mohr has worked as a graphic designer and fine artist. He painted, made collages and created etchings, lithographs and monotypes. In graphics, he designed trademarks and logos, posters and brochures, developed comprehensive corporate design concepts and occasionally designed furniture or interiors. Mohr came to Santa Barbara, California in 1997 to pursue new aspects of art, to explore new ways of artistic _expression, to experiment with new media and techniques. When he met the notable ceramist Pat Kenny he instantly was attracted by this medium and worked very intensively with clay and porcelain. Mohr's ceramic images play with structure and rhythm, light and shadow or use the topography of organic forms; his small sculptures are models of larger visions; his ceramic objects deal with the destruction of geometric forms, some pierced by metal or wooden elements. In his recent paintings, Mohr explores different subjects often in thematic series of four or more while his earlier paintings reflect personal experiences and memories or express thoughts and views of the moment. They range from fully abstract to new views of realism. Mohr's collages are uncommon or surrealistic combinations of colors, shapes and graphic elements from own drawings or monotypes. They invite you to linger in your own fantasy of interpretation. Often in Mohr's art you will discover traces of his designer years or his attraction to letters and numbers.
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Art Opening: SoftWORKS
Free | 5-8 pm @ Future Tenant Gallery 801 Liberty Ave [Downtown]. 412-268-3932 www.futuretenant.org Map/directions
"You are invited to come in. See it. Touch it. Stick your face in it. softWORKS is an amalgam of performance, installation and object art. Psychological narratives are actively woven into elaborately constructed environments, intimate relics are put on display and the city itself is rendered subject. Eleven artists, eleven works to experience. You are invited. Get in." SoftWORKS is an exhibition of installations and performances by students in an advanced studio course in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Art. This class, also titled softWORKS, is taught by Michelle Illuminato with the assistance of MFA student William Cravis. The class explores the use of soft media in contemporary installation, interactive art, and performance. Students have investigated modes and methods of artmaking using natural and synthetic fibers through, by placing an emphasis on experimentation. The following students have created an individual performance, interactive work, or installation for this exhibition: Josh A. Atlas, Ashley Brickman, Meg Graham, Marina Kliger, Emilee Kohan, Kristina Lazar, Erica May (Emay), Ryan Murray, Andrew Negrey, Elspeth Sherman, and Cay Yoon.
For more info: Visit: www.cmu.edu/cfa
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Art Opening: NADINE FAILS
Free | 6-9 pm @ Crazy _Mocha Coffee Company 4525 Liberty Avenue [Bloomfield]. Map/directions
Graduating senior of Carlow College, Nadine Fails, will be exhibiting at CRAZY _MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY.
For more info: Visit: www.boxheart.org
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - DJs: 720 Records night
$3 | 10pm-2am @ Pittsburgh Deli Co 728 Copeland St [Shadyside]. 412-682-DELI www.pghdeli.com Map/directions
From the deep crates of the DJs from 720 Records.
For more info: Visit: www.720records.com
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Dance Performance: Tomari Maatir Konya
$8-10 | 7:00 pm @ Antonian Hall 3333 Fifth Ave [Carlow College, Shadyside]. Map/directions
Pittsburgh-based Nandanik Dance Academy presents Tomari Maatir Konya, a Dance Performance based on Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's Chandalika. It is the story of an outcast, Prakriti [Nature]. Ananda, a Buddhist monk, accepts water from Prakriti and teaches her to judge herself not by the false values that society attaches to the accidents of birth, but by her gift of love. This, to Prakriti, is a profound revelation that unfolds her dilemma of awakened desires and righteousness. Told through the fluid intertwining of movement and music. Experience the artistry of Navanritya style of Indian Classical Dance.
For more info: Phone: 412-341-3044 for tickets email: nandanik@adelphia.net Visit: www.nananik.org
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Film: Good Bye, Lenin!
$6 | 4:30, 7:00 and 9:30 pm shows @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany. But in this charming comedy, that's precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a hilarious scam as friends and family struggle to maintain the elaborate ruse. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Wolfgang Becker; Germany; 2004; 118 min)
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Film: In July
$5 | Check Website for Show Times @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
Ever since RUN LOLA RUN raced across the Atlantic and rang in a new era in German filmmaking, Teutonic comedy has ceased to be an oxymoron. A classic romance, IN JULY takes us from Hamburg, Germany, crosses into Austria, continues from Hungary to Romania and finally to Istanbul, Turkey over the breathtaking course of 100 minutes. The film, directed by German-born Turk Fatih Akin, is a vibrantly photographed journey set against the decidedly multicultural backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe, in which unrequited love, a stolen passport and 5 different countries and languages play the leads. Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu, Lola's wayward boyfriend in RUN LOLA RUN) is a young physics teacher in Hamburg who plays life by the rules. His students ridicule him, bartenders ignore him, and every night he walks home to a perfectly empty IKEA-furnished apartment. But his drab existence is about to change-he falls head over heels in love with a beautiful Turkish girl named Melek and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. On his way East, Daniel discovers a new self and learns to truly fight for his happiness, even as he gets high on drugs for the first time, gets beaten up, is seduced, robbed, and finally busted by Turkish borderguards. Daniel's wild odyssey is shared by Juli (the stunning Christiane Paul), a young woman hungry for life who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. But until then, the two must conquer Europe, by truck, car, bus, boat and foot and find out on the way that the laws of physics don't always apply.
For more info: Visit: www.filmsphilos.com/injuly.html
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Film: Two Films by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí
$6 | 8:00 pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions
Two by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí. Un Chien Andalou: Buñuel and Dalí’s first collaboration is dreamlike, surreal and famous for its shocking opening scene involving an eyeball. The avant-garde film is filled with memorable, symbolic images (such as disappearing underarm hair, ants crawling out of a hand, and donkey corpses on a grand piano) meant to unsettle the bourgeoisie. David Lynch and David Cronenberg were clearly paying attention. (France; 1929;16min) L’Age d’Or: "L’Age d’Or is the only film I know of which reveals the possibilities of the cinema. It makes its appeal neither to the intellect nor to the heart; it strikes at the solar plexus." – Henry Miller In their second collaborative effort, Buñuel and Dalí created cinema’s greatest ode to surrealism. While centered around two frustrated lovers, this visual poem of scorpions, nuns, dogs, bishops and blind men drives home its point: it is an assault on religious, political and social establishments of the day. Its release caused a near riot when rightists vandalized the theater where it was shown. The authorities responded by banning the film. (France; 1930; 60min)
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Music: Johnsons Big Band
$5 | 10:30 pm @ Club Cafe 56-58 South 12th Street [Southside]. 412-431-4950 www.clubcafelive.com Map/directions
The Johnsons Big Band is an amalgamated tradeworkers union of introverted songwriters, extroverted rockers, unrepentant punky-reggae and afro-beat enthusiasts, rehabilitated junk-shop burglars and unreconstructed situationist/dadaist philosophical revolutionaries. Mining rhythms like they was Hope diamonds and fighting cynicism with purest dementia, The Johnsons Big Band hopes to write songs that get the point across without sacrificing a bit of much-needed staggering, anti-social calamity -- or, as one reviewer put it (albeit regarding something entirely different), [The Johnsons Big Band] seems to be suggesting that there are times when we don't know how to feel things, and fumbling our way along is the only route."
For more info: Visit: www.johnsonsbigband.com
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Off The Wall (Performance Series): New Paradise Laboratories - Stupor
$10 | 7pm and 9pm @ The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St [Northside]. 412-237-8300 www.warhol.org Map/directions
The Philadelphia-based performance troupe, New Paradise Laboratories, has been making original theater work since 1996. Founded by Whit MacLaughlin, the troupe strives to create surprising, meticulous, spiritually challenging and distinctive experimental productions that investigate the human body and its capacity for physical expression. Based on images from Francisco Goya's infamous Los Caprichos etchings, the award-winning play, Stupor, is a beautiful, dream-like, and sometimes grotesque look at human relations: Eight spiritual explorers are holed up in an underground chamber where their close proximity forces them to play out their own deepest desires. The results are darkly erotic and wickedly humorous.
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Performance Art: Improvised Works
Call Ahead | Call Ahead @ Modern Formations Gallery 4919 Penn Ave [Garfield]. 412-362-0274 www.modernformations.com Map/directions
Completely improvised works by Eden Mcnutt, Anne Gentry, Gia T. Cacalano, Lenny Young, and Michael Pestel.
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Poetry Without Walls: 8th Annual Reading
Free | 7:30 pm @ Allegheny Unitarian Church 416 W. North Avenue [Northside]. Map/directions
Poetry Without Walls is just that...an annual open and free reading...no featured readers...no sign-up lists...a place for poets to bring their books & zines if they want...a place where the words rule and each voice takes a turn...
For more info: Phone: 412-231-1581 or 412-323-1884
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Rhythms, Dances, Stories and Songs from Around the World
$5 | 7 pm @ Kelly-Strayhorn Theater 5941 Penn Ave [East Liberty]. 412-363-3000 www.kelly-strayhorn.org Map/directions
Students from ELPC's Hope Academy of Music and the Arts will present their 2003-2004 showcase performance “World Beat: Rhythms, Dances, Stories and Songs from Around the World”. The stage will be alive with African dance and drumming, Stomp percussion and dance, spoken word poetry, a special hip hop video featuring Hope Academy students, and three musical theater pieces from the Iroquois, Mexican-American, and African Slave traditions
For more info: Phone: 412-441-3800 x11 Visit: www.cathedralofhope.org/hopeacademy/index.html#world beat
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Salsa
$3 | 10pm-2am @ Cozumel 5505 Walnut St [Shadyside]. 412-621-5100 Map/directions
DJ Paul Mitchell and DJ Marlon Silva alternate on Friday nights from 10:00 to 2:00 am. Cover charge is $3.00 on Fridays. Live bands play Saturday nights. Cover charge ranges from $5.00 to $7.00 on Saturday nights beginning at 10:30 p.m. Parquet wooden floor. For schedule of Saturday bands and cover charge call 412-621-5100.
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Soul Garden III - The music and fashion show
TBA | 8:30 pm - midnight @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions
One of the funkiest live music, art, and fashion shows in the 412 metro. Live Music: feature guests Raheem Devaughn. Plus Fashion Walk by Diondega. Brought to you by Charismatic Marketing, Natural Choice, and UK Brand. W/ DJs Nate Da Phat Barber and SMI.
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Theater: Chesapeake
Visit Website or Call for Tickets | Check schedule for Showtimes @ City Theatre 1300 Bingham at 13th Street [Southside]. 412-431-CITY www.citytheatrecompany.org Map/directions
Arts. Politics. Dogs. Labeled obscene and stripped of his NEA grant, a performance artist seeks revenge against a right-wing Senator and becomes inextricably linked with Lucky, the Senator’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever. A brilliantly off-kilter take on America’s culture wars.
Sunday, April 25 ,2004
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Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Dance Performance: Tomari Maatir Konya
$8-10 | 3:00 pm @ Antonian Hall 3333 Fifth Ave [Carlow College, Shadyside]. Map/directions
Based on Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's Chandalika, Tomari Maatir Konya is the story of an outcast - Prakriti [Nature]. Ananda, a Buddhist monk, accepts water from Prakriti and teaches her to judge herself not by the false values that society attaches to the accidents of birth, but by her gift of love. This, to Prakriti, is a profound revelation that unfolds her dilemma of awakened desires and righteousness. Experience the fluid artistry of Bharatnatyam Dance from south India.
For more info: Phone: 412-341-3044 for tickets email: nandanik@adelphia.net Visit: www.nananik.org
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Film: Good Bye, Lenin!
$6 | 2:30 and 5:00 pm shows @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany. But in this charming comedy, that's precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a hilarious scam as friends and family struggle to maintain the elaborate ruse. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Wolfgang Becker; Germany; 2004; 118 min)
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Film: In July
$5 | Check Website for Show Times @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
Ever since RUN LOLA RUN raced across the Atlantic and rang in a new era in German filmmaking, Teutonic comedy has ceased to be an oxymoron. A classic romance, IN JULY takes us from Hamburg, Germany, crosses into Austria, continues from Hungary to Romania and finally to Istanbul, Turkey over the breathtaking course of 100 minutes. The film, directed by German-born Turk Fatih Akin, is a vibrantly photographed journey set against the decidedly multicultural backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe, in which unrequited love, a stolen passport and 5 different countries and languages play the leads. Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu, Lola's wayward boyfriend in RUN LOLA RUN) is a young physics teacher in Hamburg who plays life by the rules. His students ridicule him, bartenders ignore him, and every night he walks home to a perfectly empty IKEA-furnished apartment. But his drab existence is about to change-he falls head over heels in love with a beautiful Turkish girl named Melek and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. On his way East, Daniel discovers a new self and learns to truly fight for his happiness, even as he gets high on drugs for the first time, gets beaten up, is seduced, robbed, and finally busted by Turkish borderguards. Daniel's wild odyssey is shared by Juli (the stunning Christiane Paul), a young woman hungry for life who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. But until then, the two must conquer Europe, by truck, car, bus, boat and foot and find out on the way that the laws of physics don't always apply.
For more info: Visit: www.filmsphilos.com/injuly.html
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Film: The Sacrifice
$6 | 7:30 pm @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
When Tarkovsky made The Sacrifice, he knew that he was gravely ill. He did not choose a small subject for his final statement. His film is about a man who learns, or dreams, that the bombers have gone on their way to unleash World War III. He offers his own life as a sacrifice, if only his family can be spared. Winner of a Special Grand Jury Prize at Cannes. A devastating, but powerfully reaffirming film on love, humanity, and faith. Andrei Tarkovsky is almost certainly the most famous Russian filmmaker since Eisenstein. His visionary approach to cinematic time and space, as well as his commitment to cinema as poetry, mark his oeuvre as one of the defining moments in the development of the modern art film. For more about the director, see this piece in Senses of Cinema. The speaker is: Bill Judson, the former Curator of Film and Video at the Carnegie Museum of Art and teacher in the Art History Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
For more info: Visit: pghfilmmakers.org/nukes.html
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Film: Two Films by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí
$6 | 3:00 pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions
Two by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí. Un Chien Andalou: Buñuel and Dalí’s first collaboration is dreamlike, surreal and famous for its shocking opening scene involving an eyeball. The avant-garde film is filled with memorable, symbolic images (such as disappearing underarm hair, ants crawling out of a hand, and donkey corpses on a grand piano) meant to unsettle the bourgeoisie. David Lynch and David Cronenberg were clearly paying attention. (France; 1929;16min) L’Age d’Or: "L’Age d’Or is the only film I know of which reveals the possibilities of the cinema. It makes its appeal neither to the intellect nor to the heart; it strikes at the solar plexus." – Henry Miller In their second collaborative effort, Buñuel and Dalí created cinema’s greatest ode to surrealism. While centered around two frustrated lovers, this visual poem of scorpions, nuns, dogs, bishops and blind men drives home its point: it is an assault on religious, political and social establishments of the day. Its release caused a near riot when rightists vandalized the theater where it was shown. The authorities responded by banning the film. (France; 1930; 60min)
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Music: Avant-Garde Jazz from NYC: Erik Friedlander
$10 | 8 pm @ Garfield Artworks 4931 Penn Ave [Garfield]. 412-802-7096 www.garfieldartworks.com Map/directions
ERIK FRIEDLANDER (cello) is a longtime participant in the New York City avant-jazz/improv scene. He leads the fusion band Topaz, and is a member of John Zorn's Masada String Trio, and has collaborated with almost anyone you can think of from that community: Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Ikue Mori, Myra Melford, Marty Ehrlich, Ellery Eskelin, and tons of others. with Comprov Group He has recorded for Tzadik, SIAM and other labels, and his latest two releases are on L.A.-based label Cryptogramophone and a CD on the Brassland label called 'Maldoror' based on the writings of Lautreamont (who has inspired Nurse With Wound). Opening will be the Comprov Group, which includes Lenny Young (oboe), Jay Matula (drums) and Tracy Mortimore (double bass).
For more info: Visit: www.erikfriedlander.com
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Rhythms, Dances, Stories and Songs from Around the World
$5 | 3 pm @ Kelly-Strayhorn Theater 5941 Penn Ave [East Liberty]. 412-363-3000 www.kelly-strayhorn.org Map/directions
Students from ELPC's Hope Academy of Music and the Arts will present their 2003-2004 showcase performance “World Beat: Rhythms, Dances, Stories and Songs from Around the World”. The stage will be alive with African dance and drumming, Stomp percussion and dance, spoken word poetry, a special hip hop video featuring Hope Academy students, and three musical theater pieces from the Iroquois, Mexican-American, and African Slave traditions
For more info: Phone: 412-441-3800 x11 Visit: www.cathedralofhope.org/hopeacademy/index.html#world beat
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Salsa
$5 | 8pm lessons, 10pm-2am DJs @ Club Havana 5744 Ellsworth Ave [Shadyside]. 412-661-2025 Map/directions
Come to socialize and enjoy the great variety of Martinis, Cigars and Latin Sounds in an upscale environment. Lessons by Marlon Silva on Sunday evenings. Marlon teaches Beginners from 7:00 - 8:00 pm; Intermediate and Advanced combinations from 8:00 - 10:00 pm. DJ Carlton plays a mix of salsa, merengue, samba, and cha cha following the Sunday dance lessons from 10:00 pm until 2:00 am. $5.00 cover charge on Sundays includes one free drink. Ceramic dance floor. For more information call 412-661-2025.
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Soul Soothing Sundays
$3 | 10pm-1am @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions
Join DJ Craig Simmons + guests spinning soulful deep house grooves for your Sunday evening.
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Spoken Word: The Spoken Mic at the Quiet Storm
$3 suggested | 7 pm @ Quiet Storm Coffeehouse 5430 Penn Ave [Friendship]. 412-661-9355 www.quietstormcoffee.com Map/directions
Innertainment presents an evening of spoken word, hosted by KL with special guest hosts Freedom & Nailah. Every other Sunday, beginning at 7PM. $3 suggested donation; $2 students/seniors. Are you ready to speak? Are you ready to tell your side of the story? Are you ready to tell the public of an upcoming event happening in the Pittsburgh area? We are now asking for representatives from local organizations to come to the Spoken Mic and inform artists of their missions. What new actions are being taken in this city? This will be your opportunity to inform the public! The Spoken Mic will say it all. The Spoken Mic brings out some of Pittsburgh's best writers and speakers to innertertain the Quiet Storm.
For more info: email: innertainmentlive@hotmail.com
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Theater: Chesapeake
Visit Website or Call for Tickets | Check schedule for Showtimes @ City Theatre 1300 Bingham at 13th Street [Southside]. 412-431-CITY www.citytheatrecompany.org Map/directions
Arts. Politics. Dogs. Labeled obscene and stripped of his NEA grant, a performance artist seeks revenge against a right-wing Senator and becomes inextricably linked with Lucky, the Senator’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever. A brilliantly off-kilter take on America’s culture wars.
Monday, April 26 ,2004
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Monday, April 26, 2004 - Dark Night Cabaret Series (Performance)
$3 | 7 pm @ Studio Theatre Basement of Cathederal of Learning (between Fifth & Forbes at Bigelow) [University of Pittsburgh Campus, Oakland]. www.pitt.edu/~pittarts Map/directions
The Dark Night Cabaret is an ongoing monthly performance series designed to provide a forum for the local arts community and to facilitate the development of new work. The producers are Dave Mansueto and Mark Whitehead.
For more info: Visit: www.emayhem.com/profiles/profile.php?profile=371
Monday, April 26, 2004 - Film: Good Bye, Lenin!
$6 | 8 pm @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany. But in this charming comedy, that's precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a hilarious scam as friends and family struggle to maintain the elaborate ruse. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Wolfgang Becker; Germany; 2004; 118 min)
Monday, April 26, 2004 - Film: In July
$5 | Check Website for Show Times @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
Ever since RUN LOLA RUN raced across the Atlantic and rang in a new era in German filmmaking, Teutonic comedy has ceased to be an oxymoron. A classic romance, IN JULY takes us from Hamburg, Germany, crosses into Austria, continues from Hungary to Romania and finally to Istanbul, Turkey over the breathtaking course of 100 minutes. The film, directed by German-born Turk Fatih Akin, is a vibrantly photographed journey set against the decidedly multicultural backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe, in which unrequited love, a stolen passport and 5 different countries and languages play the leads. Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu, Lola's wayward boyfriend in RUN LOLA RUN) is a young physics teacher in Hamburg who plays life by the rules. His students ridicule him, bartenders ignore him, and every night he walks home to a perfectly empty IKEA-furnished apartment. But his drab existence is about to change-he falls head over heels in love with a beautiful Turkish girl named Melek and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. On his way East, Daniel discovers a new self and learns to truly fight for his happiness, even as he gets high on drugs for the first time, gets beaten up, is seduced, robbed, and finally busted by Turkish borderguards. Daniel's wild odyssey is shared by Juli (the stunning Christiane Paul), a young woman hungry for life who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. But until then, the two must conquer Europe, by truck, car, bus, boat and foot and find out on the way that the laws of physics don't always apply.
For more info: Visit: www.filmsphilos.com/injuly.html
Monday, April 26, 2004 - Film: Two Films by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí
$6 | 8:00 pm @ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue [N. Oakland]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org Map/directions
Two by Louis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí. Un Chien Andalou: Buñuel and Dalí’s first collaboration is dreamlike, surreal and famous for its shocking opening scene involving an eyeball. The avant-garde film is filled with memorable, symbolic images (such as disappearing underarm hair, ants crawling out of a hand, and donkey corpses on a grand piano) meant to unsettle the bourgeoisie. David Lynch and David Cronenberg were clearly paying attention. (France; 1929;16min) L’Age d’Or: "L’Age d’Or is the only film I know of which reveals the possibilities of the cinema. It makes its appeal neither to the intellect nor to the heart; it strikes at the solar plexus." – Henry Miller In their second collaborative effort, Buñuel and Dalí created cinema’s greatest ode to surrealism. While centered around two frustrated lovers, this visual poem of scorpions, nuns, dogs, bishops and blind men drives home its point: it is an assault on religious, political and social establishments of the day. Its release caused a near riot when rightists vandalized the theater where it was shown. The authorities responded by banning the film. (France; 1930; 60min)
Monday, April 26, 2004 - Music: Gene Stovall w/ Rhetoric
$7 | 9 pm - midnight @ Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Blvd [East Liberty]. 412-363-8277 www.7thmovement.net Map/directions
Gene Stovall returns for a visit to PGH from his new home in Chicago. With a mix of Chicago musicians and friends from the 412. Monday night, Live! Live it!
For more info: Visit: www.genestovall.com
Monday, April 26, 2004 - Theater: Chesapeake
Visit Website or Call for Tickets | Check schedule for Showtimes @ City Theatre 1300 Bingham at 13th Street [Southside]. 412-431-CITY www.citytheatrecompany.org Map/directions
Arts. Politics. Dogs. Labeled obscene and stripped of his NEA grant, a performance artist seeks revenge against a right-wing Senator and becomes inextricably linked with Lucky, the Senator’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever. A brilliantly off-kilter take on America’s culture wars.
Tuesday, April 27 ,2004
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - DJs: Ya Dig?!
Free | 8pm-midnight @ Kelly's Bar & Grill 6012 Penn Circle South [East Liberty]. 412.363.6012 Map/directions
Funk, SOul, Rare Grooves, Jazz beneath the surface. Guest DJs. Original vinyl only. Ya Dig?
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - Film: Good Bye, Lenin!
$6 | 8 pm @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany. But in this charming comedy, that's precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a hilarious scam as friends and family struggle to maintain the elaborate ruse. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Wolfgang Becker; Germany; 2004; 118 min)
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - Film: In July
$5 | Check Website for Show Times @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
Ever since RUN LOLA RUN raced across the Atlantic and rang in a new era in German filmmaking, Teutonic comedy has ceased to be an oxymoron. A classic romance, IN JULY takes us from Hamburg, Germany, crosses into Austria, continues from Hungary to Romania and finally to Istanbul, Turkey over the breathtaking course of 100 minutes. The film, directed by German-born Turk Fatih Akin, is a vibrantly photographed journey set against the decidedly multicultural backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe, in which unrequited love, a stolen passport and 5 different countries and languages play the leads. Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu, Lola's wayward boyfriend in RUN LOLA RUN) is a young physics teacher in Hamburg who plays life by the rules. His students ridicule him, bartenders ignore him, and every night he walks home to a perfectly empty IKEA-furnished apartment. But his drab existence is about to change-he falls head over heels in love with a beautiful Turkish girl named Melek and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. On his way East, Daniel discovers a new self and learns to truly fight for his happiness, even as he gets high on drugs for the first time, gets beaten up, is seduced, robbed, and finally busted by Turkish borderguards. Daniel's wild odyssey is shared by Juli (the stunning Christiane Paul), a young woman hungry for life who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. But until then, the two must conquer Europe, by truck, car, bus, boat and foot and find out on the way that the laws of physics don't always apply.
For more info: Visit: www.filmsphilos.com/injuly.html
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - Morning Meditation at the Mattress Factory
Free | 7-8 am @ The Mattress Factory 500 Sampsonia Way [Northside]. 412-231-3169 www.mattress.org Map/directions
Each Tuesday morning The Zen Center of Pittsburgh will hold zazen (seated meditation) at the museum followed by a short service. A brief period of zazen instruction will be offered the first Tuesday of each month. Zen Center recommends attending an "Evening of Zen: An Introduction" workshop prior to sitting at Mattress Factory, but it is not mandatory. For more information and to schedule the introductory workshop, please contact the Zen Center of Pittsburgh
For more info: Phone: 412-741-1262 email: kyoki@prairiewindzen.org Visit: www.prairiewindzen.org/zcp/
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - Theater: Chesapeake
Visit Website or Call for Tickets | Check schedule for Showtimes @ City Theatre 1300 Bingham at 13th Street [Southside]. 412-431-CITY www.citytheatrecompany.org Map/directions
Arts. Politics. Dogs. Labeled obscene and stripped of his NEA grant, a performance artist seeks revenge against a right-wing Senator and becomes inextricably linked with Lucky, the Senator’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever. A brilliantly off-kilter take on America’s culture wars.
Wednesday, April 28 ,2004
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - DJ: Punk Rock Night with DJ John Doran
Free | 9 pm @ Kelly's Bar & Grill 6012 Penn Circle South [East Liberty]. 412.363.6012 Map/directions
John Doran lays down Punk and Hardcore tracks every Wednesday Night. 7 inches rock!
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - Film: Good Bye, Lenin!
$6 | 8 pm @ Regent Square Cinema 1035 S. Braddock Ave [Regent Square]. 412-682-4111 www.pghfilmmakers.org/regent.html Map/directions
October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany. But in this charming comedy, that's precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a hilarious scam as friends and family struggle to maintain the elaborate ruse. In German with subtitles. (Directed by Wolfgang Becker; Germany; 2004; 118 min)
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - Film: In July
$5 | Check Website for Show Times @ The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd [Oakmont]. 412-828-6322 www.theoakstheater.com Map/directions
Ever since RUN LOLA RUN raced across the Atlantic and rang in a new era in German filmmaking, Teutonic comedy has ceased to be an oxymoron. A classic romance, IN JULY takes us from Hamburg, Germany, crosses into Austria, continues from Hungary to Romania and finally to Istanbul, Turkey over the breathtaking course of 100 minutes. The film, directed by German-born Turk Fatih Akin, is a vibrantly photographed journey set against the decidedly multicultural backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe, in which unrequited love, a stolen passport and 5 different countries and languages play the leads. Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu, Lola's wayward boyfriend in RUN LOLA RUN) is a young physics teacher in Hamburg who plays life by the rules. His students ridicule him, bartenders ignore him, and every night he walks home to a perfectly empty IKEA-furnished apartment. But his drab existence is about to change-he falls head over heels in love with a beautiful Turkish girl named Melek and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. On his way East, Daniel discovers a new self and learns to truly fight for his happiness, even as he gets high on drugs for the first time, gets beaten up, is seduced, robbed, and finally busted by Turkish borderguards. Daniel's wild odyssey is shared by Juli (the stunning Christiane Paul), a young woman hungry for life who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. But until then, the two must conquer Europe, by truck, car, bus, boat and foot and find out on the way that the laws of physics don't always apply.
For more info: Visit: www.filmsphilos.com/injuly.html
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - Salsa
Free | 9:30pm-2am @ Sanctuary 1620 Penn Ave [Strip District ]. 412-263-2877 www.sanctuarypittsburgh.com Map/directions
Salsa night on Wednesdays featuring the music of DJ Paul Mitchell. Beautifully renovated church with an extremely large wooden dance floor. Excellent sound and light system. Nancy Sakach teaches a free lesson at 9:30 pm. Call 412-263-2877 for more information.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - Theater: Chesapeake
Visit Website or Call for Tickets | Check schedule for Showtimes @ City Theatre 1300 Bingham at 13th Street [Southside]. 412-431-CITY www.citytheatrecompany.org Map/directions
Arts. Politics. Dogs. Labeled obscene and stripped of his NEA grant, a performance artist seeks revenge against a right-wing Senator and becomes inextricably linked with Lucky, the Senator’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever. A brilliantly off-kilter take on America’s culture wars.
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