community + cultural info
Donıt miss the PAAI and Penn Avenue Corridor Artist doing demos at the Three
Riverıs Arts festival this weekend. (see below # 6)
Call for Artists, Vendors, and Volunteers for Penn Avenue Festival Rocks
Against Racism, Saturday August 23rd, Noon-8PM. Festival includes
Artists, Performers, Street Vendors, Ethnic Food, Farmerıs Market, & a 3 vs.
3-basketball tournament.
Artists contact Jeffrey Dorsey: 412-441-6147 or jeffrey@friendship-pgh.org
Vendors contact Bill Brocco: 412-441-6950 or bbrocco1@hotmail.com
Activists and Speakers contact Marie Skoczylas: tmc.development@verizon.net
3 on 3 B-ball registration call Jennifer at 412-441-9833 or
bgc_jennifer@yahoo.com
Volunteers Dana at 412-441-6147 and leave your name and phone number.
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Wed 6/11 The Millbridge Brothers (formerly Haven), Parallel Road (acoustic
rock) 8:00
Thur 6/12 Sub Arachnoid Space, Paik, Aydin
(rock) 8:00
Fri 6/13 Xrisco and Antone'
(electronic) 9:00
Fri 6/13 Kevin Finn
(acoustic)
9:00
Sat 6/14 Weird Olde America Night w/The Deliberate Strangers,Curtis Eller,
Lonesome Bob, Chuck Kinder, B.J. O'Malley, Chuck Owston
(acoustic) 9:00
Sun 6/15 Spoken Word Open mic
(open stage/lit) 8:00
Wed 6/18 Youth Empowerment Show w/Phat ManDee & friends (jazz)
8:00
Thur 6/19 Fitzgerald and Beach, Gypsy Piano Blues
(blues) 8:00
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2. Starting tonight at Shadow Lounge, 5927 Baum Blvd @ Highland Ave.
Wed. 6/11 - 7PM Live Jazz hosted by Horace Turner. Free (jazz)
Gene Stovall. $3. Open Jam session
Thurs. 6/12 TBA Palestinian Solidarity: Iron Sheik w/ Tarek. (Hip-Hop)
Fri 6/13 10PM Hip-Hop Café Series: Finless Brown (Clev). $5. (Hip-Hop/Spoken
Word)
Sat. 6/14 9PM Damion Falchetti presents Live Bands & DJs. $5. (Hardcore, Bass)
Sun. 6/15, 10PM. Jazz Satelite. $3 (jazz)
Monday 6/16, 6PM. Gian T. Cacalano: Movement & stretch Class $5/hr. (Fitness)
Tuesday 6/17, 8PM. Frankie Sparo. $6. Indie-rock.
Wednesdsay 6/18. 7PM. Live Jazz hosted by Horace Turner. Free. (Jazz)
10PM Open Jam session hosted by Gene Stovall. $3. (Open Jam)
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This will be a meeting to fine tune the mural design/meet the artist.- Kirke
Wilson.
The following is the schedule for the rest of the meetings pertaining to the
mural this summer:
Tuesday, July 1st at 6pm, Project 1877 at 4805 Penn
Ave--This will be a the last community meeting to finalize the mural design/look
at mural site, artist discusses final proposal.
July 11th--final designs approved by BGC board, others???
July 18-20th: site clean -up and mural wall preparation
Approximately July 21st--thru August 31st--mural is painted at 4809 Penn
Ave, mural kickoff event, TBA.
August 15th--Deadline for SB Essay contest.
August 31st--mural dedication ceremony, TBA. Winner of Sidney Barlow Essay
contest receives prize (Compaq computer.)
Thanks,
Victoria
412-350-6384
- - -Kirke Wilson was one of eight artistss chosen as part of the Sprout Funds
City-wide Mural Project. The entier list of winners is below:
Garfield Penn and Mathilda Ave Kirke Wilson
Hill District 2012 Center Ave Chris St. Pierre
Wilkinsburg 745 Penn Ave Jena Anne Sabom
Strip District 11th and Penn Ave Peter Theofilis
Northside 512 Jacksonia St Monique Luck/
Leslie Ansley
Millvale E. Ohio Blvd and Lincoln Ave Sandy Kessler
McKees Rocks 625 Chartiers Ave Laurie Marshall
Regent Square 1101 S. Braddock Kristin Williams
Between June 10 and July 10, the artist/muralist and community will work
together with the help of their assigned facilitator to refine the concepts of
the mural and build consensus around the project. When designs are finalized,
the artists will begin painting the murals. Community events will be organized
around the mural painting kickoff.
Murals will be completed by the end of August. City-wide mural
dedication ceremonies on August 31st will complete our first season of mural
painting!
For more information about the Community Murals Project, visit http://publicart.sproutfund.org
<http://publicart.sproutfund.org/> .
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Chris St. Pierre, a young Friendship resident was chosen as one of t 8
Artists to Paint a community mural as part of Sprout Fundıs Mural Project.
The Sprout Fund (office on Penn Avenue in Garfueld) recently sponsored a
competition to promote the painting of murals in eight Pittsburgh
neighborhoods, including a wall at 4801 Pnn Ave. (see above)
Chris' design was selected by a committee of Hill residents. It depicts a
saxophonist's music wafting through a panorama of the Hill, linking its
vibrant history with a new and hopeful vision of vitality, renovation and
diversity. It will be located at 2012 Centre Ave. in the Hill district.
Mr. St. Pirre has lived in Friendship most of his life. He attended
Friendship Academy and Rogers C.A.P.A. Middle School. He graduated in 2002
from Schenley High School, where he received the 2002 Gene Kelly Award for
Scenic Design, from the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
"This is a tremendous opportunity, not only to add life and color to these
neighborhoods, but for me personally to get my name out and establish
myself as a Pittsburgh artist." Chris St. Pierre
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Hey guys, another if you missed the Sprout Fundıs first annual extravaganze,
Hothouse on Saturday June 7th, you can still check it out as it was covered for
WQED-tvs OnQ . The piece will air this Thursday, June 12th, at 7:30pm and rerun
at 11:30 that night and 12:30 the next afternoon.
Thanks,
Mara
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Schedule of Demonstrations and PAAI Representatives:
Friday, June 13
Pittsburgh Glass Center, 4730 Penn Avenue (11AM-4PM)
Suzanne Hines - Fyah Wyah (11AM 1PM)
Judy Dickson, potter and PAAI Teaching-Artist ( 2-5PM)
Aria Thomases & Jeffrey Dorsey, Penn Avenue Arts Initiative Info: (5-7PM)
Saturday, June 14
Red Star Iron Works, 4810 Penn Avenue (11AM-8PM)
Kristian - sculptor and independant contractor (11AM 8PM)
Jim Maloney, BGC Board member (11AM-1PM)
K.L. Brewer, Bridgespotters Collective (1PM-4PM)
Gretchen Gerufchat, Waldorf School of Pittsburgh (4-8PM)
Sunday, June 15
Liquid Stone Studio - architectural concrete, 4810 Penn Avenue (11AM-8PM)
Debroah Bogan, poet and PAAI Teaching-Artist (1-3PM)
Misty Baker, waldorf Scchool of Pgh (11AM-1PM)
Chris Graves, Filmmaker (Noon-2PM)
Plus all weekend long see projects funded by the Sprout Fund (4920 Penn).
Contact Aria at 412-441-9833 or ariathomases@yahoo.com for more info and to
volunteer at the information booth.
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7. Union Project Hosts Neighborhood Clean-Up Day, Saturday
Contact: Jessica King, 412-363-4550, jess@unionproject.org
The Union Project is hosting a Vandalism Clean-Up Day on Saturday June 14 from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the former Union Baptist Church (Stanton & Negley Avenues,
Highland Park). A press-conference will be held at 1:00 on the front lawn.
Over the Memorial Day weekend, vandals broke into the Union Project, shattering
26 interior windows, splintering original 100-year-old handcrafted woodwork,
ripping up floorboards, and trashing furniture and clothes donated for the
community-wide Highland Park Yard Sale. There were also some 15 attempts to set
fire and five small homemade bombs meant to spray shrapnel and flames. The
Union Project is restoring the former church as part of its mission to create
community by connecting neighbors and celebrating art and faith in common space.
The June 14 clean-up day follows a strong precedent in less than two years,
this grass-roots project has garnered the support of 400 people and their 6,000
hours of work removing trash from the building, planning for the restoration,
raising funds, organizing the board of directors and more. "This project would
not be possible without the participation of our neighbors," says Executive
Director Jessica King. "It takes a whole community to pull off something this
big."
Projects for the Saturday work day include cleaning up vandalism damage,
securing the doors with new and improved locks, painting and refinishing the
exterior doors, installing upgraded exterior lighting and continuing the ongoing
landscaping and beautification efforts. "Our goal for the clean-up day is to
show that an active, healthy community cannot be sabotaged by violence and
destruction," says Board Chair Brad Siemens.
In addition to the physical repairs, a Union Project Vandalism Fund has been
established for those who wish to contribute financially to project,
specifically for the costs associated with the clean-up effort. The Board of
Directors has set a goal to raise $20,000 in response to the crimes.
Organizers expect a strong community turn-out and note that food and drink will
be provided for volunteers.
To volunteer, call 412.478.3105 or email Justin@unionproject.org. For more
information regarding the event, call the Union Project at 412.363.4550 or email
info@unionproject.org or visit www.unionproject.org.
Justin Rothshank
Associate Director
The Union Project
801 North Negley Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206
412-478-3105 cell
www.unionproject.org <http://www.unionproject.org>
Restoring neighborhood space to connect, create, and celebrate.
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The Society for the Elimination of Advertising welcomes you to their closing
reception sale at the Spinning Plate Gallery 5720 Friendship Ave Saturday June
14th from 6 10 pm. Our agenda is to bring awareness of the overabundance of
billboards, not enough loud and weird music, and the immanent threat of chip
implantation in humans. Many guest artists (including you) are encouraged to
participate in the visual, aural and gustatory (is that a word?) experience.
EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!
South Sideıs own Master Mechanic will rock out the festivities, plus the second
incarnation of OOK (of the BullSeal Consortium).
This is again a potluck affair so bring food to share and drink as well. Also,
please bring a hand drum as we will be having a drum circle of sorts to live
music! Meet the founding members of the S.E.A. and move your mind towards the
future of your design!
SHOW ENDS SUNDAY June 15th FATHER"S DAY
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Caravan Serai: Travel Through Dance
Friday June 13 & Sat. June 14, 2003
8 pm
Kelly Strayhorn Theater
5941 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh
$12 at the door
www.zafiradance.com
412.323.3000
Zafira's presents their brand-new full-length stage-show.
~ The fruit of the company's six years studying and performing in the U.S, India
and the Middle East. ~ Part travelogue, part historical meditation, part
cultural homage. ~ A lit tapestry of motion exploring the ways that play,
serendipity & desire
combine in ordinary lives to produce extraordinary art and dance.
~We will be filming Saturdays performance for a new, Live Performance Video.
Plus: Thank you to all the talented artists who have donated artwork,
performed, danced and fed us at the Zafira Caravan Serai Benefit
on the 31st, and the Hafla last Saturday. We are amazed by the overwhelming
support of the arts community here in Pittsburgh, and we are honored to be a
part of such a vibrant community. Without you, it would not be possible for us
to present:
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Dance Alloy will be performing as part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival at the
following times and locations:
Tuesday, June 17th--Dominion Plaza, 12:00
Thursday, June 19th--PPG Plaza, 12:00
Saturday, June 21st--WYEP Festival Stage, 3:00
Sunday, June 22nd--WYEP Festival Stage, 12:00
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Sign up for Classes at the Dance Alloyıs Neighborhood Studio Now:
412-363-4321.
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Steppinı Out Classes: Thursdays: June 19 - August 14th 7:30-9 PM.
$75 for a single or $120 for a couple. Call 412-363-4321 for more info or to
register. Brought to you by the Dance Organization for the LGBT community and
friends.
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The PAAI A-list is intended to promote artists and arts-related activity
who live and work along the Penn Avenue Corridor. The A-list includes event
listings, gallery hours, venue rental information, jobs listings, art classes,
artists studio spaces for rent/ sale, and announcements that benefit the growth
of the Penn Avenue Corridor as an Arts District.
If you have something arts related you would like the community to know about
please email it to jeffrey@friendship-pgh.org by 5PM on the Tuesday
morning of the week you would like it to appear. Priority will be given to all
Penn Avenue Corridor arts info. and info. that might benefit artists who live
here.
Like the changes you are seeing along the Penn Avenue Corridor. Call us at
412-441-6147 to make a donation to one of the many active organizations helping
to revitalize the Penn Avenue Corridor.
"Get out to the 3 Rivers Arts Festival this weekend."
..Artnonymous.