community + cultural info



> @ the warhol: Upcoming Programs
> 
> 
> Monday, June 23, 7 p.m. 
> Homefront: A PCTV public affairs program
> FREE 
> Homefront, a new public affairs program airing on PCTV 21 and taped 
live
> at The Warhol, features the screening of an award-winning documentary 
film
> on a global or national problem, followed by a live panel and 
audience
> discussion. This month's topic is, Media Monopoly featuring the film, 
Rich
> Media, Poor Democracy. 
> Guest panelists include: 
> Robert Bellamy - Associate Professor of Media Communication at 
Duquesne
> University
> Lynn Cullen - Pittsburgh radio personality
> Tony Norman - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board
> Bennie Perez - local station owner
> Fredrick Polner - partner with the Pittsburgh law firm Rothman Gordon
> Homefront: Media Monopoly will be airing twice a month in prime time, 
on
> PCTV21, and distributed nationally on Free Speech TV.
> 
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> Thursday, June 26, 7:30 p.m.
> Cave Canem Poetry Reading
> FREE
> Since 1996, the Cave Canem Workshop/Retreat has been a home for black
> poetry and a place for African-American poets to hone their craft. 
The
> evening's program will feature readings from poets who are faculty 
members
> at this premier workshop, including: 
> 
> Toi Derricotte - Cave Canem co-founder and professor at The 
University of
> Pittsburgh. Derricote is the author of five books, including Tender, 
which
> won the Patterson Poetry Prize.
> Cornelius Eady - Cave Canem co-founder and author of six books 
including,
> Brutal Imagination. 
> Terrance Hayes - Carnegie Mellon University professor who's second 
book,
> Hip Logic, was a National Poetry Series Open Competition selection. 
> Marilyn Nelson - University of Delaware professor who has won 
numerous
> awards for her sixth book, Carver: a Life in Poems. 
> 
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> 
> Good Fridays
> June 27, 8 p.m.
> Douglas Gordon's Feature Film
> Tickets $5
> A rare chance to see contemporary artist, Douglas Gordon's, major 
film
> work Feature Film (Great Britain, 1999) 81 min. The film takes Alfred
> Hitchcock's classic Vertigo as a starting point and focuses on 
Bernard
> Hermann's momentous and famously eerie orchestral score.
> Relates to the current exhibition Douglas Gordon: Blind Star
> plus...
> 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
> Wine Tasting in The Warhol Cafe
> $12 per person
> big Burrito and The Warhol Cafe offer visitors four unique wines for
> tasting along with wine-friendly snacks. 
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> Saturday, June 28, 12-4 p.m.
> Opening Event for Andy Warhol's Electric Chairs: Reflecting on 
Capital
> Punishment in America
> Museum admission ($8 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children/students, Free 
for
> members)
> This small exhibition uses the power of Warhol's Electric Chair image 
and
> the ambiguity of his intent, together with diverse audio and written
> points of view as a catalyst to generate dialogue around the 
complexity of
> crime and punishment in America and the various sides of the capital
> punishment debate. The day's activities include a 1 p.m. screening of 
the
> film, The Thin Blue Line. Also, from 12-4 p.m. visitors to The 
Weekend
> Factory will be invited to participate in a collective 'zine making
> project focused around issues of capital punishment.
> 
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> For additional press information/images for any of the above 
programs,
> please contact Gina Frey at 412.237.8339
> 
> The Andy Warhol Museum
> 117 Sandusky Street--North Shore
> 412.237.8300
> www.warhol.org 
> One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
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