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. > ************************************************************************** > ************************ > 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. > > ************************************************************************** > ************************ > > 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. > ************************************************************************** > ************************ > 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. > > ************************************************************************** > ************************ > > 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 > > |