Join us for a concert with experimental quartet Elder Ones featuring lead vocalist and harmonium player Amirtha Kidambi. Elder Ones fuses classical and jazz music with international influences to create a symphony of avant-garde sound. Kidambi was formally trained in classical music but felt the pull of free jazz drawing her toward a different path. Influenced by Carnatic music of […]
In honor of Trans Day of Visibility, ReelQ presents a screening of “Where is my Refuge,” episode 4 of the award-winning Sundance documentary series America in Transition. This screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A lead by the subject of the documentary episode, Nina Chaubal. (Runtime: 22 minutes) America in Transition is an award-winning, Sundance-backed documentary series exploring […]
Outside the Academy Series: Trust and AI
Join us for a lively cross-disciplinary conversation that asks the question “can we trust our AI?” This panel discussion is presented in partnership with CMU’s Ethics & AI public programming initiative. Trust is central to human relationships. Yet artificial intelligence (AI) is posing an entirely new set of ethical challenges that affect human-human and human-machine […]
(This event will be held downstairs in our Word Cellar.) Do you want to maintain or perfect your French? Do you like lively conversation? Well, come join us for conversation in a welcoming environment where we’ll speak 100% in French. Proficiency in the language is required. Vous voulez maintenir ou perfectionner vos compétences en français […]
Please join us for a reading with Kate Daniels, Ellen Smith, and Andy Feathers presented by Michael Simms and Vox Populi. Guggenheim Fellow Kate Daniels’ new book of poems In the Months of my Son’s Recovery describes a mother’s descent into Hell to save her son. What she finds is that she cannot save him – she can save […]
Toi Derricotte: Celebration & Book Launch
Join us for a reading with Toi Derricotte celebrating the launch of her new poetry collection “I”: New and Selected Poems. After the reading, stay for a screening of Strong Words: The Art of Toi Derricotte. The program will include a short interlude between the reading and screening. Light refreshments served! 5 p.m. – Reading and Q&A 6:30 […]
Sembène Film Festival: Been Rich All My Life
Join us for a screening of Been Rich All My Life presented by Sembène–The Film & Art Festival. (Runtime: 81 minutes) The Silver Belles are a group of classy, sassy hoofers who met in the 1930s as chorus dancers at the famed Apollo and Cotton Clubs. There, they learned their trade and performed with legendary bandleaders and […]
Steel City Slam hosts Pittsburgh’s annual poetry slam championship! Pittsburgh’s top slam poets will compete for a cash prize and the right to represent Pittsburgh at the National Poetry Slam in Chicago. 13 poets will enter, 4 will make the team, and only one will leave as champion! Pittsburgh Poetry Collective charges $10 at […]
Join us for an afternoon of family-friendly storytelling with Len Cabral. Len Cabral is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning storyteller and author who has been engaging and entertaining audiences with his storytelling performances for over 30 years. A great grandson of a Cape Verdean whaler whose grandparents immigrated to America from the islands off the coast of West […]
Free Association Reading Series
Join us for an intimate evening of readings with exceptional writers co-curated by Pat Hart and Marc Nieson of the Free Association Reading Series. Featured Writers: Lynn Emanuel is the author of five books of poetry, Hotel Fiesta, The Dig, Then, Suddenly–, Noose and Hook, and, most recently, The Nerve Of It : Poems New […]