Art of Translation Series: Emma Ramadan
Join us for our first reading celebrating the work and artistry of literary translation. This inaugural program of our Art of Translation Series will feature translator Emma Ramadan and French author Brice Matthieussent reading from their work The Revenge of the Translator, presented in partnership with Deep Vellum. The work of a masterful novelist and translator collide in […]
Join us for an evening of jazz with Miles Okazaki playing original compositions from his new album Trickster. Trickster is Miles Okazaki’s fourth album of original compositions. The album was released on Pi Recordings in 2017 to great acclaim, called “a brilliant individual statement” and “a mature work for the ages” by Pop Matters, “a true concept album” by the Wall Street Journal, […]
Join us for an evening of jazz with the Yoko Suzuki Trio! Yoko Suzuki is an alto saxophonist working in Pittsburgh and New York City. She started to play the alto saxophone upon joining a jazz ensemble at Osaka University in Japan, teaching herself jazz theory, improvisation and repertoire. After working as a musician in Osaka, Japan […]
Tania Grubbs: I AM, Volume 2 Flight
Join us for an evening of original jazz with vocalist Tania Grubbs. I AM: Volume 2, Flight is an exploration of ornithology and how birds and their unique songs and rhythmic patterns reflect and inspire music. The concert will feature some familiar tunes with birds and flight as the subject as well as a few […]
Join us for a screening of Tchindas, hosted by ReelQ. This film is presented in Cape Verdean Creole with English subtitles. (Runtime: 94 minutes) Tchinda is one of most beloved women in Cape Verde, especially after she came out as a transgender person in the local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become […]
Stories That Heal: Kristine Irwin
Join us for a reading with Kristine Irwin, as part of NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania’s Stories That Heal reading series. Kristine Irwin was just a few months into her first year of college when she was raped and left in an unconscious heap on the side of the road. Her perpetrator was someone she had known for years. Her […]
Alphabet City Ellington All-Stars
Please join us for a concert celebrating Duke Ellington’s 120th birthday, as part of our Off Minor Jazz Series. Ellington elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other more traditional musical genres. During his five-decade career, he wrote more than one thousand compositions, making his extensive body of work the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, with many of […]
Sembène Film Festival: True Conviction
Join us for a screening of True Conviction presented by Sembène–The Film & Art Festival. This program will be followed by a Q&A discussion with one of the subjects of the film, Christopher Scott. (Run time: 1hr 24min) After serving a combined sixty-three years in prison for crimes they did not commit, Texas exonerees Christopher Scott, Johnnie Lindsey […]
RealTime Interventions: Khūrākī
Join us for a production of RealTime Interventions’ Khūrākī, a devised theatrical work celebrating Afghan culture. Produced by RealTime Interventions, “Khūrākī” was created by Molly Rice in collaboration with a group of recently-resettled Afghan refugees in Pittsburgh. Ms. Rice was commissioned by the Office of Public Art as part of their Artist in Residence program, and is […]
Indie Press Series: Alyson Hagy (Graywolf)
Join us for a reading with Alyson Hagy as part of our Indie Press Reading Series. Alyson will be reading from her novel Scribe, published by Graywolf. Set after a civil war and deadly fevers decimate the country, Alyson Hagy’s new novel is a slim and affecting powerhouse. The nameless main character is a scribe […]