SUMMER GALLERY CRAWL HEATS UP THE CULTURAL DISTRICT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2010






SUMMER GALLERY CRAWL HEATS UP THE CULTURAL DISTRICT

Friday, July 16, 2010, 5:30-9 p.m.



Indie-Soul artist ERIC ROBERSON performs on the JazzLive Summer Stage

NEW: Break Dancing Block Party & Chatham Baroque at the DLCC!



Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh immediately follows Crawl on the rooftop of Theater Square





PITTSBURGH, PA - The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Department of Education and Community Engagement heats up the summer streets of the Cultural District with its free and festive Gallery Crawl on Friday, July 16, from 5:30 - 9 p.m. This exhilarating arts open house showcases an array of activities throughout the Cultural District with the trademark, eclectic mix of visual art, dance, music and more.



New, featured events for the crawl include a live outdoor performance by indie-soul recording artist Eric Roberson on the JazzLive Summer Stage, a break-dancing Block Party at the corner of 9th and Penn and a performance by Chatham Baroque on the rooftop terrace of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.



All Gallery Crawl events are free and open to the public. For more information and a map of the Gallery Crawl events, visit pgharts.org or call (412) 456-6666. The Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District is sponsored by First Commonwealth with media support from City Paper and 91.3fm WYEP.



After the Crawl, visitors are welcome to join the rooftop party at Theater Square, Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh, from 9 p.m. – midnight, featuring culinary and cocktail delights by Cultural District restaurants. For tickets ($50 in advance, $75 at the door), visit pgharts.org. Special VIP tickets and Jetsetter Packages also available by calling 412-471-3519.



GALLERY CRAWL EVENTS



JAZZLIVE SUMMER STAGE

7TH AND FORT DUQUESNE PARKING LOT



Chelsea Baratz Quartet Forging new sounds in jazz music, Pittsburgh native, Chelsea Baratz is a rising star on the national and international jazz scene. 5:30 – 6:30 pm



Eric Roberson from NYC, indie-soul royalty, Eric Roberson brings his band to perform live in Pittsburgh for the very first time. 7:00 - 9:00pm



BLOCK PARTY

9TH AND PENN



DJ Mike Canton (WYEP Soul Show) and DJ Nate da Phat Barber spin early soul and hip hop. Pick out your ‘fro or break out your B-Boy gear, Member’s Only jackets and bamboo earrings for this old school party. With special guests, Get Down Gang, local break dance crew!



It will be over in a “FLASH”---don’t miss it. 7:30pm



WOOD STREET GALLERIES

601 WOOD STREET



Outer Body/Inner Experiences

Interactive artwork inviting viewer participation in an outer body experience. Artists: Airan Kang, Matt Stokes, Lawrence Malstaff, Luc Courchesne and Jim Campbell.



DAVID LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER

1000 FORT DUQUESNE BOULEVARD



A New View

Come and enjoy a view of Pittsburgh that is rarely seen. Appreciate the skyline and public works of art on the Convention Center's North Terrace while listening the gorgeous sound of Chatham Baroque. Also, be sure to stop by the Handmade Arcade table for some DIY activities.



SPACE

812 LIBERTY AVENUE



Congo Women

This exhibition sheds light not only on the situation facing women of the Democratic Republic of Congo but on gender-based violence around the world and demonstrates why the arts have a powerful role as mirror and map to influence social change.



Music by Delicious Pastries

91.3fm WYEP – Live Radio Broadcast



TRUST ARTS EDUCATION CENTER

805-807 LIBERTY AVENUE



404 Strand discusses the upcoming production, FAUST US, in an intimate setting. See the set and learn more about this show, described as “unorthodox…visceral…beautiful” by Pittsburgh City Paper



Movement Room (2nd floor)]

Be Beyonce

Jamae of Jam Dance will teach you the moves you see in music videos to the music that will make you want to drop it like It’s hot! 6 - 7pm, 7:30 – 8:30pm



Shaw Galleries

805 Liberty Avenue



Mo Knows Pittsburgh: The Photojournalism of Morris Berman.

Exhibition includes a variety photographs, including his nationally acclaimed photograph of NY Giants football player Y. A. Tittle (1964), which many consider the most important sports photograph of the 20th-century.



CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE CO

801 LIBERTY AVE

Have a cup with beat-up indie rock group, The Wrong Airport.



707 PENN GALLERY

707 PENN AVENUE



SLUSH PUPPIES

A winter spectacle meets a summertime beverage. An immersive installation featuring paintings, sculpture, and icee delites. by Jonathan Chamberlain and Chris Beauregard



709 Penn Gallery

709 Penn Avenue



Tar Baby and Doowop: Everything You Need For Your Modern Household, Mercantile

Installation and performance by Vanessa German. An imagined extravaganza of useful things circa 1908.



LE CORDON BLEU INSTITUTE OF CULINARY ARTS

808 LIBERTY AVENUE



Culinary Sculptures

Various sugar and tallow sculpture pieces created by PCI faculty. Hot food and beverages prepared by PCI students available for $1-$1.50



937 LIBERTY AVENUE



Bricolage Space – 1st floor:

4 Real 4 Real

Pittsburgh’s own yarn-spinning extravaganza. Featuring only a microphone, an audience, and the true-to-life narratives of local performers, and real people just like you! 7:00-8:30pm



2nd floor

Justin Hopper: Public Record

Poems written from 19th-century newspaper crime reports, Public Record makes the prosaic into the poetic, and populates the city with these unknown, powerful, ghostly layers.



Pittsburgh Gospel – 3rd floor:

Get lifted on the top floor with Deryck Tines and company



TOONSEUM

945 LIBERTY



The Art of Akira

Original hand-drawn cells, backgrounds, and production art from Katsuhiro Otomo's anime masterpiece. Also, an exclusive preview of the upcoming exhibit, Cartoon Canines, a celebration of the history of the dog in comics!



AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE

980 LIBERTY AVENUE



Enjoy new art from Anire Mosley throughout the building, food and entertaining hip hop performances celebrating African American culture. The FutuRisticz at 6:00 pm and Shinobi at 8:00 pm



SALON CHRISTINE

942 PENN AVENUE



Image Interlude A Episode In Time

View the works of historian local photographer, Curtis E. Reave. Music by DJ Kelli Burns



FUTURE TENANT

819 PENN AVENUE



Acid Rain Production, Experimental Video and Experimental Popsicles

Future Tenant and Acid Rain Production present a special looped screening of 3 videos by 3 artists who work with snowy landscapes. Also a window installation on view, "Recreating Havoc" by Darrell Kinsel.

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NORTHSIDE URBAN PATHWAYS GALLERY

914 PENN AVENUE



Photo Show

Photographer and guest teacher Mike Robinson displays personal and student photographs; Steel pan band plays throughout the night!



BACKSTAGE BAR

655 PENN AVENUE

Eastern Watershed

Live music by high energy polka band Eastern Watershed 5:30-7:00 pm



KATZ PLAZA

7TH ST. AND PENN AVENUE



Come dance with the Azucar Latin Band with their salsa and world music on our dance floor, co-presented by Global Beats, LACU & Hispanic Chamber of Commerce with DJ Carla Leininger.



First Commonwealth Hospitality Spot

Cookies, prizes and giveaways courtesy of First Commonwealth



ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO

136 SIXTH STREET



Free Dance Lessons

7:30 - Swing

8:00 - Tango

8:30 - Salsa



ALL INFORMATION AND LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE! Visit www.pgharts.org for updated and more detailed information

Lead Sponsor: First Commonwealth, Other Sponsors: City Paper, WYEP 91.3 FM, Kreider Printing


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