Dreamweaver Marketing News, "FENCES UP CLOSE" A PITTSBURGH STORY

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Media Contact: Lily Rybarczyk, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-471-5196 / Rybarczyk@TrustArts.org

THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES

FENCES UP CLOSE: A PITTSBURGH STORY
AN EXHIBIT IN COLLABORATION WITH PARAMOUT PICTURES AND DENZEL WASHINGTON

OPENING RECEPTION | JANUARY 28 | 6:30 PM

Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the opening of Fences Up Close: A Pittsburgh Story, created in collaboration with Paramount Pictures and director Denzel Washington. The exhibit will be on display in the 1839 Gallery at the August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, from January 28 through March 10, 2017. An opening reception will take place at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday, January 28^th before Michael Phillip Edwards’ performance of I Am Not Sam, a one-man identity play about racism. The exhibit and opening reception are free and open to the public.

“The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is honored to have the opportunity to create an art experience for the August Wilson Center that celebrates this incredible film and provides a monument to the great playwright, August Wilson. We are so grateful to Paramount Pictures and Denzel Washington for their support in this project,” says Janis Burley Wilson, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement.

An ode to the award-winning production directed by Denzel Washington, originally a Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by August Wilson, the exhibit features original costumes, props, photography, video of interviews, and a setting from the movie. The set will be designed by Mark Clayton Southers of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company with video production by Emmai Alaquiva. The exhibit is co-curated by Jill Thompson and Janis Burley Wilson, with Thompson creating some key pieces for the installation.

The gallery will be open Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, visit www.TrustArts.org or call 412-456-6666.

August Wilson CenterThe August Wilson Center is an architectural masterpiece, located in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, offering multiple exhibition galleries, a 472-seat theater for performances in all genres, an education center for classes, lectures and hands-on learning, and dazzling spaces for community programs and events. The building was designed by Allison Wililams, an African American architect.

The African American Cultural Center is the non-profit organization that owns the August Wilson Center. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust operates the Center on behalf of the building owners. For August Wilson Center rental inquiries, visitwww.TrustArts.org or email Devonne Goode, Program Manager-Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at goode@trustarts.org.

For more information and a calendar of events presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust taking place at the August Wilson Center, visit www.TrustArts.org or call 412-456-6666.

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity. Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Cultural Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts. For more information about all gallery exhibitions featured in the Cultural District, please visit TrustArts.org.

Follow us on Twitter @CulturalTrust, and like us on Facebook. 

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About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer

Dreamweaver Marketing News, Donegal, Ireland "Atlan" at Calliope in Pittsburgh

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JANUARY 2017

CONTACT LISA ALEXANDER

PR MARKETING MANAGER

LALEXANDER@CALLIOPEHOUSE.ORG

(412) 361-1915

 ALTAN

(PITTSBURGH, PA)— CALLIOPE WELCOMES ALTAN TO CARNEGIE LECTURE HALL (OAKLAND) ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 AT 7:30 PM.

Tickets and information are available online at www.calliopehouse.org or by calling the Calliope office at (412) 361-1915.

Tickets:  $45* / $20* (FULL-TIME STUDENT ID) *PLUS HANDLING FEES

“More than any Irish group, this Donegal quintet is seen as keeper of the traditional flame.”

–Boston Globe

In the last dozen years, no traditional Irish band has had a wider impact on audiences and music loves throughout the world than Altan. They have moved audiences from Donegal to Tokyo to Seattle with their heartwarming, dynamic live performances, and with their exquisitely produced, award-winning recordings that range from the most touching old Irish songs to hard-hitting reels and jigs. Throughout their career, Altan has shown unwavering commitment to bringing the best of traditional music to contemporary audiences, particularly that of the Donegal fiddlers and singers.

The chance to experience this thirty-year active band is to experience the living legacy of Irish music. The seeds of Altan lie in the music and spontaneity of sessions in kitchens and pubs in their hometown of Donegal, where their music was heard in an atmosphere of respect and intimacy. It is here that the bands’ heart still lies, whether they are performing on TV in Australia or jamming with Ricky Skaggs on the west coast of the United States. Founded by Gweedore singer and fiddler, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh and her now deceased partner Frankie Kennedy, Altan’s commitment to good natured fun was second only to their commitment to excellence in all things musical. Thus, the band members gathered were inevitably top-notch. Altan has always been a band of virtuosos. The earliest addition was a bouzouki-player, Ciaran Curran, then US-based Derry guitarist Daithi Sproule whom they met during their first tours of the US . Followed by Donegal fiddler, Ciaran Tourish, a player with a special love for the weaving of spontaneous harmony and counterpoint round the melodies of the other lead players. Ciaran’s nephew, Martin Tourish is the newest band member on accordion.

Check out their website: http://altan.ie/

Founded in 1976, Calliope is a non-profit music organization that organizes and administers a variety of concert series, a folk music school, and educational outreach programs.  As the premier promoter of roots music in southwestern Pennsylvania, Calliope’s mission is to promote and preserve traditional and contemporary heritage-based music and its allied arts. Calliope programs are supported in part by the A.W. Mellon Education and Charitable Trust Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation, Opportunity Fund, The Allegheny County sales tax revenues awarded by the Allegheny Regional Asset District, The Heinz endowments, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, University of Pittsburgh Library System, and an anonymous donor. Calliope also thanks the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Chatham University.

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Lisa Alexander, MFA
PR Marketing Manager
Calliope
6300 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-361-1915
www.calliopehouse.org

About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer

Dreamweaver Marketing News "Math in the Digital Age" Newest Episode in WQED’s iQ: smartparent

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January 20, 2017                                                                                                                                          412-622-1366                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ghaziman@wqed.org

“Math in the Digital Age” Newest Episode in WQED’s iQ: smartparent

National Television Series

PITTSBURGH -- In this new episode of iQ: smartparent, math matters in the digital age.  Today’s classrooms are undergoing a high-tech revolution and experts explain ways parents can help their children make math make sense. 

iQ: smartparent “Math in the Digital Age” airs Thursday, January 26 at 8pm on WQED-TV.

Matt Larson, President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and co-author of the book Balancing the Equation: A Guide to School Mathematics for Educators and Parents, discusses math literacy, Common Core math standards, tips for parents to talk to teachers about mathematics education methods in the classroom, and appropriate ways to assist children with their math homework. 

Megan Cicconi, a math teacher representing the computer science/coding advocacy group Code.org, discusses the need for coding skills in the 21^stcentury, and ways to structure computer science education to complement mathematics education. And, guest Betsy Stein of the Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania presents a fun family activity to practice mathematics skills using sports statistics.  In addition, this episode includes two field packages showing innovative ways to build mathematics skills using hands-on science projects.

About WQED

WQED changes lives by creating and sharing outstanding public media that educates, entertains, and inspires.  It is the parent company of WQED-TV (PBS); WQED World; WQED Create; WQED Showcase; WQED PBS KIDS Channel; Classical WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh; Classical WQEJ-FM 89.7/Johnstown; the Pittsburgh Concert Channel at WQED-HD2 (89.3-2FM) and online at www.wqed.org/fm; local and national television and radio productions; WQED Interactive (www.wqed.org) and iQ: smartmedia, WQED’s Educational initiative (www.wqed.org/edu).

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Dreamweaver Marketing News, BROADWAY STAR BRANDON URANOWITZ in Pittsburgh Cultural District

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Media Contact:Diana Roth, Communications Manager, 412-471-8717 / Roth@TrustArts.org 

Images available: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Press Room
Search: 2017 Brandon Uranowitz 

THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES

TONY AWARD NOMINATED BROADWAY STAR

BRANDON URANOWITZ

WILL PERFORM ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE | 655 PENN AVENUE | CULTURAL DISTRICT 

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces that Tony Award nominated, Broadway star, Brandon Uranowtiz, will perform as part of the 2016-2017 TRUST Cabaret Series, on Monday, February 13, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District.  Due to a scheduling conflict, Mr. James Monroe Iglehart, who was originally announced as one of the performers in this series, is unable to perform on Monday, February 13th at the Cabaret at Theater Square 

Fresh off his acclaimed starring performance in the successful Broadway revival of Falsettos, Tony Award nominee Brandon Uranowitz makes his Pittsburgh solo concert debut.  Mr. Uranowitz brings his eclectic evening of song to the TRUST Cabaret Series for one night only. Having originated the role of Adam Hochberg in An American In Paris last season as well as performing in the national tour of Rent and the original cast of Broadway’s Baby It’s You!, Brandon will offer an evening of songs from his career and a few of his personal favorites. 

TicketsFor ticket information, please contact the box office at 412-456-6666 or in person at Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue.  Subscribers to the 2016-2017 TRUST Cabaret Series will be able to use their original tickets for this performance. 

TRUST Cabaret SeriesThe TRUST Cabaret Series, now in its 5^th season, is presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and provides a unique and intimate opportunity for audiences to experience the finest cabaret acts in the entertainment industry.  The series provides audiences with a rare opportunity to experience the finest cabaret artists and their outstanding musical accompanists at the intimate Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, in downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust gratefully acknowledges the Benter Foundation and Richard E. Rauh for their generous support of the TRUST Cabaret Series, which is arranged in cooperation with rj productions. 

The 2016-2017 Trust Cabaret season maintains a high standard of quality and showcases a diverse lineup of bright stars including Tony award winners and the singing voices of some of Disney’s most iconic characters.  The 2016-2017 TRUST Cabaret Series upcoming performance schedule includes: Brandon Uranowitz on Monday, February 13, 2017; Judy Kuhn on Monday, March 13, 2017; and Lea Salonga on Monday, April 2017. 

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity. Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Cultural Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts. For more information, visit TrustArts.org. 

Follow us on Twitter @ CulturalTrust, and like us on Facebook.

About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer

Dreamweaver Marketing News and Views, Dixie in Pittsburgh in "Never Wear a Tube Top while Riding a Mechanical Bull"

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Media Contact: Lily Rybarczyk, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-471-5196 / Rybarczyk@TrustArts.org

Images available: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Pressroom
Search: Dixie

THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES

AMERICA’S FAVORITE FAST-TALKING TUPPERWARE LADY
DIXIE LONGATE

IN HER NEW HIT COMEDY
NEVER WEAR A TUBE TOP WHILE RIDING A MECHANICAL BULL
(AND 16 OTHER THINGS I LEARNED WHILE I WAS DRINKING LAST THURSDAY)

FEBRUARY 23-25, 2017 | BYHAM THEATER

Pittsburgh, PA – Audiences will never stop laughing, when America’s favorite fast-talking Tupperware lady Dixie Longate brings her new hit comedy Never Wear A Tube Top While Riding A Mechanical Bull (And 16 Other Things I Learned While I Was Drinking Last Thursday) to the Byham Theater. Presented by 35 Concerts and scheduled for a strictly limited engagement, the production will open on February 23 and play through February 25 in Downtown Pittsburgh.  

“A singular phenomenon” (The Des Moines Register) and an “uproarious time, filled to the brim with mile-a-minute jokes” (Buffalo News), Dixie Longate’s newest show swaps Tupperware for a mechanical bull as she takes audiences back to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama. Put on your cowboy boots and walk into her favorite honkytonk as Dixie shares lessons learned after a hard night of drinking.

For over 10 years, theatre-goers and critics around the world have hailed “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” as a non-stop laughter hit, so it’s no surprise that Ms. Dixie has dreamed up a follow-up show that has reviewers cheering and audiences on their feet begging for more fun! Developed by Denver Center for the Performing Arts in the spring of 2014, Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull “offers up some real food for thought…with a down-home earthy realness that is especially loveable” (Star-Telegram).

Tickets ($49.75-69.75) are available online at TrustArts.org, by phone at 412-456-6666 or in person at the Theater Square Box Office (655 Penn Avenue, Downtown). Performances will take place at 8:00 p.m. on February 23, 24 and 25, with an additional 2:00 p.m. matinee on February 25.

For more information about Dixie Longate and her shows, please visit http://www.dixiestubetop.com/.

For more information about 35 Concerts, visit: www.35concerts.com.

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners.  Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization.  A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity.  Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life.  Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.

Follow us on Twitter @CulturalTrust, and like us on Facebook.

About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer

Dreamweaver Marketing News, GALLERY CRAWL IN THE CULTURAL DISTRICT

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Diana Roth, Communications Manager, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-471-8717 / Roth@TrustArts.org  
Lily Rybarczyk, PULSE Fellow-Public Relations, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust / Rybarczyk@TrustArts.org

Images available: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Press Room
Search: 2017 January Gallery Crawl

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES

GALLERY CRAWL IN THE CULTURAL DISTRICT

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 | 5:30PM-10:00PM | CULTURAL DISTRICT

FEATURING NEW WORKS BY VISUAL ARTISTS, ALONG
WITH AN EVENING OF MUSIC, DANCE, COMEDY AND MORE

Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the next Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, Downtown Pittsburgh, will take place on Friday, January 20, 2017, from 5:30pm to 10:00pm.  CrawlAfterDark events begin at10:00 p.m. at venues throughout the Cultural District.

Now in its 13^th year, the Gallery Crawl presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust takes place quarterly and is free and open to the public.  The Crawls showcase exhibit openings at various locations, continuing exhibits, and a variety of other free happenings of music and dance performances, comedy and more.  Indoor locations will keep everyone warm and the footprint within the Cultural District is just a quick walk from place to place. 

For more information and a map of the Gallery Crawl events, visit TrustArts.org/Crawl or call 412-456-6666.

Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District events for Friday, January 20, 2017 include:

Wood Street Galleries
601 Wood StreetPermutations of Light, by David Spriggs and Matthijs Munnikhttps://trustarts.org/exhibit/11350/permutations-of-light-david-spriggs-and-matthijs-munnik

Wood Street Galleries welcomes US debuts of light Installations by the young Canadian artist David Spriggs and Amsterdam based Matthijs Munnik. Dramatic, immersive, and contemplative, both installations are newly commissioned works specifically for Wood Street Galleries.

The Lantern Building
600 Liberty AvenueLuminous / Weightless, work by Hannah Altmanhttps://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/galleries/lantern-building/Luminous / Weightless is a series of photographic and installation work that celebrates the female form. The pieces are created to let physical light exhale from the body, celebrating the light that exists within the soul of a woman.

SPACE
812 Liberty Avenue
The Domesticity of Abandonment, curated by Carolina Loyola-Garciahttps://trustarts.org/exhibit/11314/the-domesticity-of-abandonment-curated-by-carolina-loyola-garciaThe Domesticity of Abandonment is an international exhibition exploring the idea of abandonment from a broad socio/political and economical context and how it is represented in domestic ways, meaning how it impacts regular people in their everyday lives in various parts of the world. What happens to civilians caught in civil war, occupations, genocide? How do families get displaced due to industries being moved to foreign countries? How does it look when whole communities have to leave their homes to become environmental or political refugees? These are some of the questions being explored through this multimedia exhibition.

The show is guest curated by Carolina Loyola-Garcia.  Artists: Aysu Arsoy, Joey Behrens, Nicholas Childers, Rose Clancy, Dragana Crnjak, T. Foley, Stephen Grebinski, Christine Holtz, Deborah Hosking, Bashar Alhroub , Oualid Khelifi, Maritza Mosquera, Cigdem Slankard, Susanne Slavick, Hyla Willi

Shaw Galleries
805 Liberty Avenue
A Monk’s Numiosum

http://crawl.trustarts.org/events/1198
The spiritual and surreal works of Fr. Robert Keffer OSB.

Trust Arts Education Center
805-807 Liberty Avenue
3^rd Floor
Trust Arts Education: A Year in Review
The Trust Arts Education Department has had a successful year of integrating arts into classrooms around the Pittsburgh region and providing arts education programs throughout the Cultural District. This interactive gallery exhibit will highlight some of the inspiring arts experiences in a photographic journey of programs. Join in the fun with engaging art-making activities for all ages as you explore the impact of the Trust Arts Education Department on the community.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Friends
The Library wants you to know that we are a place to try new things! So, at the Gallery Crawl, you can play with our Makey Makey, make yourself a keepsake button to take home, or buy a book to call your own! All proceeds from sales go to Friends of the Downtown and Business branch, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Arcade Comedy Theater
811 Liberty Avenue
Laugh and play along with some of the best improvisers in the city at Arcade Comedy Theater. The theater's talented cast takes audience suggestions and uses them for inspiration in hilarious games and scenes. Shows every half-hour, 5:30pm-10:00pm.

Winter Night Market
925 Liberty Avenue
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership presents the 2017 Winter Night Market - an indoor market featuring some of Pittsburgh’s most creative independent vendors. Warm up with hot beverages, treats, jewelry, crafts, music, and more!

Catholic Charities
212 9^th Street
Street Photography
http://crawl.trustarts.org/events/1203
High school student photography from Xyza Cruz Bacani workshop.

Urban Pathways Charter School
914 Penn Avenue
Steel Pan Performance and Gallery Exhibit
Urban Pathways 6-12 Charter School is pleased to present our student artwork and performance by our Sounds of Steel steel pan band. Family-friendly art activities will be provided.

Pittsburgh CAPA School
111 9th Street
Visual Art Gallery, grades 6-12
Partners in Print: An exhibition of prints by Creative Citizen Studio artists after a residency at Artists Image Resource

Future Tenant
819 Penn Avenue
For, Fore, Four, curated by Jamie Earnest
http://futuretenant.org/calendar-of-events/forforefour

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
810 Penn Avenue
Parallel Mutation
How do you transition comics from a commodity form to a community form? How do you facilitate the growth of the medium past the needs of the market?  This exhibition will show how a community of interconnected creators is doing just that through the Pittsburgh Comics Salon.

ColorPerfect Printing
804 Penn Avenue
Window Display: Present Day
A collaborative window installation by Brad Bianchi and Megan Shalonis.

709 Penn Gallery
709 Penn Avenue
Bougainvillea: A Botanic Permutation, by Don Dugal
This showy bit of flora, overlooked by artists, is examined by Dugal in compositions that reference perceptual color theory and psychological states as well as symphonic music.

707 Penn Gallery
707 Penn Avenue
Off Road, work by Sarah Keeling
https://trustarts.org/exhibit/11342/off-road-work-by-sarah-keeling

Image making that diverts boundaries and follows an associative thought process, Off-Road describes themes within the work and the spirit in which it is made. Images and hand-made objects explore subtext within the representation of landscape scenes. Playful photographs bring the outdoors into a portrait studio and images borrow from classic portrayals of idealism and nature in relation to the female figure. The work addresses landscape as a timeless place where solutions are sought and asks, is it misguided to look? Off-Road presents a creative process that parallels a search at the heart of landscape imagery.

Backstage Bar at Theater Square
655 Penn Avenue
Performance: 
Daryl Shawn, 5:00pm-7:30pm
Daryl Shawn plays world-infused, dynamic solo acoustic guitar.
Exhibit: Behind it

Verve360
142 6^th Street
bombyx collective, Passage
Children can play in a free flow of imagination and in-the-moment interactions. As we grow into adults, we often harden into our roles and live more in the past and future than the present. Who are we when we return to that unfettered flow of childhood? Does the path lead us back to the same adult that we were before?

Outdoor Installations/Public ArtAlong the way to various indoor Crawl locations, be sure to stop and see some outdoor public art installations: 

Water Cube

Penn Avenue at 8^th Street
https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/water-cube/The Water Cube is an artist-designed water fountain that dispenses both still and sparkling water. Located at the parklet of the 8th Street block of Penn Avenue, this new permanent installation opened during the 2016 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and adds to the functional public art work presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust throughout the Cultural District. The Water Cube was designed through a collaboration of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and GBBN Architects / EdgeStudio with generous support by Colcom Foundation.

Art Bike Racks
various locations: Cultural District

https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/bike-racks/
http://artbikeracks.weebly.com/The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust installed 16 artist-designed bike racks between 2014 and 2015. The project was produced in collaboration with Bike Pittsburgh, and the Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator for the City of Pittsburgh. The Cultural District Public Art Bike Racks have been made possible through the generous support of the Colcom Foundation.

Magnolias for Pittsburgh

Penn Avenue at 7^th Street
https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/7th-and-penn-parklet/

Agnes R. Katz Plaza

Penn Avenue at 7^th Street
https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/katz-plaza

Tito Way

Cell Phone Disco
https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/cell-phone-disco/

Memento Mori
https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/memento-mori/

Haas Mural

Ft. Duquesne Blvd., between 6^th Street and 7^th Street
https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/haas-mural/

CrawlAfterDark

Arcade Comedy Theater
811 Liberty Avenue
10:00-11:30pm
Comedy Royale (ticketed event: $12 general admission; $7 students)
Four talented performers are pitted against one another in a series of quick improv games. Points are awarded by audience judges and one player emerges victorious.

August Wilson Center
980 Liberty Avenue
Jarrod Lawson
9pm-11:00pm (ticketed event, tickets start at $25) 
Portland-based soul singer, songwriter and pianist, Jarrod Lawson will make his Pittsburgh debut. Lawson's original material is expressive, sophisticated and soulful. JazzFM in London named Lawson "Soul Artist of the Year" in 2015, commenting that whether he plays funk, folk, R&B, rock or jazz, everything he touches turns to soul.

AccessibilityThe Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is committed to making our performances and facilities available to all of our guests.  All locations participating in the Gallery Crawl are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise noted.  For more information, visit https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visit/accessibility or call 412-456-6666.

All Gallery Crawl locations are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise noted.

Car Free Fridays
Walk, bike, bus or carpool to the Gallery Crawl and celebrate another Car Free Friday with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Port Authority and BikePGH. 

All official Gallery Crawl locations will be marked with a Cultural District Stop sidewalk sign. 

TEXT “CRAWL” TO SMASH (76274) to receive special exclusive offers and more! 

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust thanks the following sponsors: City Paper, WYEP 91.3 FM and Kreider Printing.  

All information and locations are subject to change.  
For updates and information, visit www.TrustArts.org/Crawl. 

Pittsburgh Cultural TrustThe Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity. Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Cultural Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts. For more information, visit TrustArts.org. 

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