Simple Ingredients Opens in Cultural District

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SIMPLE INGREDIENTS TO ADD FRESH FOOD OPTIONS
IN PITTSBURGH’S DOWNTOWN CULTURAL DISTRICT

PITTSBURGH, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced today that Simple Ingredients, a moderately priced take-out restaurant, will offer fresh salads and wraps made daily as well as homemade soups available this fall.  Simple Ingredients will open July 2014 in a storefront on Liberty Avenue, between the Harris Theater and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Education Center at 807 Liberty Avenue, in a property owned by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

The owner of the Simple Ingredients, Michael Tarquinio, also owns Sal’s City Deli, which was founded in 2012 and opened in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District with great success.  The Pittsburgh City Paper called Sal’s City Deli the “perfect getaway for lunch” outside of New York.  Simple Ingredients will be a sister location to Sal’s City Deli and will also include higher end fresh and organic ingredients within its menu options.
“Some people may prefer a quick beverage and a salad to an overflowing potato-pancake Reuben,” shared Tarquinio.  “We also want to offer good food for those who may be seeking a somewhat healthier alternative.  Simple Ingredients will be a great addition for fast business lunches as well as a healthy alternative for the many new Cultural District residents.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Simple Ingredients with its quick and healthy menu options for residents, professionals and entertainment seekers in the Cultural District,” said J. Kevin McMahon, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust president and chief executive officer. “Central to the Trust’s mission is attracting people downtown to enjoy outstanding shows and exhibitions, and making sure that they can enjoy a comprehensive experience, including dining at a broad array of restaurants.”

Simple Ingredients will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturdays.  The store will open for extended hours during Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawls, and other special events.

ABOUT THE 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.  www.TrustArts.org

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The Takeaway Features Amateur Artwork

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Jessica Warchall, Visual Arts Publicist, 847-477-8714/Warchall@TrustArts.org
Shaunda Miles, Director of Public Relations, 412-471-1578/Miles@TrustArts.org      
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PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS
THE TAKEAWAY: MADE WITH LOVE
AN ARTIST-CURATOR PROJECT INCORPORATING AMATEUR ARTWORK
July 11 – August 1, 2014 | 937 Gallery | 937 Liberty Avenue, 2nd floor
Exhibition Opening & Reception | July 11, 5:30 – 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the opening of The Takeaway: Made With Love, an exhibition of nearly 100 amateur artworks handpicked from thrift store collections across several states. Throughout the run of the exhibition, visitors are able to enter into a free lottery for a chance to take home their favorite piece from the show. The exhibition, organized by Robert Raczka, is on view July 11–August 1, 2014, at 937 Liberty Avenue, second floor. An opening reception takes place Friday, July 11, 2014, from 5:30–9p.m., during the Cultural Trust’s quarterly Gallery Crawl throughout the Cultural District.

Raczka purchased the exhibition’s artworks—paintings, hand-knit afghans, handmade ceramics, and objects crafted in wood—for their aesthetic appeal and all-around interest, though they are artworks not generally presented in a fine art context. Among the works included are painted landscapes, pet portraits, spiritual imagery, and a wood mosaic Mayan calendar.

Raczka uses the exhibition budget, generally reserved for shipping and materials, to buy the art in thrift stores while exercising his curatorial eye. He sees the distribution of the artwork to the audience through a free lottery as a gift from the gallery as well as from himself.

“I have a genuine appreciation for amateur art at its unselfconscious best, and I wanted to share that with the audience,” says curator Robert Raczka. “I had noticed that when someone is in an art gallery contemplating a purchase, they really look closely and think about the art. I have found that if the audience feels that they might end up taking the art home, they consider it more deeply.”

At the conclusion of the exhibition, Raczka will select the winners at random, who are notified and able to pickup their artwork at the closing party Friday, August 1, 5:30–9 p.m., with an additional pick-up time Saturday, August 2, 1–5 p.m.

This is the forth in a series of exhibitions of thrift store art, the first held at Future Tenant in 2008, and combines Raczka’s roles as artist and curator. For these exhibitions, he has been incorporating ideas artists have been working with in relational aesthetics, or the practice of artist-constructed social experiences where the artist becomes the facilitator rather than the focal point, such as Rirkrit Tiravanija’s untitled project in which he cooked and served food in the Carnegie International, and Tino Sehgal’s “The Progress” at the Guggenheim where visitors were engaged in a series of conversations about progress. Similar to these projects, Raczka’s lottery is designed to reconsider and make use of art’s social and institutional context and to create a nontraditional social interaction between artist/curator, the gallery, and the audience.

Robert Raczka is a Pittsburgh-based artist, writer, and curator, and he was previously a gallery director of 20 years. He earned an MFA in photography from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. His artwork is in the form of photography, collage, and exhibitions incorporating found objects to engage with popular culture and taste, the public communications of advertising and marketing, and the often-tenuous connection between representation and reality. In 2013, Raczka curated Crowdsourced at SPACE, featuring 12 artists who included public input—either directly or through suggestions—into their artworks. Raczka’s art criticism often appears in the Pittsburgh City Paper. He is emeritus professor of art at Allegheny College, Meadville, and he recently taught the graduate studio art seminar at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

About 937 Gallery
937 Gallery is a project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The multiuse exhibition space is located at 937 Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Gallery Hours: Saturday, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sunday, 12–5 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public. For more information about all gallery exhibitions featured in the Cultural District, please visit www.TrustArts.org.

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Traffic Notice for Pgh JazzLive Festival

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Cory Cope, Flyspace Productions, 724-544-0404/cory@flyspaceproductions.com
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PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES
TRAFFIC NOTICE FOR THE
PITTSBURGH JAZZLIVE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

June 20 – 22, 2014 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Cultural District

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents the 4th Annual Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival, a project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, being held June 20–22 in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District.
This festival, aimed at connecting the community to jazz, will bring prominent jazz musicians and visual artists to Pittsburgh’s Cultural District to present Grammy-winning performers, jazz and jazz-influenced musical performances, and visual art. More than 20,000 visitors will visit the Cultural District to partake in this year’s event.

To ensure that residents and visiting festival attendees can experience a safe and enjoyable environment over the course of the three days, please be aware of the following traffic and parking provisions. Most major streets leading into and out of downtown’s Cultural District remain open to traffic before, during, and following the event.

For the safety of our guests and participants in the JazzLive Festival, the following street closures will occur around the Cultural District:

WEEKEND CLOSURES, the following temporary closures take place from 6pm Friday, June 20, to midnight Sunday, June 22, unless otherwise noted:

• 9th Street from Penn Avenue to Liberty Avenue will be closed beginning at 10am.
• Penn Avenue is closed from Courtyard Pittsburgh Downtown to 7th Street.
• 8th Street is closed from Liberty Avenue to parking lot entrances between Ft. Duquesne Boulevard and Penn Avenue.
• Exchange Way is closed from Garrison Place to Tito Way.
• Garrison Place is closed from Exchange Way to French Street.
• French Street is closed from Garrison Place to 9th Street.
• No parking at the 9th Street & Penn Avenue lot June 20–22.
• No parking at the 8th Street & Penn Avenue lots June 19–23.
• Liberty Avenue will not be closed.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

• Access to all parking garages will be open and will not be impeded by the road closures.

Parking and Transportation
For information about parking lots and garages in the Cultural District, visit ParkPGH.org.
Parking information is also available through Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership website:
http://www.downtownpittsburgh.com/getting-around/parking.

The Cultural District is serviced by public transportation options through the Port Authority of Allegheny County. For information on Port Authority bus stops that may be affected by the street closures, please call the Port Authority Customer Service center at (412) 442-2000 or the TTY number (412) 231-7007, for the speech and hearing impaired, or visit PortAuthority.org.

About Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival
The Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival (PJLIF) is a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The Festival features local, emerging and national and international musicians in a variety of performance settings, including outdoor performance stages and indoor performance locations within local restaurants, coffee shops and galleries. For more information, visit TrustArts.org/JazzLiveFest.

About the 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.

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Festival Programming for TRAF Announced

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PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES
FULL COMPLEMENT OF FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING FOR
55TH ANNUAL DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL
POINT STATE PARK | CULTURAL DISTRICT | GATEWAY CENTER
10 DAYS OF FREE music + art | JUNE 6 – 15, 2014

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the full complement of programming scheduled to be presented at the 55th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The 10-day celebration of the arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is unlike any other in the nation. The world-class, multi-disciplinary festival is free to attend and is open to the public. Attracting over 400,000 visitors annually, the Festival begins on the first Friday in June and takes place at the confluence of Pittsburgh’s famed three rivers in Point State Park, throughout picturesque Gateway Center, and in the city’s world-renowned Cultural District.

“Just over $165 million dollars in household income is generated by the arts and culture throughout the Allegheny and neighboring counties,” shared J. Kevin McMahon, President & CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.  “This is just one of many economic indicators that evidence the power of art has to transform our communities.  The Trust’s free festivals will welcome a half million people between May and December of this year alone.  Art truly does make a difference in the holistic development of our city and is vital to its sustainability.”

Joseph B. Smith, Senior Vice President Marketing for Dollar Bank added, “Our desire to provide the people of this region with a free day of music began twenty years ago when we had our first Dollar Bank Jamboree. Today, this vision continues providing free music and programming for 10 days on the Dollar Bank Stage and throughout the Cultural District and Gateway Center.  It is our hope that our sponsorship provides the means to keep programming broad, spanning across sectors and disciplines, thereby reflecting and encouraging diversity within our city and region.”

This year’s major theme, the intersection of the festival’s core values, is aesthetic creativity and environmental sustainability.  From Diversion, supported by the Colcom Foundation, and the interactive tents in the Giant Eagle Creativity Zone, to the portal bridge and art galleries, these installations and exhibitions are aimed to evoke a sense of wonder, responsibility and renewed awareness of how our actions and choices affect our world and the people around us.

The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival is made possible by the generous support of Peoples Natural Gas, Giant Eagle, ChoosePAWind, Bessie F. Anathan Charitable Trust of the Pittsburgh Foundation, Buhl Foundation, Calgon Carbon Corporation, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Colcom Foundation, The Fine Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, Henry Hillman Foundation, Lannan Foundation, Laurel Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

PERFORMING ARTS

Pittsburgh Premieres

Squonk | Pnuematica
Squonk’s new outdoor work, “Pneumatica,” is made of air, powered by air, and about air. The performances will awaken social connections into joyful wind-powered emergent air spectacles. It will push physics and civic interdependency into tangibility, with wind powered turbines, tentacles, and a whirl of inflatables.  Squonk has created seven new works over 18 years with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, which have toured to Europe, Asia, Broadway, and off-Broadway. This successful history includes the premiere of the truck-mounted Squonk Roadshow 2012 that has gone on to 14 cities in 10 states for 100 shows.  The group just returned from a busy winter playing Manhattan, where The New York Times called them a “multi-media troupe of infinite jest” from Pittsburgh with “images of strange and startling beauty...”

Bricolage | OJO presented by Pittsburgh Foundation
OJO is a world-premiere immersive theater experience produced by Pittsburgh's own Bricolage, whose mission is to immerse artists and audiences in adventurous theatrical experiences that foster connections and alter perceptions. The experience requires registering for a free voucher at TrustArts.org/OJO in advance of your attendance and while capacity remains, first-come first-served.

Complaints n’at Choir
Christiane D, a multimedia-artist with a long standing reputation in the Pittsburgh arts scene, is charged with leading the creation of Pittsburgh’s Inaugural Complaint Choir, as part of the international project, Complaint Choirs of the World.  For a limited time only, the complaints of our fair residents will be gathered and constructed into a song for the choir, for all to sing.

Dance
Dance performances will take place in the Peirce Studio, located at 805 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.  Each performance will have two show times, one at 2pm and one at 5pm.  Performance times vary between 45 minutes and 60 minutes.

Boomerang | June 7
Boomerang is a fearlessly physical, poetically nuanced dance and performance project comprised of Kora Radella, Matty Davis, and Adrian Galvin. Recognizing the body as an evolving repository for both physical and psychological life, Boomerang sifts through and siphons from its rich, eclectic histories. The foundation of both Davis and Galvin as movers, arise from aggressive rollerblading, soccer, snowboarding, tennis, hockey, ultimate Frisbee, and long-distance running.  They have been referred to as the “punk Mozarts of dance.”

Shana Simmons Dance and The Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra | June 8
We Sing the Body Eclectic is a new work by collaborators Shana Simmons Dance and The Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra –their fourth collaboration in the past two years. Featuring four dancers and fourteen musicians, the piece takes the form of a long transition from sparseness to density, calm to agitation. Using orchestral and electronic instruments, words, and movement, the audience will question its own perception of time.

Alba Flamenca | June 14
Alba Flamenca is an example of a mix of cultures that have come together to celebrate and perform Flamenco.  The performers are devoted to the art that is Flamenco and have intention to stay as traditional as possible, in addition to keeping true to artistic beliefs and telling personal stories using their bodies and minds.

Reed Dance | June 15
Take a journey with Reed Dance as the ensemble celebrates the music of the great Stevie Wonder. Reed Dance will collaborate with local and national dance, music, spoken word artists and students to present Suite Stevie. These young artists will showcase the genius and timeless music of the man himself.

PUBLIC ART HIGHLIGHTS

Before I Die | Artist: Candy Chang
“One of the most creative community projects ever.”—The Atlantic
Artist, designer, and urban planner Candy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets, wishes and hopes and then share them. Before I Die is a global art project that invites people to reflect on their lives and share their personal aspirations in public space.

No Limits | Artist: Alexandre Arrechea
Cuban-born artist Alexandre Arrechea’s No Limits, a series of ten sculptures creatively representing iconic New York City buildings and architecture, was installed on New York City's Park Avenue in the spring of 2013, presented by Magnan Metz Gallery in conjunction with NYC Parks and the Fund for Park Avenue Sculpture Committee.  Four of the ten sculptures, nearly 20 feet in height each, are now located throughout Gateway Center as a public art feature of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival.

People's Clothing Archive and Library Initiative No 1: o:ne:ka' | Artist: Edith Abeyta
Supported by Colcom Foundation
What if we recognized clothing as a renewable resource? People’s Clothing Archive and Library Initiative No 1: o:ne:ka' is a large-scale sculpture fabricated from donated t-shirts attached to a wooden framework that formst he word, o:ne:ka'— the Seneca word for water. The sculpture takes into consideration the physical and historical properties of the site as well as the themes of the Festival.

VISUAL ART HIGHLIGHTS

Juried Visual Art Exhibition (JVAE)
The annual Juried Visual Art Exhibition, held at 805-807 Liberty Avenue in the Trust Arts Education Center (James E. Rohr Building) features Pittsburgh’s best new visual art.  Showcasing a selection of new work by some of the most talented members of Pittsburgh’s vibrant creative community, the exhibition is one of the most-anticipated visual arts attractions at the Festival.  This year’s show features 59 works by 53 artists. Exhibition attendees can join the panel of jurors in awarding the best work in the JVAE. After experiencing the show, attendees can vote on-site on mobile devices or with the JVAE staff at the 4th floor entrance lobby.  Selected works may be offered for sale at artists’ discretion.  Rewards include Best in Show, Juror’s Choice and the People’s Choice Award.  This year’s distinguished jurors include John Carson, Regina and Marlin Miller Professor and Head of the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University;  Rachel Delphia, The Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at Carnegie Museum of Art; and Nicholas Chambers, The Milton Fine Curator of Art at the warhol.

The China Express | Artist: Carlan Tapp
Presented by Lannan Foundation
Photojournalist Carlan Tapp showcases The China Express, a black and white photography exhibition that documents the people and places affected by coal shipping.  The exhibition includes 40 digital images Tapp took while traveling the 1,200 mile train route, including everything from the open-pit coal mines in Wyoming to Pacific Northwest towns and Indian reservations. In some areas, coal mining has depleted wells and caused streams and natural waterways to dry up. The China Express is informative and is presented unobtrusively in the form of brief captions that serve as titles for each image.

Portraits of Air | Artist: Susan Goethel Campbell
Detroit-based artist Susan Goethel Campbell crowd-sourced this installation of more than 100 air filters distributed throughout the Pittsburgh region. Incorporating photography and mixed media, she creates a visual document of the invisible element of air.

Other visual art exhibitions will be on display at galleries and open spaces throughout the Cultural District, including Wood Street Galleries, 707Penn Gallery, 709 Penn Gallery, Tito Way, Backstage Bar at Theater Square and the Trust Arts Education Center.

GIANT EAGLE CREATIVITY ZONE
Artist demonstrations and hands-on activities are available annually at the Festival. Educational shows for all ages are available, ranging from culturally-diverse music performances to story-telling to collaborative painting projects. This year’s Giant Eagle Creativity Zone is being enhanced by several special projects, including Diversion, an installation and activity exploring misplacement of compostables into residential waste streams by Rose Clancy and presented by Colcom Foundation; Chutz-Pow! Superheroes of the Holocaust presented by the Holocaust Center and Toonseum and Reuse-a-Palooza! a hands-on, open-ended art activities using reclaimed materials presented by Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse.

The Miniature Marina by the Laurel Foundation will return to the Artist Market providing the popular children’s model sailboat activity. Other organizations participating in the expanded Giant Eagle Creativity Zone include Union Project, The Sprout Fund, Calligraphy Guild of Pittsburgh, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Gateway to the Arts, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, ZooBeats, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, Turners Anonymous, MGR Youth Empowerment, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, iNCLUDE: Pittsburgh, and WQED.

The Creativity Stage in the Giant Eagle Creativity Zone will host WYEP’s Reimagination Showcase, Yemaya Pittsburgh, Hope Academy Teen Theater Company, WQED’s Musical Kids, Alastair Moock, Pittsburgh Puppet Works, iQ Kids Radio’s Sand and Surf Dance Party and Pittsburgh Musical Theater Extreme Teen Broadway featuring selections from popular musicals such as SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL and ALICE IN WONDERLAND.  Pittsburgh Filmmakers will host eight (8) art-focused films in the Harris Theaterincluding Cutie and the Boxer, a series of Pride Week short films, Open City of Amereida and Indie Game: the Movie–a Sundance award-winner looking at indie video game developers.

ARTIST MARKET PRESENTED BY PEOPLES NATURAL GAS
The 2014 Artist Market will feature a record 338 artists over 18 different mediums. Artists will be traveling to Pittsburgh from 30 states.  In addition to the professional Artists in the Artist Market, Peoples Natural Gas will provide scholarship opportunities to eight Emerging Artists who will be presenting at a professional show for the first time.

Ranked among the Top 40 shows in the nation by Sunshine Artist Magazine, the Artist Market at Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival takes place throughout Point State Park and Gateway Center daily, as well as Penn Avenue Extension on weekends. The Artist Market is a cornerstone of the Festival and provides the public with an opportunity to purchase work directly from artists specializing in an array of media including ceramics, computer graphics and digital art, jewelry, fiber, glass, leather, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, woodworking and more.  New artists appear in the Artists Market throughout the 10 days, making for a new and unique experience each day.

For information regarding the 2014 Music Headliners, visit TrustArts.org/Press.

For up to date information and a full schedule (including locations, dates and times) for the festival, visit www.TrustArts.org/TRAF.

ABOUT THE DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL
The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a celebration of the arts in downtown Pittsburgh unlike any other in the nation. Each of its world-class, multi-disciplinary performing and visual arts attractions is free to attend and open to the public! The Festival begins on the first Friday in June and takes place at the confluence of Pittsburgh’s famed three rivers in Point State Park, throughout picturesque Gateway Center, and in the city’s world-renowned Cultural District.

ABOUT THE 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.
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Pittsburgh International Children's Festival Title Sponsor and Location Announced

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PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES
NEW TITLE SPONSOR & NEW LOCATION FOR
EQT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL
MAY 14 ̶ 18, 2014
CULTURAL DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh, PA:  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the EQT Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival, now celebrating its 28th year, will be held May 14̶ 18, 2014 in its new location: the Cultural District, downtown Pittsburgh.   The festival is programmed by Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater, a division of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

In addition to the Festival moving downtown, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to announce EQT Foundation, the charitable affiliation of EQT Corporation, as the new lead sponsor of the 2014 Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival.

“The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is excited and proud to be presenting this year’s EQT Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival in a new location ̶  the Cultural District.  Thirty years ago having this festival downtown would have been impossible,” commented J. Kevin McMahon, President and CEO  ̶  Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.  “The Cultural District is also home to the Trust’s other free festivals that are presented each year, and adding the Children’s Festival to this list continues the Cultural Trust’s mission of bringing diverse, professional programming to the District for everyone to enjoy.  We are grateful for the generous support of the EQT Foundation.”

 “A priority of the EQT Foundation is supporting local initiatives designed to give the area’s youth more exposure to artistic programming, while promoting an understanding and appreciation of the diverse culture and heritage throughout our region,” said Charlene Petrelli, President, EQT Foundation. “EQT takes pride in supporting educational programs that focus on providing our area children with extraordinary and unique experiences, and the EQT Pittsburgh Children’s International Festival promises to do just that and more this year.”

This year’s EQT Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival features ticketed performances by artistic companies from Canada, Denmark, Israel, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States along with a variety of free events happening throughout the Cultural District.  Theater venues include the Byham Theater, Trust Arts Education Center, Bricolage Theater and August Wilson Center.  The new Festival grounds footprint couples the unique food options, galleries, pop-up green and outdoor spaces of the Cultural District with the familiar free hands-on activities, free roving performances, and free stages of the EQT Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival. Special street closures, crossing and security guards, and signage will be in place during the Children’s Festival to help all visitors coming to the events.  Sensory-friendly events during this year’s festival include outdoor luminarium Miracoco (Architects of Air, United Kingdom) and all performances of Little Steps (Teater My, Denmark).

“We couldn’t be more thrilled with a new location for the 28th EQT Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival. As the Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater continues to grow, we remain dedicated to engaging audiences with different cultures, perspectives, and mediums of expression. A move to the Cultural District brings with it distinct opportunities for children to experience live theater and express themselves through art,” comments Pamela K. Lieberman, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Manager  ̶  Children’s Theater Programming and Executive Director  ̶  Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater.

FREE EVENTS
LilyPad Park, 8th Street at Penn Avenue, will feature a free outdoor community stage. The stage will be programmed with culturally diverse acts that are sure to engage young audiences.  Performances by local and regional artists will keep the stage active daily during Festival hours.  Roving artists, and over 30 free, hands-on educational and cultural activities will be part of the Festival’s free offerings.

SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCES
Sensory-friendly events during this year’s festival include outdoor luminaries Miracoco (Architects of Air, United Kingdom) and all performances of Little Steps(Teater My, Denmark).

PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION
For information about parking lots and garages in the Cultural District, visit www.ParkPGH.org.
A limited number of prepaid parking vouchers for parking at Theater Square Parking Garage, entrance located on 7th Street, are available at a discounted price.  Call 412-456-6666 for more information.
The Cultural District is serviced by public transportation options through the Port Authority of Allegheny County.  For more information, visithttp://www.TrustArts.org/visit/public_transportaion/

FOOD OPTIONS
Vendors will be selling a variety of foods on the Festival grounds  ̶  all sales are cash only.  Benches and grass seating areas are available throughout the Cultural District to enjoy food vending or packed lunches.

Seating is also available in LilyPad Park.

TICKETS AND INFORMATION
Featured ticketed performances: 1 show: $8 per person; 2 shows: $14 per person; 3 shows: $18 per person; and luminarium Miracoco: $5 per person.  Visit,www.PghKids.org or call (412) 456-6666. Groups of 10+ call (412) 471-6930, GroupSales@TrustArts.org.
The Festival grounds and featured performance venues are fully handicapped accessible.  ASL interpreters are provided for featured performances upon request when requests are made at least 10 business days in advance.  For information and questions, please call (412) 456-6666.
For information about the Cultural District, visit http://www.TrustArts.org/about/explore/

FEAUTURED TICKTED EVENTS

Photo Credit:  Shlomi Mizrahi

Invisi’BALL
Nadine Animato Theater Dance Company (Israel)
A live-action soccer game transforms the theater into a stadium. Audiences will be chanting, laughing and cheering along to a game played without a ball. Soccer has never before been so funny and animated. Don’t miss this charming interpretation of the game of soccer. GO TEAM!
50 minutes
Best for ages 4+
www.nadine-animato.co.il
Venue: August Wilson Center Theater, 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Wednesday, May 14; Thursday, May 15 & Friday, May 16: 1:00pm
Saturday, May 17 12:00pm, 3:00pm, 6:00pm & Sunday, May 18: 12:00pm, 3:00pm

Pinocchio
Theatre Tout À Trac (Canada)
Born as a puppet and brought to life by a wish, the rebellious, cheeky and careless Pinocchio discovers the meaning of growing up through a thousand trials. Pinocchio is a show filled with heart, imagination, and lessons in bravery and honesty. Every detail of this favorite tale is artfully created. This full-scale production, based on the book by Italian author Carlo Collodi, is not to be missed!
65 minutes
Best for ages 5 ̶  10
www.toutatrac.com
Venue: Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Wednesday, May 14: 9:30am
Thursday, May 15: 1:00pm
Friday, May 16: 9:30am, 7:00pm
Saturday, May 17: 9:30am, 12:00pm
Sunday, May 18: 11:00am, 5:00pm

Animals/El Retablo (Spain)

Animals
El Retablo (Spain)
An array of animals come to life, made of recycled materials and everyday objects. Hats become snails. A mop becomes a thirsty sheep. A joyous, playful safari of the senses, Animals will inspire gales of laughter and moments of wonder.
45 minutes
Best for ages 3 ̶  8
www.titereselretablo.com
Venue: Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Wednesday, May 14: 11:00am
Thursday, May 15 & Friday, May 16: 11:00am, 7:00pm
Saturday, May 17 & Sunday May 18: 11:00am, 5:00pm

Hands Up/Lejo (Netherlands)

Hands Up
Lejo (Netherlands)
A cast of thousands in Lejo’s hands! Perhaps you’ll encounter the pianist, the octopus or a full choir! World-famous, Lejo’s characters have all sorts of adventures, proving that less can be more!
40 minutes
Best for everyone ages 3  ̶  adult
www.lejo.nl
Venue: Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Wednesday, May 14 & Thursday, May 15: 9:30am, 1:00pm
Friday, May 16; Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18: 9:30am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm

Miracoco/Architects of Air (UK)

Miracoco*
Architects of Air (United Kingdom)
This colossal, inflatable structure uses natural light to create a world immersed in vibrant hues of color. Visitors experience a sense of wonder and tranquility while exploring its mesmerizing domes and tunnels. *This luminarium is sensory-friendly.
20 minutes
Best for ages all ages
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
www.architects-of-air.com
Location: 8th St. at Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Wednesday, May 14 & Thursday, May 15: 9:30am to 1:30pm
Friday, May 16; Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18: 9:30am to 5:30pm

Tales of Folklore and Fantasy
Temujin the Storyteller (USA)
Gathering the crowd with the sounds of an African talking drum, Temujin welcomes you to travel the world on a storytelling journey that will have you laughing and learning along the way. With roots in West Africa’s Yoruba culture, Temujin repertoire includes more than 200 tales  ̶   never told the same way twice! No time or place is too far for his stories to reach  ̶  the only thing he might need is a little help from you!
45 minutes
Best for ages 5+
Venue: August Wilson Center Theater, 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Wednesday, May 14: 9:30am
Thursday, May 15 & Friday, May 16: 9:30am, 11:00am
Saturday, May 17: 10:00am
Sunday, May 18: 9:30am, 5:00pm

Little Steps/Teater My (Denmark)

Little Steps*
Teater My (Denmark)
Mommy and Daddy. Granny and Granddad.  A snail and a tree by the side of the road. Preschool filled with friends. A bicycle, a bedtime story. An umbrella and the hope for rain. Little Steps is the story of a small child in a big world. Wrapped in a universe full of memories, the audience is suspended in a cozy, safe space surrounded by beautiful stories and moments of recognition told through music, lighting, pictures, poetry, puppets, objects and sound.  *All Little Stepsperformances are sensory-friendly.
30 minutes
Best for ages 2–5
www.teatermy.dk
Venue: Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  15222
Wednesday, May 14 & Thursday, May 15: 10:00am, 12:00pm
Friday, May 16; Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18: 10:00am, 12:00pm, 3:45pm

Midnight Radio Jr. – Underwater Voyage
Bricolage Production Company (USA)
Midnight Radio Jr. is an unforgettable live comedy/variety show in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast   ̶  just for kids ages 6  ̶  12 and their grownups! You’ll be transported from the radio studio to a magical undersea world complete with mermaids, sunken ships, dragon kings, and lantern fish. Through storytelling, music, comedy and live sound effects, Bricolage brings to life kooky tales and imaginary worlds. During the show there just might be some fake breaking news and commercial spoofs, too. Come early to enjoy fun sea-themed activities in the theater lobby. Or stay after to discover the art of sound effects.
45 minutes
Best for ages 5 to 12 (but all ages welcome)
www.bricolagepgh.org
Venue: Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Avenue, 1st Floor
Saturday, May 17, 5:00pm; Sunday, May 18, 1:00 pm

ABOUT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S THEATER
Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater, a division of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, opens the door for children to experience professional performing arts programming which inspires, challenges, educates, and stimulates respect for and an understanding of all cultures in an entertaining and enlightening way.  The Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival (celebrating its 28th year in 2014) is one of only four international children’s festivals in the nation.  The Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater Family Series (2013  ̶  2014), now in its 44th season, introduces children to the arts early in life sparking their interest and appreciation so they continue to enjoy and support the arts as they grow up.  For more information, visit: www.TrustArts.org/kids

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Secret Life of Robots

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Search: Robots 2014

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS
 
THE SECRET LIFE OF ROBOTS
 
A SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION

February 21 – April 27, 2014 | SPACE | 812 Liberty Avenue

Exhibition Opening & Reception | February 21 | 5:30 – 8 p.m.


Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the opening of The Secret Life of Robots, a visual art installation by local artist Toby Atticus Fraley. The exhibition includes a dozen scenes of robots in domestic vignettes, presenting an unpolished look into the unseen, and often mundane, lives of robots. The exhibition is on view at the Trust's SPACE  gallery in the Cultural District February 21–April 27, 2014. An opening reception is held Friday, February 21, 2014, from 5:30–8 p.m.

Fallen Glasses

The 4- to 5-foot-tall robots are constructed from vintage thermoses, picnic coolers, and various found objects. Some robots include animatronics and custom built electronics packages that control illuminated elements, such as eyes and accent lights. Fraley offers a glimpse into the daily activities of a typical robot through various stages of its lifespan, revealing a glimpse of our lives through the looking glass.

“Everyday scenes from the lives of robots have been captured in this exhibition for us to observe,” says artist Toby Atticus Fraley. “Robots assembled from pieces of Americana illustrate mundane everyday rituals, acts of daring, and precious milestones. These scenes of great joy and crushing sadness cover the beginning to the end of a typical robot’s lifespan, celebrating and revering the beauty in the everyday.”

First Steps

Some of these everyday scenes include a toddler taking its first steps under the watchful eyes of its parents, a robot at the grocery store trying to reach a can of cat food on a shelf that is just inches too high, and an elderly robot counting out its medication with the help of a magnifying glass.

Toby Atticus Fraley was born and raised in Washington, PA, and currently resides in Bridgeville, PA. Fraley uses found objects in his mixed media sculptures and clockworks. His works in clay, paint, and photography share a similar aesthetic, harkening to and preserving midcentury America. He exhibits locally and his work, including public art installations, is held in collections nationally and internationally. Most recently, Fraley composed as part of Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2014 the Lonely Robot Returnswindow in the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, which was a reprisal of Fraley’s Robot Repair launched in the Cultural District in 2011.

Images Courtesy of the Artist

About SPACE
SPACE is located at 812 Liberty Avenue. Gallery Hours: Wed & Thurs: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Fri & Sat: 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public. SPACE is a project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. For more information about all gallery exhibitions featured in the Cultural District, please visit www.TrustArts.org.

About The 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 landmasses 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.
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Gallery Crawl Marks 10th Anniversary

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Search Name: January 2014 Gallery Crawl

JANUARY’S GALLERY CRAWL IN THE CULTURAL DISTRICT
MARKS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENT
 Friday, January 24, 2014 | 5:30 – 9 p.m.
Select venues open until 10 p.m.
Introducing CrawlAfterDark at participating venues beginning at 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the line-up for its winter Gallery Crawl that takes place Friday, January 24, 2014, from 5:30–9 p.m. The crawl showcases a wide variety of thought provoking art exhibitions in downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Live bands, DJs, dance, comedy, and participatory activities are also part of the complimentary crawl events.
 

2014 marks the 10th anniversary of Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District. To mark this special occasion, the Trust is introducing CrawlAfterDark, which features select venues with additional events beginning at 9 p.m. Each of the CrawlAfterDark activities requires admission, ranging from $5–$15.

“We are pleased to introduce CrawlAfterDark, extending hours for certain Cultural District venues participating in the Gallery Crawl and promoting the District as a late-night destination,” says Janis Burley Wilson, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement and Director of Jazz Programs for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. “CrawlAfterDark highlights the transformation of the Cultural District, promoting numerous options for late night entertainment, from comedy, music, theatre, clubs, dining, and more.”

Gallery Crawl events are free and open to the public. For more information and a map of the Gallery Crawl events, visit www.TrustArts.org/Crawl or call (412) 456-6666.

Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District is a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Education and Community Engagement Department.

The following is a line-up of the January 24, 2014, Gallery Crawl events:
Venues marked with * remain open until 10 p.m.

All locations are wheelchair accessible unless marked with **.

Wood Street Galleries*
601 Wood Street
Structures of Time and Space
Artist Erwin Redl presents an investigation of reverse engineering that translates virtual reality and 3D computer modeling through large-scale light installations.

SPACE*
812 Liberty Avenue
Behind Our Scenes
Guest curated by Jen Saffron, photographers explore the relationship between two-dimensional form and space through photographic installations and constructions. Participating artists include Nancy Andrews, Leo Hsu, Dennis Marsico, Annie O’Neill, and Barbara Weissberger.

Carnegie Library Button-making
We supply the materials, and you supply the creativity!

Music by Aaron Clark of Humanaut / Honcho

Tito Way
Memento Mori by Mary Mazziotti
A set of billboards reminding the viewer that life can be short and its end unpredictable.

Cell Phone Disco by InformationLab
This surface visualizes the electromagnetic field of an active mobile phone. Several thousand lights illuminate when you make or receive a phone call in the vicinity of the installation.

Shaw Galleries*
805 Liberty Avenue
The 3rd Annual Bad Art Sale
An art show and sale of dozens of thrift store paintings and amateur art, as well as picture frames, mats, art books, and art supplies, all at rock bottom prices!

Trust Arts Education Center
805-807 Liberty Avenue

Peirce Studio
Traveling by Attack Theatre
Attack Theatre’s Traveling is a witty contemporary dance performance that tells the story of a traveling salesman, his sample case of curiosities, and the enormous potential of the little things in life. With imaginative use of props, daredevil partnering, and a touch of nostalgia, Traveling transforms small objects into big ideas and physical fun. Performances at 7 and 8 p.m.

Third Floor*
Memory Terrain
From Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2014
This exhibition presents paintings by Mia Tarducci Henry; Cycle Sam by Don Jones; Pittsburgh Past and Future by Matthew Buchholz’s Alternate Histories; and Rhapsody in Steel (1959), a film with animation by John Sutherland and re-mastered by Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.

Arcade Comedy Theater
811 Liberty Avenue
Pop in for some laughs, featuring Pittsburgh’s best sketch, improvisational, and alternative comedy year-round. Time to play!

820 Liberty Avenue*
TRANSPOSE, a project of the Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University
From Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2014
The exhibition will open with CHIMERA, an installation of student works. Chimera: A Journal of Art and Literature is a student-produced journal that showcases the best art and literature created by Edinboro’s students.

Catholic Charities Susan Zubik Welcome Center
212 Ninth Street
Drawing Portraits and Figures
High school students in the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Design Arts Studio explore portraiture and figures via graphite, Conte, and charcoal.

937 Liberty Avenue
Second Floor*
Welcoming the Future, Honoring the Present: New and Established AAP Member Works
From Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2014
Established in 1910, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) is an artist member organization with more than 600 members in the southwestern Pennsylvania region. This exhibition is a salon-style hanging of works by current AAP artists alongside a showcase of 21 New AAP members.

Pittsburgh Playwrights Gallery
Therapy and The Muse
An exhibition by Ernest McCarty features acrylic paintings on wood and canvas, assemblage paintings, and wire sculptures.

Toonseum
947 Liberty Avenue
Wonder Women
One of the largest exhibitions of women in comics ever presented, featuring more than 50 pieces of original art.

August Wilson Center for African American Culture
980 Liberty Avenue

I Think I Can (Harley Stumm)

I Think I Can by Terrapin Theatre (Australia)
From the 2014 International Performing Arts for Youth Conference
This interactive installation invites the public to engage and play by becoming temporary residents via a tiny puppet. The piece asks, “What would you like to be today?” engaging participants in an optimistic task of collective storytelling that deals with dynamic notions of residency and responsibility.

Paper Planet by Polyglot Theatre (Australia)
From the 2014 International Performing Arts for Youth Conference
Polyglot Theatre creates an imagined world filled with tall, strange cardboard trees, paper leaves, boulders, ponds, and other mysterious forms that transform the space. Fantastic and unusual animals hang from the branches and sit around the trunks while audience members populate the space with their own creations and rustling paper selves.

Pittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew, Remix
This modular flagship exhibition dedicated to honoring and preserving Black culture in southwestern Pennsylvania uses imagery, film, and oral history narratives to explore communities, cultures, and innovations.

Tonic**
971 Liberty Avenue, second floor gallery: NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE
It Is What It Is
People. Art. Live Music. Drinks. Food.

Sonoma Grille
947 Penn Avenue
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Art Show
Enter the creative world of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. View the diverse work of design, media arts, and fashion alumni and students, and meet the talented designers.

Urban Pathways 6-12 Gallery
914 Penn Avenue
Start Anew!
Featuring a student photography and two-dimensional art exhibition, Sounds of Steel steel-pan band performances throughout the evening, and craft activities for all.

CAPA Gallery
111 Ninth Street
Places to Go and People to See
Portraits, landscapes, and ceramic works by Pittsburgh CAPA’s 11th and 12th grade visual artists are presented. Students demonstrate how to throw a bowl on the pottery wheel. The bowls will be donated to the Empty Bowl Project, which raises funds to support Just Harvest and The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

Future Tenant
819 Penn Avenue
Radium Girls
Although German Dada artist Hannah Höch was active half a world away as the Radium Girls were painting watch dials, Höch was creating rebellious collages that pointed out the stark difference between reality and the media’s projected images of women. To celebrate her work, visitors are invited to “Make Your Own Radium Girl” using Hannah Höch’s collage method and materials provided.

Live music is provided by Producer Jakeisrain and the C Street Brass.

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
810 Penn Avenue, seventh floor
Reflective Locations
An Art on the Walls exhibition curated by D.S. Kinsel, Reflective Locations features the work of artists capturing a place that reflects their personal identity. All of the artists chosen for this exhibition are black males, giving the audience the opportunity to experience varied reflections of modern black masculinity.    

709 Penn Gallery*
709 Penn Avenue
Neverlands
Artist Terry Boyd, through mixed media drawings, presents an interpretation of life and death, with imagery originally depicted by the skies, seas, grounds, and characters described in J.M. Barrie’s stories, such as Peter Pan.

707 Penn Gallery*
707 Penn Avenue
Arena: Remembering the Igloo
The only photographer licensed by the Sports and Exhibition Authority to catalogue the Arena’s demolition process, David Aschkenas chronicles the last weeks of the Civic Arena’s operation and its demise.

131 Seventh Street*
Night Market VII
Join the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership for Night Market VII.  This indoor version of Downtown’s favorite pop-up market will feature curated vendors of unique, handcrafted arts and crafts.

Katz Plaza
Seventh Street & Penn Avenue
Steel Town Fire
Pittsburgh’s premier fire art performance wows crowds with dancing and intricate moves on poi, snakes, swords, and other burning props. Shows at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m.

Backstage Bar
655 Penn Avenue
Waves: Perceptions of Light and Sound
Artist Kara Ruth Snyder presents abstract acrylic and mixed media paintings.

Live music by Paul Tabachnek.

PNC Legacy Project
600 Liberty Avenue
The PNC Legacy Project is celebrating Black History Month. Oral histories include Tony Award winner Billy Porter, Pittsburgh Courier Publisher Rod Doss, Olympic champion Swin Cash, civil rights advocate Alma Speed Fox, and trumpet player Sean Jones.

Dream Cream Ice Cream
539 Liberty Avenue
As the sole benefiting Dreamer for the month of January, the CLO Academy performs musical selections from past and upcoming productions. Dream Cream sells ice cream, pastries, Dreamshakes, & Dreamsteam (hot chocolate and hot cider). Performances by the CLO Academy at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 8 p.m.

Boutique 208*
208 Sixth Street
Live music by Jon Dull of the Hoffman Road Band and Brandon Yusko.
Arthur Murray Dance Studio**
136 Sixth Street (above Melange Bistro): NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE
Free Dance Lessons and Demos: Bachata at 7 p.m., Rumba at 7:30 p.m., and Salsa at 8 p.m.

Renaissance Hotel
107 Sixth Street
The Lonely Robot Returns
Artist Toby Atticus Fraley brings back the Lonely Robot from his previous Cultural District installation. The robot and his friends appear in a swanky room window display at street level.

Braddock’s American Brasserie
107 Sixth Street
Chef Jason creates deconstructed plates pleasantly familiar to the taste but intriguingly disguised to the eye. Get up-close-and-personal to his mysterious creations and try to figure out what classic dish it could be. The winner who correctly solves the “plating puzzle” receives a complimentary gift card to dine at Braddock’s.

CrawlAfterDark

Wood Street Galleries, third floor, 601 Wood Street
The Freya String Quartet: Electric
10 p.m., $15 / $8 students & seniors
FSQ plugs in its instruments for an amplified concert. Work by Steve Reich, Ingram Marshall, and Sean Neukom. Special Guest: Symbiotic Collusion Orchestra.

Trust Arts Education Center, Peirce Studio, 805-807 Liberty Avenue
FRENDZ: An evening of Pittsburgh-created music
10 p.m., $5, cash bar
Avant-rock band Host Skull, The Gotobeds, and Meeting of Important People’s Josh Verbanets. Host Skull was recently included on NPR’s World Cafe.

Arcade Comedy Theater, 811 Liberty Avenue
After the Crawl Comedy Show
10 p.m., $10 / $5 for students
A mix of local stand-up comedians and some of the Arcade’s best improv comedy troupes. BYOB.

Toonseum, 947 Liberty Avenue
Kartoon Karaoke
9 p.m., $5, ages 21+
Sing along to music from classic animations in this first ever cartoon-themed karaoke party.

Enigma Lounge, 130 7th St
Global Beats
9 p.m., $5
Guest DJ Dave “7up” Sanchez spins globally influenced house and electronica with two percussionists, plus a live light show via LED screens.

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.

Gallery Crawl sponsors include City Paper, WYEP 91.3 FM, and Kreider Printing.
ALL INFORMATION AND LOCATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Visit www.TrustArts.org/Crawl for updated and more detailed information.
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.

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Pgh to Host Youth Arts Showcase

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PITTSBURGH SELECTED TO HOST ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS SHOWCASE FOR YOUTH

PITTSBURGH, PA – December 30, 2013. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is pleased to announce that Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater will host the International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) Showcase being held January 22–25, 2014, at venues throughout Pittsburgh’s downtown Cultural District.

The IPAY Showcase is in its 37th year and will bring artists from around the world to Pittsburgh to perform in eighteen productions from seven countries, including four from the United States and three from Canada.

The IPAY Showcase is presented in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival.

Photo Credit:  Cindy Marie Jenkins

The seventeen productions represent a wide range of work including theater and musical theater, dance, circus and physical comedy, puppetry and installation. Productions range from small intimate performances to large-scale spectacles and have been created for young audiences ranging in age from babies to teenagers.

Photo Credit:  Harley Stumm

“We’re constantly amazed at the diversity of our field and so proud to be showcasing an amazing list of artists and productions from the United States and Canada, as well as from Australia, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Spain,” says Boomer Stacey, IPAY Executive Director.  “We receive more and more applications each year, continuing to raise the bar on outstanding, innovative performing arts for young audiences.”

“Pittsburgh is pleased to host the IPAY Showcase for the third time in the Showcase’s history,” shared Pam Lieberman, Executive Director of Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater and Festival.  “This Showcase is an extraordinary opportunity to see professional and quality theater created for kids.  Pittsburgh is a city that values family, art and culture.  Our city is the perfect host site for this Showcase, and I am thrilled that we were selected.”

Artists included in the Showcase will include Terrapin Puppet Theatre (Australia), Tout â Trac (Canada), Teatergroep Kwatta (Netherlands) and Teatro Paraiso (Spain) returning to Showcase with new work, and we are excited to experience productions by artists new to our event such as Cirque Alfonse (Canada), arch 8 dance group (Netherlands) and Cahoots NI (Northern Ireland).

Photo Credit:  Brant Brogan

A full list of performances scheduled for the 2014 Showcase can be found online at www.ipayweb.org/showcase.

TICKETS
Registration rates for the 2014 Showcase are available online.  Schools have access to free tickets, but capacity is limited.  Please contact Group Sales at (412) 471-6930 for information about tickets for families and schoolchildren.

More information and a full schedule are online at ipayweb.org.  There, you can find a full list of selected artists, along with information on production, target age range and artistic genre. A preliminary schedule is available, which has additional productions incorporated as well as information on Showcase events such as Kindling, Exhibition Room and Membership Meeting.

ABOUT IPAY

The annual Showcase is the premiere event in North America, dedicated to promoting the best in international performing arts for young audiences. The event presents an opportunity for the community to gather together to discuss new trends and hot topics in the field, to view work available for touring in the United States and to promote the high quality and innovation of work being created for young audiences.
Showcase is produced and presented by IPAY, an arts service organization based in Philadelphia, dedicated to this field and to promoting, supporting and advancing the community of professional performing arts for young audiences in North America.

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