Woodcutting Exhibition at Woodville Plantation

October 13, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Windhorst
412-221-0348
rwindhorst19@comcast.net

QUICK FACTS:
Event: Necessary Domestic Duties: Woodcutting
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Place: Woodville Plantation, 1375 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017
Cost: $5.00 for Adults, $10.00 for Families

WOODVILLE PLANTATION HOSTS SPECIAL EVENT
NECESSARY DOMESTIC DUTIES: WOODCUTTING

BRIDGEVILLE, PA (October 13, 2009) – Step back in time at Woodville Plantation as this living history museum presents a new programming series called “Necessary Domestic Duties: a Thousand Little Occurrences Never Foreseen.” On Sunday, October 25, 2009, the next installment of this series will feature the importance of cutting wood and maintaining fires in the 18th century home.

From 1 – 4 pm, guests are invited to join the overseer at Woodville Plantation as he discusses the ever-present necessity of maintaining the fires used for heating and cooking at Woodville. He will also demonstrate period methods for cutting, stacking and using wood. Admission to this special event is $5.00 per person or $10.00 per family.

Part of the monthly “Necessary Domestic Duties: a Thousand Little Occurrences Never Foreseen” series, these programs will present the common everyday activities necessary to maintain and operate a plantation in the 18th century. Throughout 2009, visitors are invited to join the interpreters of Woodville Plantation as they demonstrate how these activities compare to our modern chores such as laundry, cooking, gardening and sewing. In addition, guests will learn about some very different jobs such as raising chickens and cutting and hauling wood. In some cases, visitors may participate in these interactive programs.

Woodville Plantation, the home of John and Presley Neville, is Western Pennsylvania’s link to the late 18th century. Built in 1775, this living history museum interprets life during the period of 1780-1820, the Era of the New Republic. Guided tours of the house are available every Sunday from 1 to 4 pm.

Just 7 miles and 15 minutes south of Pittsburgh, Woodville is conveniently located 1/4 mile north of Interstate I-79 Exit 55 (Kirwin Heights Exit) on Route 50, near the intersection of Thoms Run Road. For further directions or for more information, please visit Woodville’s website at http://www.woodvilleplantation.org or call 412-221-0348.

Woodville Plantion Presents Necessary Domestic Duties

September 22, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Windhorst
412-221-0348
rwindhorst19@comcast.net

QUICK FACTS:
Event: Necessary Domestic Duties: Laundry
Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Place: Woodville Plantation, 1375 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017
Cost: $5.00 for Adults, $10.00 for Families

WOODVILLE PLANTATION HOSTS SPECIAL EVENT
NECESSARY DOMESTIC DUTIES: LAUNDRY

BRIDGEVILLE, PA (September 22, 2009) – Step back in time at Woodville Plantation as this living history museum presents a new programming series titled “Necessary Domestic Duties: a Thousand Little Occurrences Never Foreseen.” On Sunday, October 4, 2009, the next installment of this series will feature 18th century laundry practices.

From 1 – 4 pm, guests are invited to join Woodville’s laundress as she presents the unique and interesting practices required for washing and ironing the clothing and linens of a late 18th century plantation. Admission to this special event is $5.00 per person or $10.00 per family.

Part of the monthly “Necessary Domestic Duties: a Thousand Little Occurrences Never Foreseen” series, these programs will present the common everyday activities necessary to maintain and operate a plantation in the 18th century. Throughout 2009, visitors are invited to join the interpreters of Woodville Plantation as they demonstrate how these activities compare to our modern chores such as laundry, cooking, gardening and sewing. In addition, guests will learn about some very different jobs such as raising chickens and cutting and hauling wood. In some cases, visitors may participate in these interactive programs.

Woodville Plantation, the home of John and Presley Neville, is Western Pennsylvania’s link to the late 18th century. Built in 1775, this living history museum interprets life during the period of 1780-1820, the Era of the New Republic. Guided tours of the house are available every Sunday from 1 to 4 pm.

Just 7 miles and 15 minutes south of Pittsburgh, Woodville is conveniently located 1/4 mile north of Interstate I-79 Exit 55 (Kirwin Heights Exit) on Route 50, near the intersection of Thoms Run Road. For further directions or for more information, please visit Woodville’s website at http://www.woodvilleplantation.org or call 412-221-0348.

Summer Kid's Crawl in Cultural District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Veronica Corpuz, (412) 471-6082 / corpuz@pgharts.org

Summer Kids Crawl in the Cultural District celebrates The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s 25th anniversary
Saturday, July 18, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.


PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will host children and their families throughout the downtown Pittsburgh area at the Summer Kids Crawl Saturday, July 18th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, please call 412-456-6666 or visit www.pgharts.org.

SUMMER KIDS CRAWL EVENTS

SPACE
812 Liberty Avenue
SMOKE AND MIRRORS: Featuring the work of 16 artists who are faking it in every sense of the word. Curated by Jesse Hulcher.

Pennsylvania Culinary Institute
808 Liberty Avenue
Decorate cookies
Food and beverages prepared by PCI students available for $1

Trust Education Center
805-807 Liberty Avenue
It’s Carnival Time with Kenia – learn Brazilian percussion, samba school parade 11:30, 1pm
Gateway to the Arts / Tracie Yorke Dance - Stories on the Move 12:15, 2:15pm

Pittsburgh Filmmakers – Harris Theater
809 Liberty Avenue
Use your imagination to create a paper film strip.

Catholic Charities Building
212 Ninth Street
Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater
Meet Mr. McFeely from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood 1-3pm

Catholic Charities Building
212 Ninth Street
Create tie-dyed art and chromatography butterflies and flowers with the Carnegie Science Center.

MCG Gallery @ 800 Penn
800 Penn Avenue
Join the fun and participate in a special path-making scavenger hunt!

“Magnolias for Pittsburgh”
Corner of 7th and Penn Avenue
Delight in these bronze magnolia trees, designed by artist Tony Tasset, that “bloom” year-round.

Transformers “Arch” 2008
7th and Ft. Duquesne Blvd

Katz Plaza
Corner of 7th & Penn
Soul line dancing, musical performances, face painting, caricatures and mascots
Umoja African Arts Dance Company – drum workshop 11
Gateway to the Arts / River City Percussion Duo – 11:30
Roland Ford’s Soul line dancing lessons for kids 12-12:45 and 1:15-2pm

Meet Iceburgh, the Pittsburgh Penguins mascot from 11am-12pm.
Meet Steely McBeam, the Pittsburgh Steelers mascot from 1:30-2:30pm
Meet the Pirate’s Parrot, the Pittsburgh Pirates mascot from 2-3pm

The Parking Lot of 7th and Penn
Eurobungy – Mike the Balloon Guy
Flip and somersault 2 stories above the Cultural District

Theater Square – Scott Place
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Polar mascot and chalk artists

Cabaret Theater
655 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh CLO Ministars
CLO Ministars performances 11, 11:45

EQT
625 Liberty Avenue
Make a sun catcher and create sand art with Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

EQT Plaza
625 Liberty Avenue
Mike the Balloon Guy
Jugglers / unicyclists / stiltwalkers
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh – learn to hula hoop

Heinz Hall
Sixth Street entrance
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Fun with Fiddlesticks and Friends
Musical activities from 11:00-3:00
Meet Fiddlesticks from 12:30-1:30

Heinz Hall Garden
Corner of Liberty & Sixth
Cheryl Capezzuti and Things that Stick present Bunny Jump: Don't be a Lump, 12:30, 2:30pm

Fifth Avenue Place
Corner of Fifth and Liberty Avenues
Fuzzy Boundary Produictions presents Stuff featuring Kellee Van Aken and Cheryl Capezzuti, Stanwix Street Lobby 11:30, 1:30pm
Magician – in Liberty Avenue hallway
Airbrush tattoo – at Penn Avenue entrance
Face painting – in the Food Court

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Stomp Stomps Back to Pittsburgh

STOMP:
THE SMASH HIT RETURNS TO
PITTSBURGH, SEPTEMBER 15 – 20, 2009,
WITH NEW SURPRISES


STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center, September 15 – 20, 2009. The return of the percussive hit also brings some new surprises, with some sections of the show now updated and restructured and the addition of two new full-scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire inner tubes and paint cans.



“After creating new routines for STOMP OUT LOUD in Vegas, [co-creator] Luke Cresswell and I decided it was time to rework elements of our main production, STOMP,” said co-creator Steve McNicholas. “STOMP has evolved a great deal ever since its first incarnation at the Edinburgh Festival. Every reworking has involved losing some pieces and gaining new ones, but has always stayed true to the original premise of the show: to create rhythmic music with instantly recognizable objects, and do it with an eccentric sense of character and humor.”



The changes that can now be seen in the tour of STOMP are the biggest since the late 1990’s. A new piece “Paint Cans” evolved out of the “Boxes” routine in the Las Vegas show and “Donuts” is a piece that implements huge tractor tire inner tubes, worn around the waist on a bungee cord. For many years, the creators had looked for a STOMP equivalent of the Latin percussion instrument the guiro, a gourd-shaped open-ended instrument with ridges along the side that are rubbed by a wooden stick to create its sound. The climactic trashcan sequence “Bins” has been restructured to include a guiro-like new found instrument: strip-lighting recycling containers.



From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past fourteen years, having performed in over 350 cities in 36 countries worldwide. STOMP continues its phenomenal run with the ongoing sell-out Off-Broadway production at New York's Orpheum Theatre, a North American tour, and two productions overseas - a London company and a European tour.



STOMP, an overwhelming success marked by rave reviews, numerous awards and sell-out engagements, is the winner of an Olivier Award for Best Choreography (London's Tony Award), a New YorkObie Award, a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatre Experience, and a Special Citation from Best Plays. The young performers “make a rhythm out of anything we can get our hands on that makes a sound,” says co-creator/director Luke Cresswell. Stiff-bristle brooms become a sweeping orchestra; Zippo lighters flip open and closed to create a fiery fugue; wooden poles thump and clack in a rhythmic explosion. STOMP uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – trashcans, tea chests, plastic bags, plungers, boots, and hubcaps – to fill the stage with compelling and infectious rhythms.



Critics and audiences have raved: “STOMP is as crisp and exuberant as if it had opened yesterday,” says The New York Times. The San Francisco Chronicle declares “STOMP has a beat that just won’t quit!” The Los Angeles Times exclaims: “Electrifying! Triumphs in the infinite variety of the human experience.” “A phenomenal show! Bashing, crashing, smashing, swishing, banging and kicking – a joyous invention!” says the Chicago Tribune.

STOMP is directed and created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas.



The smash hit returns to Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center from September 15 to 20, 2009. Performance schedule is Tuesday – Thursday at 7:30PM, Friday at 8:00PM, Saturday at 5:00PM and 9:00PM, and Sunday at 3:00PM and 7:00PM. Tickets range from $21.00 - $49.00, and are available by calling 412-456-6666, visiting the Box Office at Theater Square [665 Penn Avenue] or online at http://www.pgharts.org.

http://www.stomponline.com