Last year I created and managed the props for the Butler Little Theatre’s production of Over the River and Through the Woods, a play primarily about family and love but also about food. During the play, the characters eat and eat, and eat. Eating is hard to manage while acting. There’s the risk of having …
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Things to do in Pittsburgh when you’re dead
I’m not actually dead, nor even resting, unfortunately. But I may be dead by the this time next week, given the full slate of activities I have lined up. Local folks might want to join in (for the activities, not the dying of exhaustion bit): Thursday, June 3 Geek Night the 35th, Church Brew Works, …
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This Saturday: The Songwriters Project
The Songwriters Project will perform from on Saturday, May 8, 7 to 9 PM at The Mattress Factory 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (T: 412-231-3169, F:412-322-2231, E: info@mattress.org) Songwriters: Kevin Finn, Atumn Ayers, Karl Mullen, Emily Rodgers, and Audra Kubats (Detroit) Special guests:
This Friday: Black Fish
Also from the mailbag, for those about to rock: This FRI 07 MAY – Black Fish – rocks the house @ Thirsty’s, 9:30P. Thirsty’s 301 N Craig @ Centre 412.687.0114
This Friday: Gist Street Reading Series
From the mailbag: announcing this month’s Gist Street Reading Series Hello Gist Street! Spring is here even though the furnace just kicked on. Things are blooming, and it’s time to get out of the house. So come on over to Gist Street. We’re heading toward our May reading: Friday, May 7th. We’ll have Deb Bogen …
Special delivery
This afternoon, UPS delivered a package to me. (Two posters from the Bonny Doon Vineyard, of wine labels designed by Ralph Steadman. Quite cool. The company also offers fun t-shirts and other goodies, and lots of wine that cannot be delivered by mail within the borders of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.) Because the package was …
Old Vic follows the lead of Butler Little Theatre
Kevin Spacey, new Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theater Company in London, announced that the theater will present The Philadelphia Story: Dual Oscar-winner Spacey said he also intended to stage “The Philadelphia Story” next year and had been talking to Hollywood agents about availabilities of some of their stars to play the lead role …
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Art All Night
Insomniac artists and art aficionados in Pittsburgh: this weekend is for you. Art All Night, in Lawrenceville, runs from 8pm Saturday through to 2pm Sunday, and features “professional and amateur artists of all ages and abilities.” This includes you. Bring work to show/display/sell. The Lawrenceville Art All Night inspired the Butler art collective, Associated Artists …
Your fiction and poetry dose for April
I almost forgot to mention: It’s the first Friday of the month, which means tonight at 7:30 the Gist Street Reading Series (it’s not about suffering) will feature fine words and more, at the James Simon Sculpture Studio in Pittsburgh. Details and directions are available at the website. Tonight’s readers: John McNally (fiction) and Tracey …
The soothing chirp of a room full of pagers
Tomorrow night will not be a good night to have a computer or network problem in the Pittsburgh area, as it’s the first Thursday of an even-numbered month, which means it’s Geek Night. The Church Brew Works will be overrun by application developers, network administrators, tech support staffers, and the recruiters who love them. I …
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