sábado, 9 de abril de 2022

Off Minor, Pittsburgh Opera, and more

 

PROGRAMS THIS WEEK

 

 

SUNDAY, April 10, 6:00 PM EDT*
Michael Weiss & The Art of the Trio: Off Minor Jazz Series
Run time: 90 minutes; *Please note the special start time

Michael Weiss is one of the great journeymen in Jazz and has played and recorded with many of the music's masters. He joins the Off Minor Jazz series to present a program of original music along with original arrangements from his latest album, Persistence. Learn more

Featured musicians: Michael Weiss (piano); Paul Thompson (bass); and Thomas Wendt (drums)

 

 

 

If you're coming live, you can also dine at the in-house restaurant 40 North—before, during, or after the concert. Reservations via Open Table highly encouraged.

 

 

Virtual Only: MONDAY, April 11, 6:00 PM EDT*
In-Dialogue series Presented by the #notwhite Collective
Run time: 120 minutes; *Please note the special start time

The #notwhite collective in-Dialogue series features conversations with BIPOC, AALANA, indigenous and immigrant artists and arts administrators.

Celebrating and recognizing arts and cultural workers, especially those who tend to be under the radar and forgotten about, speakers represent the Greater Western Pennsylvania region as well as national leaders in the arts. 

April's program features artists Marika Constantino & DS KinselLearn more.

 

 

 

TUESDAY, April 12, 7:00 PM EDT
Pittsburgh Opera @ COA: Spanish-language Music and the Poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca
Run time: 90 minutes

Pittsburgh Opera and City of Asylum are partnering together to explore the rich traditions of global operatic music and present an evening of Spanish-language poetry and song.

The evening's music is inspired by the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca (and others), whose poems will be read by local Spanish-language poets including Jorge Olivera Castillo, a writer-in-residence at City of Asylum and a Research Scholar at the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Learn more.

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual Only: THURSDAY, April 14, 7:00 PM EDT
Culture of Care series: Harrison Apple
Run time: 60 minutes

Anthropology of Motherhood's Culture of Care series features artists who engage in the complex visual, material, emotional, corporeal, and lived experiences of motherhood, caregiving, parenting, nurturing, and maternal labor. They address maternal identities with birth as a metaphor for regeneration, creation and renewal. The series seeks to examine the broader culture of care and its potentialities within visual art practices as it intersects with feminisms, social justice issues, and activism.

This installment features Harrison Apple from the Carnegie University Studio for Creative Inquiry  Learn more.

 

 

At City of Asylum, we want our events to be welcoming and accessible to all people. If you have questions or are in need of accommodations, please contact us
 

All floors of Alphabet City are wheelchair accessible and there is a reserved parking spot.  Thanks to the generous support of RAD, we also have hearing assistive systems available for all programs, by advance request.

 

 

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