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All Events | Starting Wednesday, October 7, 2009David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion
Hailed as the world’s greatest magician, David Copperfield elevates the ancient art of magic to new heights and redefining it along the way. True to its title, Grand Illusion takes one’s dreams (and nightmares) and makes them realistic through his sophisticated wizardry.
10/07/2009
Forever Plaid
Five years after winning your hearts at the CLO Cabaret, the boys are back from the great beyond by popular demand. Killed on the way to the gig of a lifetime, this 1950s all-male singing group is miraculously revived to fulfill their dreams and perform the show! You'll be rolling in the aisles and tapping your toes as “The Plaids” perform 1950s hits: “Catch a Falling Star,” “Three Coins in the Fountain,” “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing” and “Magic Moments.”
10/08/2009
Shirley Jones, Marvin & The Music Man
Western Pennsylvania native Shirley Jones starred in the film version of "The Music Man," and also made her mark in "Oklahoma" and "Carousel." The Music Man contains such memorable tunes as "Seventy-six Trombones," "Gary, Indiana," and "Till There Was You." Marvin Hamlisch conducts.
10/08/2009
I Am Artist
“I Am Artist” is a new performance series by the Alumni Theater Company, a new youth-based company in residence directed by Hallie Donner. Offerings include "Bad Seeds," An evening of song, dance, and complete impertinence; "Realized and on the Rise," based on characters by playwright August Wilson; and "ATC Exposed," an exciting and diverse assortment of monologues, scenes, poetry, dances, and original writing.
10/08/2009
Becky Billock, piano
A 40-minute free recital including music by women composers Amy Beach, Jennifer Higdon,and Margaret Bonds.
10/08/2009
W.S. Merwin
The Poetry Discussion Group of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will discuss three poems by W.S. Merwin. Registration is encouraged, but not required; admission is free.
10/08/2009
Jones-Maruri Duo
Since 1990, Michael Kevin Jones, cello, and Agustin Maruri, guitar, have played concerts across the globe. Their discography includes world premiere recordings of 19th century repertoire, and their CD, Original Music for Cello and Guitar, was a top ten classical hit in Hong Kong for a year. They performed in Beijing during the 2009 Olympic Games.
10/08/2009
Including Samuel Screening
WHO: United Cerebral Palsy/Community Living and Support Services (UCP/CLASS) and WQED Pittsburgh
WHAT: UCP/CLASS and WQED are partnering for Disability Awareness Month to hold a press screening of the film called “Including Samuel,” produced in collaboration with the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability/UCED, “A University Center for Excellence on Disability.” (The documentary will air on WQED-TV (13.1 digital) Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 4 p.m.)
WHERE: UCP/CLASS Centre, 4638 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1596
WHEN: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10 a.m.
PITTSBURGH—“Including Samuel”, the award-winning documentary by photojournalist Dan Habib, will be screened at the UCP/CLASS Centre in Pittsburgh, PA on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10 a.m.
The screening is free of charge and open to local media and the public. This screening is being made available through a partnership between UCP/CLASS and WQED Pittsburgh in recognition of Disability Awareness Month.
Since the film debuted in November 2007, “Including Samuel” has been screened at universities, national conferences and independent theaters across the country. The film has also been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Good Morning American NOW,” as well as in the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. Exceptional Parent Magazine called it a “must see” film.
Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the educational inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib’s award-winning documentary film, “Including Samuel,” honestly chronicles the Habib family’s efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives. The film also features four other families with varied experiences, plus interviews with dozens of teachers, young people, parents and disability rights experts. “Including Samuel” is a highly personal, passionately photographed film that captures the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion in schools.
Dan Habib, the director, producer and cinematographer of “Including Samuel,” is the Filmmaker in Residence at the Institute on Disability / UCED at the University of New Hampshire. Until joining UNH in April of 2008, Habib was the photography editor of the Concord (NH) Monitor. In 2006 and 2008, he was named the national Photography Editor of the Year for papers with a circulation under 100,000. He oversaw the photo essay by Monitor staff photographer Preston Gannaway called “Remember Me,” which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. He has been a judge of the Pulitzer Prizes, Pictures of the Year, Best of Photojournalism and White House News Photographer’s Association.
For more information on “Including Samuel,” including the film trailer, screening dates, DVD sales, and more, please visit www.includingsamuel.com
10/09/2009
Fresh Ayre
Chatham Baroque performs glorious English and Italian sonatas. Hear expressive and ethereal music by the likes of Henry Purcell, Willaim Lawes, Nicola Mateis, and George Frederick Handel. Friday's "Wandering Minstrels" event is at the Pgh Center for the Arts.
10/09/2009
Masterworks: A Capitol Opening Night Dream
The Capitol Theater reopens as Andre Raphel Smith conducts, with guest cellist Zuill Bailey. Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture, Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Mendelssohn: Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919).
10/09/2009
Coming to America
Beginning with folk music from Germany, Austria and Italy, the orchestra performs a multimedia work by Peter Boyer, “Ellis Island: The Dream of America” with a slide presentation of Ellis Island and Butler Little Theater actors reciting the emotional words of immigrants who arrived in America from 1910 to 1940. Elizabeth Heath Charles conducts.
10/10/2009
Lara Cottrill & Gerald Lee
Soprano Lar Cottrill and pianist Gerald Lee perform a recital that may include chanson and lieder by Duparc, Fauré, Chausson, and Richard Strauss. Co-presented with the Pittsburgh Concert Society.
10/10/2009
Marriage Dialogues
Pittsburgh premiere of a poetry & music collaboration. Composer-in-residence R. James Whipple weaves music between the poems of Samuel Hazo’s book, The Marriage Dialogues, read by actors Kate Young and Jeff Howell.
10/10/2009
Brass Roots Trio
This unique trio of piano, trumpet and horn presents "American Impressions," a musical trek across the country encompassing Gershwin, Copland, Fats Waller and more.
10/10/2009
Fall Fantasies
Music Director Yugo Ikach invites you to a mystical world of elves, fairies and sorcery via Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings, and the Witches' Sabbath from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
10/10/2009
Church of the Holy Cross Friends & Family Day
Chris Moore will speak to the congregation of The Church of the Holy Cross at its Friends and Family Day mass.
10/11/2009
Click, Clack, Moo
The cows in this tale are an unusual bunch—they can type and are on strike! Farmer Brown can't believe his ears when he first hears "click, clack, moo" coming from the barn. The cows are typing a letter asking for improved working conditions and will do anything to get it--even if it means refusing to be milked! A new musical comedy by TheatreworksUSA
10/11/2009
John Tesh: Live in Concert
A celebration of everything John Tesh is passionate about - music, dance and family. The performance includes hip-hop, ballet, lighting and staging effects, combined with talented guest performers and young dancers.
10/11/2009
Heinz Chapel Choir
John Goldsmith conducts.
10/11/2009
Triple Concerto
Music Director Laureate Sidney Harth conducts the Duquesne Symphony in Weber's Euryanthe Overture, Milhaud's Violin Concerto #1 featuring Charles Stegeman, and Cello Concerto #1 featuring Misha Quint, and Beethoven's Triple Concerto with Stegeman, Quint, and pianist David Allen Wehr.
10/11/2009
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