All Events | Starting Monday, November 16, 2009Drue Heinz Lectures: Junot Díaz
"Hip, irreverent, funny, and above all, fiercely intelligent." The New Yorker named Junot Diaz to its list of 20 top writers for the 21st century. In addition to the 2008 Pulitzer, his long-awaited first novel, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," received the National Book Critics Circle Award.
11/16/2009
American Music
Works by Tuesday Musical Club composers.
11/17/2009
Imagination Movers
The Imagination Movers sing about things they know best: messy rooms, healthy snacks, sibling rivalry and other topics that relate to being a little kid. Self-described as "the Beastie Boys meets Mr. Rogers," the Movers are fast-rising stars thanks to their combination of radio-friendly songs, kid-friendly themes and dynamic live shows.
11/19/2009
Classical Mystery Tour - Music of the Beatles!
Experience a recreation of one of the world’s most legendary bands, The Beatles, live and in concert playing each individual note exactly as was written. "Penny Lane" with a trumpet solo, and "Yesterday" with acoustic guitar and string quartet plus live Orchestra!
11/19/2009
The Queens
Written by Norman Chaurette and directed by Sheila McKenna, based on Shakespeare's Richard III with choreography by Andre Koslowski. It's a classic struggle for power and status as six queens vie for the throne: from the aged Duchess of York, who is 99 years old; to young Lady Anne, who must marry Richard III in order to reign; to the Duchess' daughter Anne Dexter who has no hands.
11/19/2009
Seeds of Light
A solo show of painted silk weavings by textile artist Fuyuko Matsubara.
11/20/2009
A Christmas Carol
11/20/2009
When Night Falls
A juried show involving a variety of media, presented by the Pittsburgh Society of Artists.
11/20/2009
The Capitol Steps
Public radio's best-known political satire and sketch comedy troupe, The Capitol Steps are the winner (for the second year in a row) in the 23rd Annual "Wammie" Awards of the Washington Area Music Association for "Cabaret/Musical Theater." The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and institutions that employed them.
11/20/2009
Ann Fontanella, violin
An audience favorite of this series, Ann was the final student of Erick Friedman, the only violinist to record with the master. Friedman praised her hyper-flexive ambidextrous hands and perfect pitch, enbling her to replicate the precision and tone of Heifetz.
11/21/2009
Smokey Joe’s Café
The greatest hits of the 50’s and 60’s are served up nightly at Smokey Joe’s Café, a rockin' Broadway musical party that has audiences coast to coast dancing in the aisles. On the menu: Jailhouse Rock, Stand By Me, On Broadway, Hound Dog, Fools Fall In Love, and dozens more — all the timeless creations of songwriting legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
11/21/2009
Peanut Butter & Jam Session
For pre-school children and their accompanying adults.
11/21/2009
Hot Cocoa
See Web site for details
11/21/2009
Cornerstones
A season opener with Samuel Barber’s Commando March, Brahms' Blessed Are They, and Fisher Tull's Sketches on a Tudor Psalm, Pennsylvanian Vincent Persichetti's Pageant, Gustav Holst's A Somerset Rhapsody, and a Shostakovich finale.
11/21/2009
Lord Nelson Mass
Artistic Director Milutin Lazich conducts Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with orchestra, and Pachelbel's Canon in D and Magnificat
11/21/2009
Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design at CMOA
The Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries will boast an enhanced reinstallation of the museum’s collection of decorative arts, design, and craft, selectively integrated with prints, architectural drawings, and paintings. The gallery will include the Carnegie’s important collections of local furniture and contemporary objects made from glass and aluminum—two materials deeply associated with the region.
11/21/2009
Carnegie Mellon Baroque
Music for Dining and Other Delights. Flutist Stephen Schultz plays and conducts concertos by Boismortier, Handel, and Telemann, Vivaldi's Autumn and Winter concertos, and a world premiere by Nancy Galbraith for electric flute, electric cellos, sound loops and percussion.
11/22/2009
American Revival: New Stars of American Roots Music
Drawing from acoustic, folk, country and bluegrass, American Revival showcases today’s most exciting young artists. Respected nationwide from playing at prestigious events such as Telluride, MerleFest, the Grand Ole Opry and Prairie Home Companion, American Revival brings The Dixie Bee-Liners, Sierra Hull, and Uncle Earl together for the first time.
11/22/2009
Kenneth Danchik, organ
Associate Organist at St. Paul Cathedral in concert
11/22/2009
Barbara Nissman
Barbara Nissman was the first pianist to perform the complete cycle of Sergei Prokofiev’s piano sonatas in NYC and London. She has performed with the leading orchestras of Europe and America with conductors such as Ormandy, Muti and Slatkin.
11/22/2009
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