News Around the Neighborhood
TIME SENSITIVE: Have Your Voice Be Heard
We Need Your Input
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 1:00 pm & 6:00 pm
Allegheny Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
1230 Federal Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8144808001
Thursday, April 14, 2022 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Virtual Only
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8144808001
Can’t attend one of the meetings in-person or virtually? You still have an opportunity to participate and provide your input via a survey. Here’s the link to the survey, in addition to a QR code:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGH-CDBGinput
All current information and updates will be accessible via Engage PGH with the following link
https://engage.pittsburghpa.gov/2022-public-needs-hearings-federal-funds
Northside Discount: REIMAGINE
Presented by Texture Contemporary Ballet
April 1–2 | 8:00 pm, April 3 | 2:00 pm
Texture is continuously exploring new ways to reimagine ballet in the modern world. This show will include a world premiere by Alan Obuzor, featuring excerpts of classical ballets that have been reimagined, rechoreographed, and reinterpreted, with a wider array of movement than what originally existed in classical ballet. This “ballet beyond the rules” piece uses music and elements of choreography from historic classical ballets such as Giselle, Paquita, and The Sleeping Beauty, and combines them with stunning new classical and contemporary choreography.
Join us at Reimagine to enjoy a transformative and inspirational night out!
OFFER: $10 OFF PER TICKET
PROMO CODE: NORTHSIDERS
A Sophisticated, Award-winning Film Presented by ReelQ
Reel Q Presents
Reaching for the Moon
Wednesday, March 30
7:00 pm
Reaching for the Moon (directed by Bruno Barretto) is an intimate snapshot of the search for inspiration, wherever and however you find it. This sumptuous English-language 1950s period piece recounts the mid-life years of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (played by Mirando Otto, Lord of the Rings), when she left America to live and write in Rio de Janiero. In Brazil, Bishop falls in love with well-off architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Initial hostilities between the pair make way for a complicated, yet long-lasting love affair that dramatically alters Bishop’s relationship to the world around her.
Reel Q The Pittsburgh Lesbian and Gay Film Society serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities in Pittsburgh and the surrounding tri-state region. In addition, PLGFS provides a crucial service to the cultural vitality of Pittsburgh, designed to support lesbian and gay artists, and to provide a much-needed cultural outlet for the lesbian and gay communities in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas.
PHLF: Everything Must Pass
Matthew Christopher
Author and Photographer, Abandoned America
Tuesday, March 29
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Fee: $7.50
This lecture will be presented virtually via Zoom. Click here to purchase a ticket to RSVP. Disregard the QR code in the confirmation email.
You will receive an email with a link to the Zoom event on March 29. Log in at 5:45 pm to allow us enough time to let you into the event.
Join us for yet another insightful journey through some of America’s most haunting ruins. From abandoned malls and amusement parks to churches, factories, and homes, these spaces and places offer fascinating glimpses into places that time seemingly left behind.
Through this presentation we will consider the stories that separate fact from fiction as we appreciate the life cycle of buildings and places and their distinctive history.
PHLF: Virtual Tour of Automobile Row
Thursday, March 24
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Fee: $7.50
This tour will be conducted via Zoom Conference. Click here to purchase a ticket to RSVP. Disregard the QR code in the confirmation email.
You will receive an e-mail with a link to the Zoom event on March 24. Please log in at 5:45 pm to allow us enough time to let you into the tour.
Hidden in plain sight on Baum Boulevard in Pittsburgh’s East End is the riveting history of the City’s role in the automotive and petroleum industries. From East Liberty to North Oakland, the boulevard—part of the historic Lincoln Highway—is home to buildings that served and housed many elements of these two industries as they evolved symbiotically to create America’s automobile culture.
The tour will both trace the architectural manifestations of this story and explore the ways in which old buildings have been repurposed for the most contemporary of uses, from the arts to advanced medical research and innovation.
PHLF: Defining Architectural Excellence
Architects, Eric Fisher & Art Lubetz
Tuesday, March 15
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Fee: $7.50
This lecture will be presented virtually via Zoom. Click here to purchase a ticket to RSVP. Disregard the QR code in the confirmation email.
You will receive an email with a link to the Zoom event on March 15. Log-in at 5:45p.m. to allow us enough time to let you into the event.
Everyone believes that architecture should be “good”. Yet what does that phrase even mean these days? The profession is in a poor place despite the rare exceptional new building that proves the rule. Architects design just two percent of all American houses these days. And, all around Pittsburgh, mediocre new buildings that are designed by architects have come to blight our urban landscape. How can that be considering that there are now so many rules for determining what constitutes design excellence?
Near the end of the first century B.C.E., the Roman architect, Vitruvius, suggested that buildings should exhibit “Firmness, Commodity, and Delight.” In this lecture, Pittsburgh Architects Eric Fisher and Art Lubetz consider and define what makes a building great today. A central focus of their discussion will be the questions:
“What values should contemporary architects bring to the table as they design?” and “What qualities should these buildings possess?”
Globally-Inspired Live Jazz with Tomchess & Ravi Padmanabha
World Jazz with Tomchess & Ravi Padmanabha
Sunday, March 6
6:00 pm
Multi-instrumentalists & composers Tomchess (Pittsburgh-based) and Ravi Radmanabha present an evening of globally inspired jazz in celebration of the release of their vinyl album “Permanence of the Uninterrupted Continuity.”
Joined by bassist Eli Namay, the trio is inspired by sounds of Near Eastern music, free-jazz, and world roots. They create sounds that cross genres and are rarely played in typical jazz clubs. Their goal is to share rich audience experiences that simultaneously capture the nuances of life in our 21st century global culture.
Featured Musicians: Tomchess (Oud, Ney, Morsing, Composer); Ravi Padmanabha (Tabla, Sarangi, Percussions); and Eli Namay (Upright Bass)
Runtime: 60 minutes
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner
Come to Calvary next Tuesday on March 1 from 4:30-7:30 pm to celebrate Shrove Tuesday with Pancakes.
Same origin – use up sugar, yeast, and fat in your household before fasting and observing Ash Wednesday and Lent – but handed down from England and Ireland. And with pancakes as the traditional food.
Did we mention pancakes? Did we mention “All you can eat?”
$8 Admission / $5 Children
Price includes pancakes, sausage, toppings, and drinks. Takeout available.
PHLF: Virtual Tour of Fourth Avenue Historic District
Thursday, February 24
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Fee: $7.50
This tour will be conducted via Zoom Conference. Click here to purchase a ticket to RSVP. Disregard the QR code in the confirmation email. You will receive an e-mail with a link to the Zoom event on February 24. Please log in at 5:45 p.m. to allow us enough time to let you into the tour.
When Edwin Drake invented a device in 1859 to efficiently extract oil from the earth in Titusville, PA, the flood of oil money spurred a building boom on Pittsburgh’s Fourth Avenue. By the late 19th century, the street became known as “Pittsburgh’s Wall Street” for its concentration of buildings that served the financial and investment industries.
From a Greek Revival building of 1836 to a majestic quartet of early-20th-century skyscrapers, the Fourth Avenue Historic District includes distinguished structures designed by more than a dozen eminent Pittsburgh architects. In addition to exploring the history of these buildings, the tour also will reveal how they are being re-purposed for contemporary uses to sustain this narrow but mightily impressive street.
A Queer Mary Poppins for a New Generation
Margarita
Wednesday, February 16
7:00 pm
This wonderful lesbian drama tells the tale of an undocumented Mexican nanny, Margarita (Nicola Correia Damude, Havanna 57) whose girlfriend Jane (Christine Horne, Tru Love) is reluctant to commit and whose yuppie employers—a nice Toronto family, including a bi-curious Mom — are about to let her go.
Margarita is a charming film co-starring a gorgeous pair of actresses (with terrific on-screen chemistry) and is the latest feature from lesbian co-directors Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona who brought us the fabulous 2007 drama Finn’s Girl. The terrific cast also includes Canadian television star Patrick McKenna, Claire Lautier (Elf, Law and Order) and Finn’s Girl star Maya Ritter.
(Run time: 91 minutes)