News Around the Neighborhood
Animated Film About the Human Costs of Hiroshima
Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace Presents
In This Corner of the World
Sunday, August 5th 7:00 pm
In This Corner of the World is a beautifully animated Japanese film that tells the story of Suzu—a young woman with a vivid imagination and a passion for drawing and painting who is growing up in war-time Hiroshima.
“…it would serve our world leaders, two in particular right now, to watch this before allowing the horror of war to repeat itself.” — RogerEbert.comAs an eighteen-year-old during War II, she marries and leaves her home to live in the neighboring city of Kure, with its enormous naval base. As time goes on, the war intrudes more and more on her daily life until the horrific nuclear bombing of Hiroshima affects Suzu personally. Following the film, the audience will have the opportunity to engage in a live video exchange with the Popoki Peace Project and peace activists and students from Japan and Guam.
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Caught Between Creativity and Convention
ReelQ Presents
Play the Devil
Monday, July 23rd
7:00 pm
Gregory, a gifted working-class teenager from Paramin, stars in a play that brings him to the attention of James, an affluent businessman. The two men strike an uncanny friendship as James takes Greg under his wing, pushing him to discover himself professionally, creatively, and intimately.
“A powerful sense of place deepens a simple melodrama in Play the Devil… In a provincial setting where homosexuality apparently is still stigmatized and closeted, the writer-director effectively uses the primal intensity of Carnival rituals to express a tragic dissonance.” — The Hollywood Reporter
However, Greg’s poverty allows James to exert enormous pressures on Greg by paying his way into his family life. Their ultimate confrontation begs the question: “When we give, how often is it entirely altruistic?”
Set against the backdrop of Trinidad and Tobago’s mystical Carnival, Play The Devil shatters conventions of sexuality, masculinity, morality and individuality through its unapologetic multi-layered explorations of power dynamics, religion and aspirations.
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Opening Friday: Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Starring
Erika Cuenca* | Max Pavel | Ricardo Vila-Roger
Dylan T. Jackson | Moira Quigley | Sami Ma*
July 20 – August 5
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 2:00 pm
NO LATE SEATING
Nova Place
100 South Commons
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
$15.00 advance, $20.00 door
Hatch Arts Collective presents the Pulitzer-nominated Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Nova Place on Pittsburgh’s Northside. Directed by Adil Mansoor and making its Pittsburgh premiere, Gloria follows a group of young professionals in a gripping story about workplace toxicity, career ambitions, and the publishing industry.
Please Note: Each performance has limited seating capacity and there is no late seating. We strongly suggest pre-purchasing your tickets and leaving the house in plenty of time!
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Yoko Suzuki Trio
Yoko Suzuki Trio
Thursday, July 19th
8:00 pm
If you have been coming to our jazz programs this past year, chances are you heard Yoko Suzuki on the alto saxophone. She has appeared with Roger Humphries & RH Factor, as well as will Etta Cox. This concert marks her debut at City of Asylum @ Alphabet City as a bandleader of her own trio.
In addition to Yoko, the trio features organist Cliff Barns and drummer James Johnson III. They will play a mix of Yoko’s original songs and jazz standards.
A musician known both locally and nationally, and an ethnomusicologist, Yoko’s playing is deeply informed by jazz across the globe, especially Japan where she trained. During the concert, we look forward to her sharing this rich history in both her music and her comments.
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Cameron Barnett at City Books, July 21
Please join City Books on Saturday, July 21st at 7:00 pm as we welcome Cameron Barnett reading from his poetry collection, The Drowning Boy’s Guide to Water, winner of the Autumn House Press 2017 Rising Writer Contest, and finalist for the 49th NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry. The event is FREE but seating is limited.
If you haven’t yet watched the Shelf Life interview with Cameron, you can find it here.
Update on Alleys, Axles & Ales Planning Meeting
The meeting of the Alleys, Axles and Ales tour committee has been changed to Tuesday, July 10th at 7:00-9:00 pm at 844 N Lincoln Avenue. The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix begins this week and Monday night is the popular Walnut Street car show. Please if possible, change your plans and attend the meeting Tuesday. Refreshments will be served at the Tuesday meeting. All AW members are welcome to attend. Finishing details will be discussed with emphasis on advertising and getting the word out. Posters will be on hand to distribute to local businesses, beer distributors and car dealerships.
Allegheny West members are encouraged to sell tickets to the alleys, Axles, and Ales tour to friends and coworkers. Each 5 tickets sold will be entered in a neighborhood raffle for a chance to receive a ticket to the Ground to Glass Wines Showcase September 15, 2018. Four select Eberle wines will be featured with a paired food course. This event will be held at Holmes Hall ballroom hosted by Deb Mortillaro of Dreadnought. Valued at $120.
Music at The Modern: Burlap Road
Letter from the President – July 2018
There will be NO AWCC MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON TUESDAY JULY 10. In the summer – and if there are no pressing business matters to discuss – we sometimes opt to take the second Tuesday of the month off. And that’s just what we’ve done this month – a little break while things are slow and the weather’s nice. The various AWCC Committees will continue to meet on their regular schedules, only the monthly Membership Meeting will be absent from the calendar. So instead of getting together with your neighbors for a Civic Council meeting on Tuesday evening, perhaps you can consider another form of traditional Allegheny West socializing: the friendly neighborhood stroll!
For those who are new to this, a brief primer:
Whether it’s for a few minutes or a few hours, get out of the house and see what the rest of your neighbors are up to. For a while, you may choose to sit on your stoop or porch with a cool drink, chatting with the folks who pass by. And for a while, you can become one of the passersby as you explore your own street as well as those that you visit less frequently. The most important part of all this strolling begins with a single word: “Hello.”
To long-time friends and complete strangers, whether spoken from the porch to a stroller passing by, or from the sidewalk to a stoop-sitter … don’t hesitate to strike up a conversation. In fact, the less that you know the person you’re speaking with, the more rewarding this evening journey will become.
Tuesday will be the perfect evening to get out, have some fun and meet more of your neighbors. It’s so much easier than in mid-January!
John DeSantis
President, AWCC
Tour and Tasting 2018: THANK YOU!
Thank you to all neighbors who volunteered to make this year’s wine tour possible. And a special thank you to Carol Gomrick for once again organizing, such an amazing and successful tour!!
Fight Litter on the Northside
The Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) is partnering with local community groups to fight litter after the Deutschtown Music Festival. Over 20,000 people are expected to attend the two-day, free music festival, which can equate to quite a lot of litter! Join PRC for a litter clean-up to protect our environment, as well as the community members who call the North Side home. PRC will provide pastries for breakfast as well as gloves, vests, bags and litter pickers for volunteers.
Deutschtown Music Festival Litter Clean Up: Sunday, July 15th 9:00 – 11:00 am
Meeting at the Public Parking Lot next to Allegheny City Brewing. Email mkranii@prc.org for more info.