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Short List: Week of November 19 - 26
Thu., Nov. 19 -- Poetry "'What we'd like to do,' he said / 'is include some local poets / in the entertainment.'" So begins a characteristically wry verse by Ed Ochester. At the sixth annual ACLU Bill of Rights Poetry Reading, however, the poets are the whole show.
November 19, 2009
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Short List: Week of November 12 - 19
There is familiarity and comfort in visiting the same coffee shop every morning, or eating lunch at the same café. What happens when our routines are disrupted is the focus of Attack Theatre's Incident[s] in the Strip, which premieres Nov. 13-21 at the dance troupe's new Strip District home, in Pittsburgh Opera's headquarters.
November 12, 2009
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Short List: Week of November 5 - 12
With its vibrant sets and costumes, and the lighthearted musical synthesis of Eastern European folk and jazz, it's hard to imagine Brundibár staged in a concentration camp. But this weekend, Pittsburgh Opera Theater and a cast of CAPA high school students decked out in vivid clothing and animal costumes restage the opera that premiered at the Theresienstadt camp, in 1938.
November 5, 2009
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Short List: Week of October 29 - November 5
Ah, Halloween: the annual chance to be someone else -- for many, a drunker, friskier someone else. And this year, it falls on a Saturday, with an extra hour of debauchery thanks to Daylight Savings Time!
October 29, 2009
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Short List: Week of October 22 - 29
Fall is harvest time. Fortunately, we don't have to wander far afield in order to pile a table high with wonderful things to eat.
October 22, 2009
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Short List: Week of October 15 - 22
Zombies, like vampires, warrant endless metaphorical revision. George Romero cast the undead as living vessels for, among other things, racism and consumerism.
October 15, 2009
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Short List: Week of October 8 - 15
Fri., Oct. 9 -- Composting Maybe your idea of a hot Friday-night date doesn't involve composting, or talking about composting, or even thinking about it. But bear with us: Tonight, Phipps Conservatory presents an entire Celebrate Composting at Phipps!
October 8, 2009
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Short List: Week of October 1 - 8
Ready to reclaim Downtown from the G-20's steel fences, plywood windows and limousine dignitaries? So is the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
October 1, 2009
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Short List: Week of September 24 - October 1
So the G-20 has caused postponement of a couple days of shows Downtown, and even temporarily shut venues including the National Aviary. Don't sweat it -- use the open days on your A&E calendar to pencil in all the free stuff coming up during '09 RADical Days.
September 24, 2009
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Short List: Week of September 17 - 24
The G-20 run-up has become Waiting for Guffman: Pittsburgh Edition. Everybody's so geeked to impress a bunch of world leaders (Gee!
September 17, 2009
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