Live Music Rocks Market Square For Happy Hour
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Not ready to head home after work? Head on over to Market Square for fresh Pittsburgh talent, playing everything from jazz to rock. Performances begin at 5:30 pm unless noted at the Market Square Stage.
Nathan Green Comes Home for his First Outdoor Installation
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Schenley High School graduate Nathan Green returns to Pittsburgh for his first major outdoor sculpture installation at the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Dream Machine, a large-scale interactive sculpture, incorporates an array of modified recreational equipment and playing field symbols. Dream Machine opens in Market Square on Friday, June 6, and will be on display through the Three Rivers Arts Festival until June 22, 2008. Exhibit hours are 12 noon to 8 pm daily.
Enjoy Free Music on Your Lunch Break
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Spice up your lunch with free concerts at the 2008 Three Rivers Arts Festival. Offering a variety of styles and genres from pop to indie rock, the Three Rivers Arts Festival’s music events will have enough to please the most discriminating music junkie. Music events begin at 12 pm each day on the Three Rivers Arts Festival Main Stage.
Listen, Learn and Drum Along with panPittsburgh
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Take a trip to the tropics as Greater Pittsburgh youth and adults share steel drum music in the fourth annual panPittsburgh Steelband Music Showcase at the 2008 Three Rivers Arts Festival. The summery sounds of steelbands will fill the UPMC Health Plan Family Festival from 2-4 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, June 14-15 and 21-22. The UPMC Health Plan Family Festival, part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival, is located at Hertz Investment Group Plaza at Gateway Center. All performances are free and open to the public.
Pittsburgh Playworks Exposes the Creative Process
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
4th River presents Pittsburgh Playworks’ Play Development Lab series, featuring readings from plays in development by award-winning local playwrights William Cameron, Jeanne Drennan and Jozef Spychala. From June 16-21, three new plays will be read by professional actors, exposing the playwright’s craft and creative process for theatre professionals and audience members alike. All readings will take place at the Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery at 937 Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh.
Play and Photography Exhibit Expose the Plight of Refugees
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Pittsburgh Playback Theatre’s newest play The Unintended, by Paulo Nzambi, exposes the present-day heart-breaking plight of refugee Afghani children in Pakistan. 4th River presents The Unintended at 8 pm, Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, and at 2 pm, Sunday, June 15, 2008, at the Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery at 937 Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh.
Music Calendar for the Three Rivers Arts Festival
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Unless otherwise noted, lunchtime shows are at 12 pm. Happy Hour shows are at 5:30 pm. Opening acts go on at 6:30 with headliners at 7:30. Late night concerts begin after Main Stage performances are over, usually around 9:30 pm. Lunchtime shows, opening acts and headliners all take place on the Main Stage at Stanwix Triangle. Happy Hour and Late Night shows are in Market Square. All performances are free and open to the public.
Baseball Comes Out in Greenberg’s Tony Award-Winning Play
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Barebones productions challenges the limits of Pittsburgh theater in its 4th River presentation of Richard Greenberg’s Tony Award-winning play, Take Me Out. Take Me Out opens at 8 pm, Friday, June 6, 2008, at Navarra, 131 Seventh Street, downtown Pittsburgh, as part of the 49th annual Three Rivers Arts Festival. Performances continue at 8 pm, Wednesdays – Sundays, June 7-22, 2008.
Artists from Around the World Gather to Sell Wares
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
From jewelry to ceramics, painting to metalwork, more than 300 artists from around the world will gather at the Three Rivers Arts Festival’s 2008 Duquesne Light Artists Market. The Market opens at noon on Friday, June 6, 2008, with 144 artists. New artists arrive on June 12, 13, 17 and 20, making the Duquesne Light Artists Market a fresh experience several times over. The Market operates daily noon – 8 pm, June 6-22, at One, Two and Three Gateway Center Plaza in downtown Pittsburgh.
UPMC Health Plan Family Festival Invites Young Artists to Remake/Retake
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
Experimental artists of all ages are invited to share in environmentally-friendly, hands-on art-making experiences at the UPMC Health Plan Family Festival, part of the 49th annual Three Rivers Arts Festival. With the theme Remake/Retake, the 2008 Family Festival engages young and old artists alike in creating artistic treasures from discarded materials. Located at Hertz Investment Group Plaza at Gateway Center, the UPMC Health Plan Family Festival is free and open to the public from 12 noon – 7 pm, Friday, June 6 – Sunday, June 22, 2008.