Performance
Maxine Gordon, jazz archivist, researcher, and writer | September 11, 2012
Charles “Teenie” Harris, 1908–1998, Billy Eckstine orchestra performing on stage, seen from above, including Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Lucky Thompson, Charlie Parker, Bob “Junior” Williams, Leo Parker, Charlie Rouse, Dizzy Gillespie, Marion “Boonie” Hazel, Howard McGhee, Howard Scott, Jerry Valentine, Taswell Baird, Linton Garner, Art Blakey, and Connie Wainwright, in Aragon Ballroom, August 1944 When I was in Paris in October, 2009, I went to…
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Amanda T. Zehnder, associate curator of fine arts | August 9, 2012
A grand, opulent setting for a cabaret Oh, what a night! Here at CMA we are still in awe of the festive evening presented on July 27 together with the Pittsburgh Song Collaborative to evoke the spirit, history, and sounds of bohemian cabaret culture in La Belle Époque Paris. With a whiff of Pernod absinthe filling the air in the…
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Kelli Stevens Kane, Poet, Playwright & Oral Historian | March 27, 2012
Part of the Family Okay, I give up. I’m a poet, playwright, and oral historian who’s protected her personal privacy like a museum guard protects the art on kindergarten-field-trip day. I’ve managed to somehow keep my public life separate from my private life. Yeah, I’m finally on Facebook—but I only talk about stuff related to writing and performance. And…
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Justin Hopper | July 6, 2011
The Ladybug Transistor and guests Toujours and the Toys du Jour perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 7. Bill Callahan and guests Hidden Ritual perform at 8 p.m. Friday, July 8. Both are in the outdoor Sculpture Court at Carnegie Museum of Art. Tickets for individual shows or two-day passes are available online. In the 1990s, Bill Callahan’s “band” Smog…
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January 26, 2011
On Saturday, January 15, Carnegie Museum of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum kicked off an exciting year of collaborative performance programming when Dean and Britta played at the Carnegie Lecture Hall to a crowd of 400. It was the first in a series of performances that will be co-presented throughout 2011 by Carnegie Museum of Art and The Warhol…
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