Pittsburgh Humanities Festival

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Special Events

Azar Nafisi, Humanities & the Future of Democracies
Byham Theater | Thursday March 26 at 7:00 p.m. cosponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council

"Twilight Country" by Robert Myers Featuring Kathleen Chalfant and Anita Dashiell-Sparks, directed by CMU alumna Heather Scarlett Arnet
Trust Arts Education Center, Peirce Studio | Friday & Saturday March 27, 28 at 8:00 p.m.

Cynthia Hopkins: A living Documentary
The Warhol Theater (The Andy Warhol Museum)
Saturday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m.

VIA Festival Music: NAAFI - Smurphy, Mexican Jihad, + Special Guests
Ballroom (above Round Corner Cantina)
202 38th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Saturday, March 28, 9:00pm | close 2:00am

George Takei: #1 Most Influential Person on Facebook
Byham Theater | Sunday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m.

Additional Events

Buy Tickets: Passes: $20, ($10 for students)

The Ghosts of Amistad, a Film by Tony Buba
Harris Theater, Friday March 27, 4:30-5:30

Blake Gopnik: "Andy Warhol: Portrait of the Artist as a young Yinzer"
Trust Arts Education Center, 4th Floor | Saturday, March 28, 4:30-5:45

Saturday March 28, Session 1 (10:00-11:00am)

Kisssing Cousins: Touched and Terrified by Difference
Trust Arts Ed Center: Peirce Theater

Six Degrees of Francis Bacon
Trust Arts Ed Center: 4th Floor

Ghosts of Amistad: A Conversation with the Filmmakers
Space Gallery

Saturday March 28, Session 2 (11:30-12:30pm)

Sarah Thornton: The Secret Lives of Artists
Trust Arts Ed Center: Peirce Theater

Kiron Skinner on Ronald Reagan
Trust Arts Ed Center: 4th Floor

Tonya Pinkins: Word Medicine
Space Gallery

Saturday March 28, Session 3 (1:30-2:30pm)

John Sayles and Maggie Renzie, Independent Filmmakers
Trust Arts Ed Center: Peirce Theater

The History of Queer Pittsburgh
Trust Arts Ed Center: 4th Floor

Rap Lyrics on Trial
Space Gallery

Saturday March 28, Session 4 (3:00-4:00pm)

Vanessa German: Artist and Activist
Trust Arts Ed Center: Peirce Theater

Susan Russell: Dignity
Trust Arts Ed Center: 4th Floor

Independent Music in Mexico
Space Gallery

Sunday March 29, Session 1 (1:00-2:00pm)

Anthony DeCurtis: on Lou Reed and other Rock Stars (interview)
Trust Arts Ed Center: Peirce Theater

Deliberative Theater and the Art of Democracy
Trust Arts Ed Center: 4th Floor

Performing Peace in the North of Ireland
Space Gallery

Sunday March 29, Session 2 (2:30-3:30pm)

Terrance Hayes in conversation
Trust Arts Ed Center: Peirce Theater

Religious Innovation in Pittsburgh
Trust Arts Ed Center: 4th Floor

Israel Stefano in Conversation
Space Gallery

The Pittsburgh Humanities festival is a project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center.