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CMU EVENTS
CURRENT COMMUNITY EVENTS
KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER
Kelly Strayhorn Theater is presenting multimedia artist Njaimeh Njie’s latest visual art exhibition Lifting Liberty, displayed at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s lobby from Thursday, February 27 to Saturday, May 31. In the exhibition, Njie uses collages, photos, and text to meditate on the legacy of Black cultural spaces in East Liberty.
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater is located at 5941 Penn Avenue, East Liberty. Visit kelly-strayhorn.org for more information about upcoming events.
WARHOL MUSEUM AND CMU SCHOOL OF ART
For the first time, The Andy Warhol Museum and Carnegie Mellon University School of Art MFA Program co-present a joint exhibition, Holding Still, Holding On, where five artists employ diverse approaches to storytelling, through mediums including photography, painting, archival assemblage, sculptural installations, text, sound and film. Their works collectively explore the intersections of memory, place and belonging, together revealing art’s unique capacity to hold and transform complex personal and collective histories.
Holding Still, Holding On is on view March 14 to April 21, 2025 in The Warhol’s rotating exhibition gallery. The Warhol Museum is located at 117 Sandusky Street, North Side. Visit warhol.org for more information.
CULTURAL TRUST GALLERIES
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s visual art galleries feature the following exhibitions:
Monumental Eternal: Le’Andra LeSeur, exploring the ways that monuments erected to commemorate racist legacies have altered the mental psyche of Black communities. On display at the Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood Street, Downtown, now through May 17.
The End That Never Was: Carnegie Mellon University 1st and 2nd Year MFA Student Exhibition. This collection of new works by eight CMU artists addresses contemporary notions of memory, orientation, and play. You can visit the SPACE Gallery, now through April 27, at 812 Liberty Ave, Downtown.
Women I’ve Been by Melike Konur, explores the unique intersections that have shaped Konur’s identity, as she unveils her myriad roles – woman, mother, singer, dancer, and ritual maker – in this immersive showcase. Featured at the 820 Gallery, March 9 to July 20, located at 820 Liberty Ave, Downtown.
More information about events at the Cultural Trust galleries is available at trustarts.org for more information about upcoming events.
PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER
The Pittsburgh Glass Center features Glass Lifeforms 2025, an exhibit of 50 glass biological models of flora and fauna, depicting everything from animals and insects to plants and microorganisms, and created using diverse glass techniques such as stained glass, fusing, kiln casting, pâte de verre, blown glass, flame working, and more. On display now through April 20.
The Pittsburgh Glass Center is located at 5472 Penn Avenue. Visit pittsburghglasscenter.org for more information about upcoming events.
HARRIS THEATER
The Harris Theater presents:
Oscar Nominated Short Films now through March 6.
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, a film about Liza Minnelli after the tragic death of her mother Judy Garland. Liza brings into focus the dazzling, complex period of Minnelli’s life as she confronts a range of personal and professional challenges on the way to becoming a bona fide legend. Showing March 7 through 13.
The Harris Theater is located at 809 Liberty Avenue, Downtown. Visit TrustArts.org/Film for more information about upcoming films.
LIBERTY MAGIC
Liberty Magic presents Whose Trick is it Anyway?, an improv comedy magic show by Dan Harmon, Eric Meredith, and Michael Misko. Imagine this: the best magicians in Pittsburgh, no script, and a whole lot of laughs. From spontaneous card tricks to impromptu mentalism, anything can happen.
Whose Trick is it Anyway? s at Liberty Magic, 811 Liberty Avenue, Downtown, March 19 through March 29. More information available at TrustArts.org/Magic.
JP GALLERY FOR PERFORMING ARTS
JP Gallery For Performing Arts Presents: Damn Yankees, the 1955 comedy-musical about a Faustian bargain and the baseball pennant. An all-inclusive community troupe puts on the show with such famous songs as “Heart,” “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal MO,” and “Whatever Lola Wants” with performances Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 16.
JP Gallery for Performing Arts is located at 2 N. Balph Ave., Bellevue. Go to jpgalleryforperformingarts.com for more information.
ONGOING COMMUNITY EVENTS
PITTSBURGH BANJO CLUB
Stop by the Pittsburgh Banjo Club’s regular rehearsal every Wednesday at 8 PM. Founded in 1988, the Pittsburgh Banjo Club is an all-volunteer band and organization that uses banjos, trumpets, tubas, and bass to perform popular music from the 1920s and 1930s.The Pittsburgh Banjo Club rehearses at the Allegheny Elks Lodge #339, 400 Cedar Avenue in the North Side. Food and refreshments are available.
Reservations must be made by Tuesday at 5PM for each Wednesday event. Call (412) 321-1834 for reservations.
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Updated: 2/21/2025