Happenings in Pittsburgh arts, culture, etc.
- March 30, Heinz History Center, free
- A zine, comic, and small press publishing conference. Explore Pittsburgh makers’ work, listen to panel discussions, and attend hands-on zine workshops.
- March 28, various locations in the Cultural District, free
- Includes 11 stops at nearby small art galleries, public art, business partners, and even an improv club. Make sure to stop by “The End That Never Was,” the Carnegie Mellon University 1st- and 2nd-year MFA Exhibition.
- Performance — “Stand By — An Allegory”
- March 28–April 6, Carnegie Stage, $35 student tickets available
- This performance combines dance with Tom Lee’s Kuruma Ningy (or Japanese Cart Puppetry), exploring the incomprehensibility of human mortality.
- Film & Food — “The Hidden Fortress” with Tea Tasting
- March 25, 6:30 p.m., Row House Cinema, Lawrenceville, $16
- Though I already covered Row House’s annual Japanese Film Festival last week, I am an obsessive tea drinker, so this event merits individual attention. Watch this samurai action film while sipping loose-leaf Japanese green tea.
- March 30, 2–3 p.m., The Frick Pittsburgh, $5 student tickets
- This lecture traces depictions of Jesus Christ on the cross, one of the most frequently depicted scenes, found in churches, museums, and even in the halls of the Frick Fine Art building.
- Popular Music — Thursday Night Jazz: Orrin Evans Trio “Fifty Shades of O”
- March 27, 7–8:30 p.m., City of Asylum, free
- I have been meaning to go to one of City of Asylum’s Thursday Night Jazz events for weeks, so this is me manifesting. Orrin Evans is an independent pianist whose work has been listed on The New York Times Best Jazz Albums of 2024.
- March 27, 6–8 p.m., Radiant Hall, free
- Janel Young will moderate a group critique of participants’ art with 10 minutes allotted to each critique.
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