Location: Byham Theater, 101 6th St, Pittsburgh, PA website
Pan African Film Festival Presenter: August Wilson Center for African American Culture Explore the vast spectrum of the African Diaspora via screenings of short subjects and feature-length films from the Pan African Film Festival. Established in 1992, the festival seeks to promote racial tolerance and understanding, and has become the premier festival for Black filmmakers from around the world.
03/18/2010 - 03/21/2010 Time: various
Location: August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Av, Pittsburgh, PA website
Bach: Mass in B Minor Presenter: Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Near the end of his life, J.S. Bach wrote the astonishing and mysterious Mass in B Minor. This monumental and virtuosic work was not commissioned and was too large for a church service — why did he compose it? Whatever his motives, Bach created a kaleidoscopic summary of his accomplishments in sacred choral music including fugues in his own style and others in 'antique' 16th century style. Betsy Burleigh conducts.
03/18/2010 Time: 3:00 pm
Location: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Highland & Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA website
Amore! Presenter: Pittsburgh Philharmonic Bringing the best of Italian composers and Italian themes to life with a concert featuring works of Puccini, Rossini, Respighi and more, with soloists Alex Jones, clarinet, and Kelly Lynch, soprano. Walter Morales conducts.
The Planets Presenter: Pittsburgh Symphony Nature-painting at its finest, Berlioz' Harold in Italy conjures images of the Adriatic coast, with principal violist Randolph Kelly as the protagonist. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Holst’s frequently-requested suite, The Planets, is a stunning portrait of the astrological deities associated with Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, with the women of the Mendelssohn Choir.
03/19/2010 - 03/21/2010 Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Pops: The Lettermen Presenter: Wheeling Symphony The famous and much beloved Lettermen perform their timeless classics with the Wheeling Symphony. Goin' Out of My Head, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, The Way You Look Tonight, When I Fall In Love, Put Your Head On My Shoulder... Melodic and romantic, The Lettermen’s numerous hits endure.
Whodunnit benefit The accessAbilities Foundation will host a Murder Mystery Dinner and benefit auction featuring Western Pennsylvania's murder mystery troupe, Mystery's Most Wanted, in an interactive dinner theatre performance of "Speakeasy, Die Hard."
Eddie Palmieri The Community Foundation of Upper St Clair partners with MCG Jazz to present legendary Latin Jazz artist Eddie Palmieri. Proceeds will benefit the foundation, which supports education, recreation, and the arts in the local area.
03/19/2010 Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Upper St. Clair High School, 1825 Mclaughlin Run Rd, Pittsburgh, PA website
When January Feels Like Summer Presenter: City Theatre By Cori Thomas. Homeboys become heroes, a gallant garbage man rescues a shopkeeper in distress, Irfan transforms into Indira with the swipe of a lipstick, and unexpected love heats up the new year in this culture-colliding comic whirlwind. A hit at both Momentum 08 and Sundance, When January Feels Like Summer, receives its world premiere at City Theatre.
03/20/2010 - 04/11/2010 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Musica Pacifica: Dancing in the Isles Presenter: Renaissance & Baroque Society With rousing Baroque folk and dance music from Scotland, Ireland, and England, this program includes arrangements of traditional Irish and Scottish tunes, dance suite from English theater, Jacobean masque music, sonatas by Oswald, McGibbon, Matteis, Veracini, and Purcell's famous "Three Parts upon a Ground."
03/20/2010 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map
