FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Sunday, October 21, 2012

Major Winners Recital
Misook Yun, soprano, Alice Wang, clarinet, Sophia van der Westhuizen, piano; John DiCesare, tuba. A "Meet the Artists" reception follows.
10/21/2012
Time: 2:00 pm
Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Budapest on the Bluff: Purely Piano
Franz Liszt was the rock star pianist of the 19th-century who invented the solo "recital" and wrote an immense amount of piano music to challenge future generations. His charisma, sense of drama, and big heart are celebrated in this program performed by three of his pianistic descendants: David Allen Wehr, Natasha Snitkovsky, and Barbara Nissman -- rounded out with rarities by Schubert and Brahms and with Bartók's seminal Allegro barbaro, reflecting the primitivism found in the art of Picasso.
10/21/2012
Time: 3:00 pm
PNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Afternoon Matinee
Featuring the East Allegheny High School Orchestra
10/21/2012

Location: East Allegheny High School
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NPR's From the Top
A live taping of one of the most popular classical music programs on public radio. Celebrate the dedication, performances and personal stories of the nation's outstanding young classical musicians, including Sophia Lee, a 13-year old harpist from Wexford, PA. Sophia attends Carson Middle School, studies with Gretchen Van Hoesen, and plays in the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony. Sophia is also a black belt in tae kwon do and winner of the Carnegie Science Award. "From the Top" is co-sponsored by Seton Hill University.
10/21/2012
Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides has a “perverse love” for his hometown Detroit, which he says exemplifies the highs and lows of American history. A Pulitzer Prize winner for Middlesex, Eugenides has created a “deeply humane and eloquently constructed” third novel, The Marriage Plot, a love triangle full of intellectual angst.
10/22/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Jerusalem String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in Bb major, K. 589 "Prussian"; Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet #1 in C major, Op. 49; Borodin: Quartet #2 in D major.
10/23/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936
This exhibit, curated by the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and co-sponsored in Pittsburgh by the Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, explores the issues surrounding the 1936 Olympic Games, including the Nazis' use of propaganda, the intense boycott debatge, history of the torch run, and the historic performance of Jesse Owens.
10/25/2012 - 02/28/2013
August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Silk SCREAM Horror Film
Silk Screen features showing of an internationally recognized Asian Horror film: "Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings," directed by Jade Castro, and a surprise indie hit in the Philippines and on the festival circuit. Small-town boy Remington (Mart Escudero) persistently teases everyone that appears to be gay to him. As a consequence, Remington is the target of an unusual curse: when he is grown he too shall be gay.
10/25/2012 - 10/26/2012
10/25 - 7:00 pm
10/25 - 7:00 pm

Location: Point Park University: GRW Auditorium
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Midnight Radio: Pittsburgh Ghost Stories
For Halloween, Midnight Radio presents an episode about Pittsburgh's rich history of hauntings and ghost stories.
10/25/2012 - 11/03/2012
937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
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A Grand Night for Singing
Broadway's tribute to the genius of Rodgers & Hammerstein is truly A Grand Night for Singing. This Tony Award®-nominated Best Musical showcases Richard Rodgers' timeless music and the incomparable lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein. It will take you on a romantic musical journey from young infatuation to the touching and funny complexities of commitment and marriage, the joys of parenthood, and finally, the power of enduring love.
10/25/2012 - 01/20/2013
CLO Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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