The Calvary Episcopal Church Choir will sing Evensong on Wednesday, May 13th, at 7:30 pm for the Eve of the Ascension. Calvary Church is located at 315 Shady Avenue in East Liberty, Pittsburgh, 15206. The Choir will sing works by William Byrd, Roland Martin, Henry Purcell, and Philip Radcliffe. The service will also be livestreamed. […]

The Calvary Episcopal Church Choir will sing Evensong on Wednesday, May 13th, at 7:30 pm for the Eve of the Ascension. Calvary Church is located at 315 Shady Avenue in East Liberty, Pittsburgh, 15206. The Choir will sing works by William Byrd, Roland Martin, Henry Purcell, and Philip Radcliffe. The service will also be livestreamed. […]

Carnegie-Mellon University history professor Dr. Edda Fields-Black shows how the Union Army, led by Harriet Tubman, freed 756 enslaved rice plantation workers in South Carolina in June, 1863 – as told in her 2024 book, “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War,” winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize […]

Daniel Burnham, legendary architect behind New York’s iconic Flatiron Building, designed more skyscrapers in Pittsburgh than in any other city except Chicago. His Highland Building in East Liberty, commissioned by Henry Clay Frick and opened in 1910, was one of Burnham’s last projects and boasts some unique architectural flourishes. In this illustrated talk, author and […]

The Calvary Episcopal Church Choir will sing its monthly Evensong service this Sunday, March 8, at 4:00 pm. Calvary Church is located at 315 Shady Avenue in East Liberty. The Choir will sing works by William Smith, Randall Svane, and Charles Wood. The service will also be livestreamed. The Choir is directed by Alan J. […]

Plein-air painters Ron Donoughe and Josh Hoffman show images of their work and talk about how they’re inspired by the city's dramatic, undulating topography, its built environment and each other. Parish Hall, Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave. A book, print and poster sale will follow.

Flow with fate. A woman driven mad by the mystery of her lost son learns of her boy’s unfortunate fate from a chance encounter with a Ferryman while crossing a river. Based on the Japanese Noh play Sumidigawa River, Curlew River retells this story as a Christian parable. Written in the style of monastic plain […]

The Calvary Episcopal Church Choir will present the service of Choral Evensong on Sunday, January 11, at 4:00 p.m. The choir will sing works by Peter Aston and Henry Balfour Gardiner and lead the congregation in the hymns. The choir is led by Dr. Alan J. Lewis and accompanied by Jon Tyillian, organ.

The Calvary Episcopal Church Choir and Chatham Baroque, its ensemble-in-residence, will present A Service of Advent Lessons and Carols on Sunday, November 30, at 4:00 p.m. Calvary Church (315 Shady Avenue) is especially beautiful at dusk and a vivid reminder of the movement from darkness to light that is central to the Advent season. The […]

The Calvary Episcopal Church Choir (Alan J. Lewis , director) will sing Mozart's Requiem in a liturgical setting with soloists and orchestra on Sunday, November 3 at 5:00 pm at Calvary Episcopal Church in East Liberty. The Requiem will commemorate all the faithful departed as part of the church's observance of All Souls and All […]