May 2 - 30
"A SPACE OF RESIGNATION: THE ARTWORK OF JAMIE ADAMS, BRETT DAVIS, and ROB KATKOWSKI"
"A Space of Resignation" will display a cross section of the discordance utilized by Brett Davis, Jamie Adams, and Robert Katkowski in their respective images. These three artists employ an ambiguity of specific elements in paint. The results vary from lulling introspection to quiet malevolence. It is work that calls for the viewer to resign himself to the strange and palpable space, the uncertain surface, and the inchoate relationships between figures.
The canvases, very large and small, are comfortable yet extremely intense on the gallery walls. Hues of brilliant colors, chunks of paint, movement, and so much texture come together to complete these brilliant pieces.
Exhibits invite the viewer to contruct and deconstruct artwork. If you like puzzles, A Space of Resignation also includes three dimensional puzzle pieces that have been constructed to let the viewer physically accomplish this task. Their craftmanship and beauty is undeniable. Call for an appointment, come during gallery hours, or during any event. This exhibit should not be missed!
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 8pm $5 BYOB!
HUSTLEBOT: THE SHOW is an evening of Experimental Comedy featuring the collective talents of Pittsburgh comedy troupe, Hustlebot. The nights will feature comedy performances in several styles including long form improvisation, video and live sketches, short films, and special guests.BYOB!!!
TUESDAYS May 6, 13, 20, 27; 6:30 - 7:30pm $5 per class, package deals available
SATURDAYS May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; 11am - 12pm $5 per class, package deals available
ZUMBA!!! - Offered every TUESDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING - The fusion of Latin dance, aerobics, and international music! The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and International zest into the mix and you've got ZUMBA! No prior dance experience needed! Email modernformations@hotmail.com for more information!
May 10, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Sort Of Records 2 Year Anniversary! Featuring : Pairdown, Meanings (from Boston), and 1 or 2 more TBA
May 14, 8pm
WOODLAB: Featuring...
Chicago Luzern Exchange (jazz quartet - trumpet, sax, tuba and drums from Chicago and Luzern)
Bernabo/Beyer/Bucholtz/Masterman (quartet improvisation, electronics, horns, electronics, horns)
1 or 2 more tba
May 16, 8pm, $10FLASHDANCE - 25th Anniversary Celebration! Flashdance is a musical and romance film released in April 1983, and was one of the most successful films of the early 1980s. Flashdance opened to poor reviews by professional critics but was a box office success, becoming the 3rd highest grossing film of 1983 in the USA. It is best known for the Academy Award-winning song FLASHDANCE, WHAT A FEELING performed by Irene Cara, which was written for the film. Blue-collar worker, eighteen year-old Alexandra Owens (played by Jennifer Beals) is an exotic dancer in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bar at night and a welder at a steel mill during the day. Her dream is to obtain a place at a prestigious dance school. Follow Alex through the 25th anniversary showing of the film to find out if she reaches her dreams!
May 21, 8pm, $4The second installment of The New Yinzers TNY Presents puts the spotlight on Brendan Kerr (Fiction), Renee Alberts (Poetry), and The Plat Maps (Music). More info at http://tnypresents.blogspot.com
BRENDAN KERR: Brendan Kerr comes to Pittsburgh via Elkins, West Virginia and Brooklyn, New York. He recently completed his MFA at the University of Pittsburgh and his novel, The Uses of Talent, is currently looking for a home. Brendan plays bass with the rock band Workshop. He lives in Polish Hill and can often be found among the crowd in one local establishment or another.
RENEE ALBERTS: Renee Alberts listens to rivers, talks to the radio, and translates the conversations into poetry, sound and collage. She learned all this in Pittsburgh, where she participates in and curates many events with some mighty fine wordsmiths and musicians. Her chapbook is forthcoming from Speed & Briscoe.
THE PLAT MAPS: Kurt Garrison with Megan Williams. He yelled and played guitar. She sang and played violin. Others joined in on the madness. Alcohol was often (if not always) involved. Fun was had by all.
May 24, 8pmQUEER SONGWRITERS NIGHT with Trina Hamlin, Eve Goodman, and Joey Murphy
May 30, 8pm, $6Sah (two drummerds, one guitar, heavy) www.myspace.com/sah
Triangle and Rhino (local goodness, drums and two guitars) www.myspace.com/triangleandrhno
Onodrim (ex-The Sea, Like Lead, Jamais Vu) one guitar, one bass, one drummer
June 6 - 27
"BASEMENTS, ATTICS, AND CLOSETS"
Longtime friends/artists/ and musicians Mike Tamburo, Darren Myers, and Ange Gagnon have accepted that it's time to let you see their work. Drawing from similar interests including painting, printing, light, sound, charts, newspapers, garbage, magazines, handmade instruments, paper, glass, thrifting and lots of potlucks, we are bringing our work out of our basements, attics and closets.
ALSO...at 10:30pm (following the opening), SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNSET RISE w/ In the Belly of the Whale and films by Mike Tamburo, $3
June 13, 8pm, $6Terrastock preview w/ UNITED BIBLE STUDIES (ireland), SHARRON KRAUS (uk), and BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA
June 14, 8pmEmperor X, Branches and 1 TBA.
June 18, 8pm, $4The third installment of The New Yinzers TNY Presents is super-sized with talents of Julie Albright, Savannah Schroll Guz, Jerome Crooks, and Raymond Morin.
JULIE ALBRIGHT: Julie Albright is a fiction writer living in Friendship. She also owns The Writing Studio, where she provides individual tutoring, editing services, and summer creative writing camps for kids.
SAVANNAH SCHROLL GUZ: Savannah Schroll Guz is an art critic for Pittsburgh City Paper, writes a monthly column on newly-released reference guides for Library Journal, and serves as an investigative reporter for a medical information blog. She is author of the short story collection, The Famous & The Anonymous (Better Non Sequitur, 2004) and editor of the theme-based fiction anthology, Consumed: Women on Excess (So New Media, 2005). Every day, she writes herself a little further into a novel about quantum physics, genetics, the paranormal, and the Holocaust. She lives in West Virginia's northern panhandle.
JEROME CROOKS: Jerome 'Rev Rome' Crooks was raised in Buffalo NY and Deep Creek VA. Twelve years ago he moved to Pittsburgh where he served as poet laurete of S. Oakland for seven years. He currently lives in Shadyside and is finishing work on "The Moment I Feared" his first manuscript.
RAYMOND MORIN: Raymond Morin came to Pittsburgh in 2005, and quickly started the seminal Sort Of Records CD-R label. He performs mostly acoustic and fingerstyle guitar music, inspired by the British Folk Revival of the 1960s, and by more modern lo-fi fare. He is a member of Pairdown, The Instances and David Bernabo's Assembly.
July 5- 25
"THE MONOPRINT: AN EXPLORATION OF TECHNIQUE - ARTWORK BY ERIC WHITE"
July 16, 8pm, $4The fourth installment of The New Yinzers TNY Presents is bursting at the seams. This time around we feature Kevin Finn, Kurt Garrison, Kristofer Collins, and Carlos Pena.
KEVIN FINN: Kevin Finn is a poet from Pittsburgh, PA. He is currently pursuing an MFA at Carlow University, and working on his first book, Visible Extinction. Finn has been published in Tiger's Eye Journal, and the Pittsburgh City Paper. Also a singer-songwriter, Finn's Vessels has gained critical acclaim world wide. He lives with his wife, child and pet cat. www.kevinfinn.netwww.myspace.com/theinsectvoice
KURT GARRISON: Kurt likes to bang on stuff and yell into microphones for Workshop and The Plat Maps. A somewhat devoted skiier, he is one half of the The New Yinzer?s wildly irrelevant Indie Rocker vs. Classic Rocker. Kurt also enjoys fishing and has spent the last two and a half years pissing his life away on this utterly confounding story about juvenile delinquents and their importance in our society. He also enjoys asparagus on the grill.
KRISTOFER COLLINS: Kristofer Collins is the managing editor of The New Yinzer, an occasional book reviewer for The Post Gazette, and owner of Desolation Row CDs. A book of his poems entitled KING EVERYTHING was published in 2007 by Six Gallery Press. THE LITURGY OF STREETS is forthcoming from Six Gallery Press in 2008.
CARLOS PENA: Carlos Pena seeks to illuminate life's diversity and has found music to be his most effective means in this process. In doing so, he has learned to embrace the paradoxes and ambiguity which comprise our experience. Carlos takes a holistic approach to sound production on his instruments of choice (guitar, percussion, and piano) and emphasizes the role of improvisation within harmonic and rhythmic frameworks in his style of musical expression. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Carlos has been an instrumentalist and performer for most of his life, holds a masters degree in ethnomusicology, and additionally functions as a music librarian and researcher.
August 1 - 29
"SIGNS OF SURVIVAL: THE ART OF LIVING AFTER TRAUMA"
Most of us have been affected by trauma personally or through the experience of a loved one, friend or coworker. We survive terrorism, abusive family environments, poverty, rape, environmental decay, military service in active war zones, extreme health challenges, child abuse, and many other traumatic experiences.
This exhibit honors our survival, our journey after the trauma has occurred, and our inherent worth and dignity. It asks: How do we as individuals, family units, and communities survive traumatic events? How do we process our experience of trauma? How do we heal and build thriving relationships and lives after trauma?
Trauma survival has the power to unify us and provide common ground for communicating, healing and planning our future. Come and join the dialogue with many artists who answer these questions in unique and powerful ways. Experience their healing processes and lives after surviving traumatic events.
