CERIS - Performance

American Fast

pittadmin — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:44:15 +0000

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Written by Kareem Fahmy

College basketball superstar Khady is about to carry her team through the NCAA Women’s Championships, but when March Madness coincides with Ramadan, Khady lies to her devout mother about holding her fast. When her mother goes public with the story of Khady’s devotion to both Ramadan and basketball, Khady finds herself the heroine of young Muslim women. Kareem Fahmy’s world premiere production questions family, faith, and what it means to win at all costs.

April 29, 2023 to May 21, 2023

Stage: Main Stage
Appropriate Ages: American Fast is appropriate for teens and up.
Opening Night: Friday, May 5, 2023 at 8:00pm
Greenroom Art & Afterparty: Friday, May 12, 2023 at 8:00pm
Pay-What-You-Want: Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 1:00pm
ASL Interpreted Performance: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 7:00pm
Audio Description/Open Captioning: Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2:00pm
Promotions: City Theatre believes everyone should have access to the arts, click here to see our season-long promotions.

Performance

Event Date:

Saturday, April 29, 2023 (All day) to Sunday, May 21, 2023 (All day)

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

City Theater Pittsburgh

Location:

City Theater Pittsburgh

Event Link:

Event Website

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Poetry in Concert: Contemporary Chamber Music with Imani Winds

pittadmin — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:16:12 +0000

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

The dynamic and twice Grammy nominated Imani Winds have led a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, dedication to new works from composers of color, imaginative collaborations, and programming concerts that speak to contemporary social justice issues.

Imani Winds joins us to close LitFest 2022 by performing an all new lineup of works inspired by and interweaving dynamic pieces of poetry.

Program

“The Light is the Same,” by Indian American composer Reena Esmail drawing on poems from renowned Persian poet and 13th century sage, Rumi

“Sometimes,” by the political composer Fred Rzewski. Inspired by and including the writings of historian John Hope Franklin and the poetry of Langston Hughes

“Cane,” by pianist/composer Jason Moran that chronicles the story of a well-documented matriarch of Moran’s from slavery to freedom

The evening also features readings of Rumi poetry from Haleh Liza Gafori, translator, vocalist, and poet whose translations of Rumi were released in March 2022 in her collection Gold from New York Review Books.

City of Asylum has always been a venue where genres come together and collaborate, so this chamber concert that translates poetry into melody feels like the perfect way to close LitFest 2022. We hope you’ll join us for a dazzling evening.

Performance

Event Date:

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

City of Asylum and Chamber Music Pittsburgh

Location:

Alphabet City (40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh) and Virtual

Event Link:

Event Website

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Meet the Author: Abdul Aziz Suraqah

pittadmin — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:22:55 +0000

Imam Abdul Aziz Suraqah (Imam of MCCGP in Monroeville PA) will discuss his books and how he combines traditional exegesis with spiritual contemplation.

Performance

Event Date:

Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Institution(s):

Islamic Center of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

Few of a Kind and Muslim Women's Association of Pittsburgh

Location:

Few of A Kind Book Store, 302 1/2 N Craig Street, PIttsburgh PA 15213

Event Link:

Event Website

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Target Audience:

General Public

Presenter Type:

Independent Consultant

Fatoumata Diawara

pittadmin — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:04:35 +0000

“Music is at the heart of everything,” says Fatoumata Diawara, known as “Fatou.” Acclaimed actress of film and theater and a celebrated singer, songwriter, and activist for peace in Mali, Fatou will be performing her sweet smoky rhythms that originated from a homeland she escaped but one in which her art still resides. The moral authority of music is difficult to overstate socially, culturally, or politically in Mali, a West African nation ranked among the world’s poorest yet home to some of the richest musical traditions in the world.

Fatou's much-anticipated spring 2018 record follows her critically acclaimed debut album Fatou (2011), which was the No.1 album on the world music charts for six months in 2011.

Join Fatou as she reveals her passion for her homeland and for social justice through her music.

Performance

Event Date:

Friday, April 13, 2018 - 8:00pm

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

Carnegie Nexus, The Warhol: Sound Series

Contact:

(412) 622-3131

Location:

Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4440 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Event Link:

Event Website

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Two Faiths: One Spirit

pittadmin — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:01:04 +0000

Each year CityMusic Cleveland hosts a special FREE concert series focused on themes of humanism and social justice.

This year's program Two Faiths: One Spirit highlights the common humanity that lies at the heart of all major faiths.

Two Faiths: One Spirit captures the essence of two parallel stories:
A richly illuminated Jewish holy book from 14th century Spain known as the Sarajevo Haggadah is saved from the Nazis during WWII by a Muslim imam who recognizes its historical, cultural and spiritual value and hides it under the mosque floor allowing it to be preserved to this day.

A group of courageous librarians risk their lives to save manuscripts and literary treasures housed in Timbuktu from destruction by violent extremists with the help of Harvard Professor, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, a Christian from West Virginia whose African roots lead him to help save the rich historical legacy of his ancestral land.

These two parallel stories of religiously significant documents saved with the help of people of different beliefs shows the indomitable nature of the human spirit and our instinct to work together preserve what is beautiful and good in the world.

More information including locations can be found at the event link.

Performance

Event Date:

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 (All day) to Sunday, March 18, 2018 (All day)

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, Art Works

Contact:

info@CityMusicCleveland.org

Event Link:

Event Website

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How to Be a Muslim: An American Story

pittadmin — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:21:47 +0000

Book reading and discussion with author Haroon Moghul.

Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University’s Islamic Center forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was becoming a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn’t pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend.

But as he discovered, it wasn’t so easy to leave religion behind. To be true to himself, he needed to forge a unique American Muslim identity that reflected his beliefs and personality. How to Be a Muslim reveals a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it’s like to lose yourself between cultures and how to pick up the pieces.

Performance

Event Date:

Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

White Whale Bookstore

Contact:

(412) 224-2847 info@whitewhalebookstore.com

Location:

White Whale Bookstore 4754 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224

Event Link:

Event Website

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Target Audience:

General Public

Reading of Selections from Trojan Women by Euripides

pittadmin — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:39:54 +0000

Reading of Selections from Trojan Women by Euripides, followed by community discussion facilitated by Cynthia Croot with Jacques Bromberg
Posvar Hall, room 4130
Evening reception to follow

Performance

Event Date:

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

Global Studies, Pitt's Year of Diversity, Theatre Arts, Classics Departments University of Pittsburgh

Contact:

lbr62@Pitt.edu, Lisa Bromberg

Location:

Posvar Hall, room 4130, University of Pittsburgh, 230 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, 15260

Event Link:

Event Website

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Reading of Oh My Sweet Land by Amir Nizar Zuabi

pittadmin — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:25:44 +0000

Monday, March 27 - World Theatre Day

6PM / Reading of Oh My Sweet Land by Amir Nizar Zuabi, performed by Lameece Issaq, Founding Director of Noor Theatre, dedicated to the work of theatre artists of Middle Eastern decent, followed by discussion facilitated by Cynthia Croot
Cathedral of Learning, room 602
Evening reception

Performance

Event Date:

Monday, March 27, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

Global Studies, Pitt's Year of Diversity, Theatre Arts, Classics Departments University of Pittsburgh

Contact:

lbr62@Pitt.edu, Lisa Bromberg

Location:

Cathedral of Learning, room 602, University of Pittsburgh

Event Link:

Event Website

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SUMEIDA'S SONG

pittadmin — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:43:34 +0000

• Meet the Composer at an ART SONG RECITAL
January 18 • 2:00 PM • Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters
Our Resident Artists perform art songs by John Alden Carpenter, Libby Larson, and Mohammed Fairouz. Q& A with Mr. Fairouz after the recital. FRIENDS of Pittsburgh Opera are your hosts at the reception afterward. Admission is $5, or free to members of FRIENDS of Pittsburgh Opera and donors at $50+.

• Read the SUMEIDA’S SONG STUDY GUIDE
Published by the Pittsburgh Opera Education Department Available at the Pittsburgh Opera website: • Read POETRY from Mizna: Literature in Revolution Excerpts selected by Angele Ellis and Lana Barkawi
Available at performances of SUMEIDA’S SONG at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters. Mizna features prose, poetry, and art exploring Arab America.
• View ARTWORKS by regional artist Hoda Moustapha Selected and framed by Ms. Moustapha
Available for viewing at performances of SUMEIDA’S SONG at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters.
• View traditional and modern MIDDLE EASTERN GARMENTS Donated by Krista Reitz and displayed by Pittsburgh Opera’s Education Dept. Available for viewing at performances of SUMEIDA’S SONG at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters.

• For information on SUMEIDA’S SONG and related activities Visit

Performance

Event Date:

Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

Pittsburgh Opera

Location:

Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, 2425 Liberty Avenue i

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Fleur D’Orange – Identity/Identité

pittadmin — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:42:59 +0000

In this new piece, Casablanca-based choreographer and dancer Hind Benali explores her personal past and African roots while addressing the culture, history, and gender politics of Morocco. Rich in images and movement, Benali’s new work reflects the complexities of Moroccan life.

Identity/Identité is created and performed in collaboration with Franco-Moroccan hip hop dancer, Soufiane Karim. The piece’s soundscape is composed of live and recorded music by multi-instrumentalist Mohcine Imrharn, interwoven with found sounds. Strikingly lyrical calligraphy by artist Yacine Fadhil will be projected on the stage and dancers. Additional video imagery by Benali documents shrines, stories of elderly Moroccans about their youth, and sounds of the traditional markets to conjure and share environments that have formed her life and those of her forbearers.

Part of KST’s World Stage international performance series.

PrintThe presentation of Fleur D’Orange is part of Center Stage, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, produced by the New England Foundation for the Arts in cooperation with the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, with additional support from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council. General Management for Center Stage is provided by Lisa Booth Management, Inc.

Tickets

$25 - Gen. Admission
$20 - 15206 Resident
$15 – Student/Artist
$10 – Groups of 10+

Performance

Event Date:

Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 8:00pm

Institution(s):

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored By:

Kelly Strahorn Theater

Location:

The Alloy Studios, 5530 Penn Ave

Event Link:

Event Website

Featured Item?:

Target Audience:

General Public

Presenter Type:

Independent Consultant