CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, November 09, 2005

CFA Announcement: WEEK of November 14-20

CFA Centennial____________________________________________

Attention College of Fine Arts faculty, staff, students and alumni: The planning process for the CFA Centennial Beaux Arts Ball has started and the committee is looking for hard working individuals that would like to help plan one of Carnegie Mellon's largest events.

E-mail Cathy Meaney at cmeaney@andrew.cmu.edu to get involved.

Visit the College of Fine Arts Centennial web-site at www.cmu.edu/centennial for activities celebrating the College's anniversary.

Campus events____________________________________________

Ted Kooser, the U.S. poet laureate and 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, will speak at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 as part of the Adamson Visiting Writers Series. His collection "Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison" was published in 2000 by the Carnegie Mellon University Press. His talk will take place in the Adamson Wing of Baker Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. _____________

Winston James, a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, will speak at 4:30 p.m. November 17 in Gregg Hall (Porter Hall 100) as part of the Humanities Center Lectures. His talk is titled "The Caribbean Diaspora and Black Internationalism: Evidence and Explanation" and is free and open to the public.

Call for artists__________________________________________________

The Riverlife Task Force in Pittsburgh, PA is initiating a very exciting design competition for a West End Pedestrian Bridge. We thought members of your organization would be interested in the competition. The competition website is www.riverlifecompetition.org and the press release is attached. Please direct any questions to bridge@riverlifetaskforce.org application attached _______

ESPN is looking for students to help with the TV production of the Steelers-Browns game on Sunday. The work, which pays $50 for the night, involves helping with organization of the TV equipment on the field, including pulling cables. The job begins at 4:45 p.m. and ends following the evening game. Interested students should contact: Matthew Kwok at kwokman@kwokmanproductions.com. His phone number is: 949-679-2089.

PGH Events___________________________________________

Attack Theater presents:

November 14 - The annual Pittsburgh Opera Cabaret Benefit - A fun evening of Broadway music performed by the Pittsburgh Opera Center. Michele and Jeff created the lighthearted choreography for these talented singers. For information and reservations call 412-281-0912 x225 _______________

Expand your musical horizons at The Warhol this November. On November 12, enjoy laid-back pop with Austin's American Analog Set. Then, on November 15, African street-band Konono No.1 makes their Pittsburgh debut. Konono's trance-like songs-composed from homemade electronics, thumb pianos and car part-percussion-have earned them acclaim from both electronica and world music fans. Indie-rock favorite Calvin Johnson rounds out the month with a post-Thanksgiving Good Fridays show on November 25. For details and advance ticket information. ________________

The 2005 Three Rivers Film Festival, presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Dollar Bank, runs from November 3 through November 17.

This exciting 15-day event features over 40 films ? independent American cinema, documentaries, and several critically-acclaimed international films. This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the movie-going experience: the world's first Nickelodeon opened in Pittsburgh in 1905. For ticket information: 412-681-5449 or www.3rff.com ________________

STEVE FORBERT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005 @ 8PM THE CABARET 655 Penn Avenue Tickets: $15 at the Box Office at Theater Square | (412) 456-6666 | www.pgharts.org In the past quarter-century, the Mississippi-bred, Nashville-based singer/songwriter has built a deeply personal body of work that's won him a reputation for clear-eyed insight and plainspoken eloquence. In the process, he's evolved from the wide-eyed young troubadour of his early classics Alive On Arrival and Jackrabbit Slim to the mature, bittersweet outlook of his more recent work, which surveys darker territory with hard-won empathy and deeply-ingrained rock 'n' roll soul. www.steveforbert.com _________________

The Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh will perform in concert at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Washington Road, Upper St. Clair at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 13, 2005. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Ticket available at the door or prior to concert by calling (412) 441-6652 or by e-mail themcp@earthlink.net.

The program will include Benjamin Britten's “Choral Dances From Gloriana,” EmmaLou Diemer's “Madrigals Three,” and Leonard Bernstein's “Chichester Psalms.” The Junior Mendelsshon Choir is lead by Music Director and Conductor Christine Frattare.

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