TribLIVE: Pittsburgh long has been known for its many bridges.
The Humanities Center of Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust are about to add another one.
With the first Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, the organizations hope to connect the academic world to the broader community.
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I think that Pittsburgh is the perfect setting for a humanities festival. With the large number of college students and the growing numbers of technology-grounded companies, there is a good demographic for this event. I also think that the Cultural Trust is a great co-organization to head the festival. With the sheer number of events they produce every year in addition to the strategic planning they have put out to revitalize downtown Pittsburgh, I think that their leadership will have an extremely positive effect on the humanities festival. I really enjoy their approach to the festival with the idea of entertaining knowledge. It shouldn’t always have to be this way but to get people exposed to it and bring them into the festival; I think it will be effective. I really hope that this festival succeeds because it would add to the number of festivals the city hosts including the Three Rivers Arts Festival, continuing to improve our status as a city.
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