Pittsburgh Humanities Festival encouraging 'Smart Talk'

TribLIVE: In a world where the 140-character tweet rules, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center of Carnegie Mellon University are launching a subversive new program.

From March 26 to 29, the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival will feature two dozen hourlong or longer events that will bring together internationally respected academics, artists and intellectual innovators who will present and discuss art, music, literature and their relationship to science, policy and politics.

Its Twitter-friendly subtitle distills the festival's intent into 38 characters: “Smart Talk About Stuff That Matters.”