Just outside its doors in East Liberty, new businesses have moved in next to longtime mom-and-pop shops. Across Pittsburgh, there are more options for dance enthusiasts. And financial support for arts groups continues to ebb and flow. So where does the century-old theater fit in?
"We bring people together," Ms. Solomon says.
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I think it is really amazing how many new works are put up in Pittsburgh. The dance series really looks like something I'd be interested in seeing. I think that it is important that people not only see and understand how to stand up for diversity and denounce injustice, but actually participate themselves. I grew up in a suburb of Washington, D. C., so I was surrounded by not only the textbook history of the United States, but also its living history. Protest is something I saw often. I remember walking to the metro station from my job downtown, and I ran into a public housing protest. They had a marionette of Donald Trump, being controlled by men in suits with money bags for heads. It was amazing. But many people did not have those same opportunities, and for those people, public protest is still just part of the first amendment, or something seen on the news. By bringing those ideas through an immersive medium, dance, the Strayhorn brings the Pittsburgh community into our living history.
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