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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Saturday, February 28, 2009
Latin American Tapas
Composers from Cuba, Argentina, and Brazil are featured in this all-quintet program of colorful melodies and urgent rhythms including Ginastera's Duo for Flute and Oboe, Paquito d'Rivera's Aires Tropcales, and Medaglia's Belle Epoque.
02/28/2009 - 03/01/2009
Time: various
02/28 - 8:00 pm
03/01 - 3:00 pm
Location: various
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Mardi Gras Celebration
Featuring the music of the Cajun band, Mon Gumbo, the event will also include authentic Cajun cuisine, games, and crafts.
02/28/2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Waverly Presbyterian Church
American Graffiti
The late 1950s and 60s was one of the most exciting tumultuous and creative periods in American musical history. Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein and the Beatles were busily revolutionizing the musical soundscape.
03/01/2009 - 03/13/2009
(various locations)
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2008 Award Winners Recital
First place winner Sam Oram, and Second place winner Eric Clark, will perform works by Bach, Debussy, Liszt and Prokofiev.
03/01/2009
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: First Unitarian Church, Shadyside
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The Morningside Trio
Alex K. Joes, clarinet; Greta Schottman, cello; and Alaine Fink, piano, feature works by Beethoven, Brahms and Muczynski.
03/01/2009
Time: 3:00 pm
159 N. Bellefield Ave. Pittsburgh, PA
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A Trio of Anniversaries
The Slippery Rock Piano Trio, comprising SRU faculty members Warren Davidson, violin; Paula Tuttle, cello; and Nanette Kaplan Soloman, piano, celebrate the bicentennials of the death of Haydn and the birth of Mendelssohn, and the 60th anniversary of the death of Spanish composer Joaquin Turina.
03/01/2009
Time: 3:00 pm
319 S. Market St. New Wilmington, PA
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Afro Blue
A capella jazz vocal ensemble from Howard University will perform in concert as well as during the select morning worship services.
03/01/2009
Time: 3:00 pm
414 Grant St. Sewickley, PA
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Heavenly Music in Sacred Splendor
Violinist Louis Lev and Harpist Gretchen Van Hoesen will perform in concert to benefit "Project Jericho," the Smithfield United Church of Christ's fundraising effort. The concert will include Schubert's Sonatina; Ravel's Piece en Forme de Habanera; and Thomas Rajna's Suite for Violin and Harp.
03/02/2009
Time: 6:00 pm
620 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh Arts in Tough Economic Times
This forum and panel discussion with local arts funders will include results from a recent survey of local nonprofits, insights from a panel of arts funders, and people from the local arts community sharing ideas on how the creative sector might face today's challenges. Free and open to the public.
03/03/2009
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: 4th Floor Studio, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh
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Bob Woodward
This two-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter is referred to by his peers as "the best pure reporter of his generation." His relentless investigative drive and access to top political insiders has resulted in fascinating insights into the highest levels of Washington. He has 11 #1 non-fiction bestsellers to his credit.
03/04/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA
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