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WARHOLA FAMILY TIES RUN DEEP

EVENTS 11.2 – 8pm

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SEE HOW THE MAN WHOSE ART MADE HEADLINES MADE HEADLINES INTO ART.

UNSEEN TREASURES FROM GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE 2012: Beggars of Life (1928) Tickets $10

11.8 – 8pm Sound Series: DEAN & BRITTA 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests Carnegie Lecture Hall (Oakland) Co-presented with WYEP 91.3 Presents Tickets $20/$15 CMP & WYEP Members

11.9 – 7pm BOOK SIGNING + RECEPTION for Lance Out Loud with author Pat Loud and editor Christopher Makos Tickets $10/$5 Members

11.16 – 8pm Sound Series: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS Carnegie Lecture Hall (Oakland) Co-presented with WYEP 91.3 Presents Tickets $30/$25 Members

12.1 – 7pm NAUGHTY-OR-NICE HOLIDAY BASH Featuring Sharon Needles Tickets $99

12.9 – 11am STEELERS TAILGATE PARTY Rosa Villa Lot (General Robinson Street across the street from The Warhol) Co-presented with The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

117 Sandusky St., Pittsburgh, PA 15212

The Andy Warhol Museum receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and The Heinz Endowments. Further support is provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset District.

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