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2005 Annual Report
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Shaping the Vision
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Table of Contents INTRO LETTER
Our Mission 2
HIGHLIGHTS
S H A R E D S E RV I C E S
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T H E C U LT U R A L D I S T R I C T C O M M U N I T Y
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The Cultural District River front Development Project
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PittsburghBallet Theater
Encore on 7th
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Pittsburgh CLO
J A Z Z A M ATA Z Z G A L A
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P E R F O R M I N G A RT S
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leading the way in uniting public and private interests in the downtown Cultural District by fostering mutually supportive cultural
Pittsburgh Opera
and economic development objectives and by providing a home for
Pittsburgh Public Theater Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
its resident companies, as well as a broad range of regional perform-
Harris Theater
PNC BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA - PITTSBURGH
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PITTSBURGH DANCE COUNCIL
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Prime Stage Theater
TRUST PRESENTS
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Three Rivers Arts Festival
TRUST GUEST ATTRACTIONS
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Benedum
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Byham Theater
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August Wilson Center for African American Culture
ance groups.
Pittsburgh Playwrits Theater Company
To carry out our mission, the Trust is committed to:
Bricolage
SUMMER FILM SERIES / CD LIVE
Founded in 1984, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is committed to
I N F O R M AT I O N S Y S T E M S
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M A R K E T I N G & C O M M U N I C AT I O N S
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F I N A N C I A L R E P O RT
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DONORS
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B O A R D O F D I R E C TO R S
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S TA F F
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Encouraging a diverse set of quality performing/visual arts and entertainment programs
V I S U A L A RT S WOODSTREET GALLERY
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SPACE
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OTHER DISTRICT GALLERIES
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Future Tenant’s
C U LT U R A L D I S T R I C T M A P
Stimulating commercial and residential development Creating distinctive and lively environments Positioning the District for increasing volumes of visitors
707 Penn
Partnering with community organizations and interests to provide
Urban Space
T H E AT E R S Q U A R E
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comprehensive education and outreach programs
Café Zao Backstage Bar
Promoting appreciation of and access to District activities
Cabaret at Theater Square
among diverse segments of the regional population
Late Night Cabaret The Carolyn M. Byham WQED 89.3 FM Studio
E D U C AT I O N & C O M M U N I T Y ENGAGEMENT
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ArtSMART: Programs for Educators ArtSTART: Programs for Students ArtsMASTERS ArtsREACH/Community Engagements 2005 Education and Community Highlights
FIRST NIGHT PITTSBURGH
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COVER PHOTOS: Top: Center: Bottom: Page 1: Top left: Pittsburgh CLO, Dream Girls; Bottom left: Limon Dance Copmany, photo Beatriz Schiller; Center: ______ Right: ____________
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LETTER
The Cultural District is shining! More than 2000 events, exhibitions, and programs took place in the District in 2005 — a 25 percent increase from the last year—attracting over 1.3 million people. Construction was in full swing for The Encore on 7th, the Cultural District’s newest residential property overlooking the Allegheny River. Building upon the vision of Jack Heinz to leverage real estate assets and the arts to breath life into a once-downtrodden
people in 2005 than ever before, bringing thousands in touch with the District’s vibrant visual arts scene and developing new audiences. Wood Street and SPACE galleries continued to capture headlines with such exhibitions as Amorphous Robots. The region’s largest New Year’s Eve festival, First Night Pittsburgh, presented in collaboration with the Three Rivers Arts Festival, entertained over 20,000 people and was the recipient of First Night International’s Creative Programming Award for Squonk Opera’s innovative production.
Downtown, the Trust’s five-year strategic plan for 2006 – 2010 was near completion in 2005, establishing an upward course for continued development and promotion of the Cultural District. It is our pleasure to report that, along with momentum moving Pittsburgh toward its next Renaissance, the future of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Cultural District is bright.
The Trust generated
$2.6 million in real estate, parking, sales and amusement taxes in 2005
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Looking back to 2005, the artists that appeared on our stages and were featured in our galleries continued to be among the most gifted and sought after in the world. This past year saw the return of the Globe Theatre of London in a phenomenal production at the Trust’s O’Reilly Theater of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, which was named the number one theatrical production of the year by The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The Pittsburgh Dance Council presented the internationally-acclaimed Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and went on to sell out more performances in 2005 than in its 35-year history. PNC Broadway welcomed the Pennsylvania debut of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, selling out over 50 performances and breaking box office records, attracting close to 150,000 attendees. The Trust’s Gallery Crawl drew more
The Cabaret located in the Trust’s Theater Square complex enjoyed its first full year of operations with a highly-successful run of the Civic Light Opera’s Forever Plaid, followed by late-night entertainment each evening programmed by our friends at Pittsburgh CLO. Downbeat Jazz, the annual free summer series presented by the Trust’s Education and Community Engagement Department, captivated jazz enthusiasts well into the winter when the series was extended indoors to the Cabaret and Backstage Bar. A catalyst for urban development, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has reached a pivotal point in its history with a new focus on making the Cultural District into a thriving 24/7 neighborhood. With The Encore on 7th— Downtown Pittsburgh’s first new residential building in 35 years— close to completion, the Trust’s Cultural District Riverfront Development takes center stage.
District partners—Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra—to our dedicated and talented Trust team of employees, we extend our gratitude and thanks. Critical planning for the Riverfront Development took place in 2005 with an international forum hosted by the Trust. Delegates from Shaping the Vision brainstormed best uses for the six acres of prime real estate on the Downtown waterfront, helping to shape the process by which this land will be developed. The Trust’s most financially ambitious project since its 1984 inception, the Riverfront Development is projected to exceed $500 million in overall expenditures and serve as an international model for the successful integration of function, design and art in urban living. As we continue to create positive, tangible change in downtown Pittsburgh, the advancement of both the Trust and the Cultural District is made possible by a very large supporting cast and crew. From our generous donors and supporters — The Allegheny Regional Asset District, The Buhl Foundation, The Eden Hall Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Peirce Family Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The PNC Financial Services Group and The Richard King Mellon Foundation —to our dedicated board of trustees that provide financial support, counsel, and countless volunteer hours, to our Cultural
Lastly, we thank you, our audience members and stakeholders, who honor, energize and inspire us with your attendance, participation and patronage. With your support, the future’s so bright, we’ve gotta wear shades! Sincerely,
James E. Rohr Chairman, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Chairman, The PNC Financial Services Group
J. Kevin McMahon President and CEO The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
outlined photo of Jim Rohr and Kevin McMahon together
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HIGHLIGHTS
Integrating Cultural and Economic Development In 2005, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust launched its most Jane C. Arkus, Chairwoman of the District Design Committee and Trustee of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Keynote speaker Richard Farson
challenging project to date, an initiative that will be the keystone of the Trust’s strategic plan for the next five years: The Cultural District Riverfront Development
One of the largest development sites in downtown Pittsburgh, the Riverfront Development comprises six acres in the heart of the Cultural District bounded by Fort Duquesne Boulevard, Penn Avenue and Seventh and Ninth Streets, overlooking the Allegheny River. The development aims to combine residential uses with unique retail offerings, parking facilities, restaurants, pedestrian plazas, parks, public art projects and enhanced connections to the riverfront.
Shaping the Vision The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust hosted a two-day forum, entitled “Shaping the Vision,” in June 2005 to begin planning for this impressive undertaking. In a series of brainstorming sessions, dozens of delegates from the region and around the world explored the future development possibilities that would continue trans4
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forming a former red light district into an artsbased residential and mixed-use neighborhood. The conversations and discussions to come served to further the identity of the Cultural District and to invent the next generation of urban living. B. Joseph Pine II, management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and author of The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage, and Richard Farson, psychologist, co-founder and president of the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute and author of Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership and Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation gave the keynote speeches during the forum.
Local, national and international delegates represented diverse fields, ranging from architectural design and urban redevelopment to the arts and entertainment. Among the delegates, Harvey Lichtenstein, chairman of the BAM Development Corporation in Brooklyn, New York, commented on his impressions of the city’s art and entertainment district, “I have admired Pittsburgh’s Cultural District from afar. The Cultural District is the driving force for the city of Pittsburgh, invigorating the urban environment and the city itself. The cultural activity in Pittsburgh is extraordinary.” Traveling from Taipei, Taiwan, Ti-nan Chi, principal of Z Architects, remarked on three areas of consideration for the Eighth Street Block Development: “First, if we want cultures to last a long time, we need to think about subcultures. Young people are very important for the future of the Cultural District. Also, this project is a chance to create an innovative model for the new American city, and lastly we need to think about the ingenuity of the place, the tactics of everyday life.”
Delegates from various cities included Tom Buresh, A. Alfred Taubman, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor; Ti-nan Chi, Z Architects, Taipei, Taiwan; Anthony Cutri, Martinez + Cutri Architects, San Diego; Howard Davies, atelier big city, Montreal; Alexander Gorlin, Alexander Gorlin Architects, New York; former Mayor Jeremy Harris, City of Honolulu; Sandra Hemingway, Eisenman Architects, New York; Mark Lee, Johnston Marklee & Associates, Los Angeles; Greg Lehman, Perkins & Will, San Francisco; Harvey Lichtenstein, BAM Development Corporation, Brooklyn; Thomas Porter, Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Atlanta; Fernando Romero, Laboratorio de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City; Jerzy Rozenberg, University of Kentucky, Lexington; Gulliver Shepard, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, New York; and Roderick Villafranca, Koning + Eizenberg Architecture, Santa Monica.
Vice-Chairman of the District Design Committee Sylvester Damianos, FAIA, former national president of the American Institute of Architects
“The Cultural District is
the driving force for the city of Pittsburgh, invigorating the urban environment and the city itself. The cultural activity in Pittsburgh is extraordinary.” - Harvey Lichtenstein, Chairman of the BAM Development Corporation, Brooklyn, New York
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The Cultural District Riverfront Development Design and Development Competition
Local attendees included Neil Barclay, president and CEO, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture; Karla Boos, artistic director of Quantum Theater; artist Robert Qualters; and arts consultant Alice Snyder among other Pittsburgh delegates, architects and designers. District Design Committee members who were in attendance included Jane C. Arkus, trustee of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and chair of its District Design Committee; Gary K. Carlough, Edge Studio; Angelo L. Ciotti, Studio for Creative Inquiry, CMU; Sylvester Damianos, FAIA, vice chairman of the Trust’s District Design Committee; Paul Glabicki, professor of art, University of Pittsburgh; Ira J. Gumberg, president, J.J. Gumberg Co, Trust Executive Committee; Murray Horne, curator of Wood Street Galleries; J. Kevin McMahon, president and CEO, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Grant Oliphant, associate director of The Heinz Endowments; Raymund B. Ryan, curator of architecture, The John H. Heinz Center for Architecture, Carnegie Museum; Thomas Sokolowski, director, The Andy Warhol
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Thomas L. VanKirk, Esq., Committee Chairman of the Riverfront Development project
Museum Thomas L. VanKirk, CEO of Buchanan Ingersoll, trustee of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and chair of the Cultural District Riverfront Development committee; Nancy D. Washington, trustee of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Michael Watson, senior vice president, R.K. Mellon Foundation and trustee of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and Jane Werner, executive director of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
A dozen teams representing over 100 developers, architects, artists and design professionals from the U.S. and abroad submitted their qualifications to compete for the creation of the CDRD final plan, design and development. The CDRD competition process began in the fall 2005 and was made possible through generous support from The Heinz Endowments and The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. After conducting extensive evaluations and interviews in Pittsburgh, three awardees proceeded to the final round of the juried competition (in alphabetical order): O’Neill/Trek comprising O’Neill Properties Group, King of Prussia, PA, and Trek Development Group, Pittsburgh PA, as co-lead developers with a design team led by Julie Eizenberg, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Santa Monica, CA; Joseph Antunovich Associates, Antunovich Associates, Chicago, IL; Michael Prifti, Bower Lewis Thrower, Philadelphia, PA; and Steven Quick, Perkins Eastman, Pittsburgh, PA
Richman Group comprising The Richman Group Development Corporation, Greenwich, CT, as lead developer with a design team led by Winy Maas, MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Thomas Leeser, Lesser Architecture, New York, NY; John Kosar and Anton H. Germishuizen, Burt Hill, Pittsburgh, PA Riverparc Development comprisingConcord Eastridge, of Washington, DC, as the lead developer with a design team led by Stefan Behnisch, Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany/Venice, CA; Adrian DiCastri, architectsAlliance, Toronto, Canada; Oliver Schulze, Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark; Richard DeYoung, WTW Architects, Pittsburgh, PA
“What lies ahead is a challenging and extraordinary endeavor,” said J. Kevin McMahon, president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, “but through thoughtful and methodical deliberations, we are confident that our process will result in a one-of-a-kind destination, one that attracts more and more people to live, work, visit, shop, be inspired and have fun in the Cultural District and along its riverfront. The Cultural Trust has been anticipating and working on this opportunity for more than two decades. It is an outcome of determined funders and trustees who have a long-term, positive view of what can be, rather than accepting what is.”
The Encore on 7th Construction continued in 2005 on The Encore on 7th, a striking 18-story building offering 151 rental units with outstanding amenities and spectacular riverside and city views. Located at 100 7th Street in the heart of the downtown Cultural District, The Encore on 7th is a collaborative effort between The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Lincoln Property Company of Dallas, Texas, with construction by Mascaro Construction. The project is financed by the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Bank of America and the Trust. The first residents will occupy apartments in spring of 2006. The Encore on 7th is a shining example of the Trust’s long standing commitment to transforming the 14-block Cultural District into a thriving, “24/7” neighborhood centered on the arts and urban living.
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ANNUAL GALA
Jazzmatazz
The Best in Performing Arts
On September 17, 2005, the Cultural Trust held its annual gala, Jazzmatazz: An Artful Fusion of Performance and Place, co-chaired by Ken and Tracy Milani. This event, sponsored by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, along with supporting sponsor The PNC Financial Services Group, featured cocktails and conversation in the Cultural District. Guests mingled under the Benedum Center marquee, then dined in 1920s-inspired dinner clubs at the Cabaret at Theater Square, O’Reilly Theater and Dominion Lobby. The evening concluded with lively Jazz Age entertainment.
Shanghai Circus PHOTO: RENEE@ROSENSTEEL.COM
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jazzmatazz co-chairs Tracy and Dr. Ken Melani, CEO of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield helped to raise $400,000 for the Cultural Trust’s programs and development projects. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
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August in April PHOTO: LARRY RIPPEL
Kathleen Edwards
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet PHOTO: MARTY SOHL
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P N C B R O A D WAY A C R O S S A M E R I C A - P I T T S B U R G H
PITTSBURGH DANCE COUNCIL
Another Spectacular Season
A Mosaic of Grace, Innovation & Wonder Les Miserables PHOTO:
PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh, presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Live Nation, proudly brings the best of Broadway to the world-class stages of the Cultural District. Thanks in major part to the generous support of The PNC Financial Services Group, PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh draws over 300,000 visitors annually, enhancing downtown Pittsburgh’s reputation as a hub for arts and entertainment, stimulating the local economy, and contributing to the overall quality of life in western Pennsylvania.
Les Miserables
In 2005, the Pittsburgh Dance Council Season, under the helm of
January 11 – 16, 2005 Benedum Center
Executive Director Paul Organisak, started off with highflying kicks as
The Producers
DanceBrazil gave a whirlwind, sell-out performance for this Pittsburgh
January 25 – 30, 2005 Benedum Center
premiere.
February 1 – 6, 2005 Benedum Center Patti LuPone in Matters of the Heart February 8 – 20, 2005 Byham Theater
Patti LuPone PHOTO: RAAHAV SEGEV/ PHOTOPASS
Big River
The season ended with a spectacular finish as the world-famous Radio City Rockettes brought their eye-high kicks and Christmas Spectacular to the Benedum Center for an unprecedented 54 performances, drawing over 150,000 patrons. The economic impact of the show is estimated between $15 and $20 million. One third of the audience comprised new visitors to the Cultural District, many of whom would later purchase tickets to other District events such as ones performed by the Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Hairspray
Israel Contemporary Dance Theater
Oliver!
March 8 – 13, 2005 Heinz Hall Little Shop of Horrors
March 22 – 27, 2005 Heinz Hall Hairspray
April 12 – 24, 2005 Benedum Center Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat October 11 – 16, 2005 Heinz Hall
Oliver! PHOTO: © 2003 JOAN MARCUS
The season continued with rave reviews for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, co-presented by The August Wilson Center for African American Culture, as well as accolades for Israel Contemporary Dance Theater. The season closed with tap-dancer extraordinaire Savion Glover performing for two sold-out nights; the resounding success and momentum of the spring carried into the fall with capacity crowds at Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, co-presented with The August Wilson Center for African American Culture and Limón Dance Company. In all, the Dance Council sold out more performances in 2005 than in its 35 year history.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring The Rockettes
DanceBrazil
January 29, 2005 Byham Theater
Limón Dance Company PHOTO: ROSALLE O’CONNOR
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Co-presented with the August Wilson Center for African American Culture February 15-16, 2005 Benedum Center Israel Contemporary Dance Theater March 5, 2005 Byham Theater Savion Glover in Improvography April 15 – 16, 2005 Byham Theater Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet
Co-presented with the August Wilson Center for African American Culture October 1, 2005 Byham Theater
Savion Glover
Limón Dance Company November 5, 2005 Byham Theater
November 9 – December 4, 2005 Benedum Center
PHOTO: NRMAN JEAN ROY
Radio City Christmas Spectacular staring the Rockettes PHOTO:
DanceBrazil PHOTO: LOIS GREENFIELD
Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater PHOTO: ANDREW ECCLES
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TRUST PRESENTS
TRUST PRESENTS
The Finest in Innovative Entertainment
Peter Cincotti
March 24, 2005 Byham Theater Art Spiegelman
April 9, 2005 Byham Theater Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Ustad Zakir Hussain April 12, 2005 Byham Theater Ladysmith Black Mambazo
In 2005, the first full year under the new direction of Vice President of Programming Paul Organisak, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continued its great tradition of attracting and presenting outstanding touring artists in the Cultural District. The Trust Presents series was established in 2002 to fulfill the Trust’s mission of offering highly diversified artists and performers from around the globe. This series offers a wide range of artistic endeavors, mixing Dianne Reeves
Shakespeare’s Shakespeare’s Globe Globe Theatre Theatre in in Measure Measure for for Measure Measure
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
family, international, alternative and showcase artists and performers. The 2005 Trust Presents series featured an exceptional variety of premieres and showcase performances held in the Benedum Center and Byham Theater, including the anticipated return of Mark Rylance in Measure for Measure—his final appearance as Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Pittsburgh was one of only five cities to host this prestigious and globally acclaimed theater company. Special thanks to Richard E. Rauh for his support of the Globe Theatre production.
John Waters
Augusten Burroughs
New Shanghai Circus featuring the Incredible Acrobats of China February 4 – 5, 2005 Byham Theater San Jose Taiko
February 25 – 26, 2005 Byham Theater Directions in Music featuring Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove
Co-presented with MCG Jazz February 25, 2005 Benedum Center
April 14, 2005 Byham Theater Showtime at the Apollo
Presented in association with the African American Cultural Center May 22, 2005 Benedum Center
Masters of Caribbean Music
November 2, 2005 Byham Theater Billie & Me featuring Rita Coolidge, Niki Haris, Joan Osborne, Dianne Reeves and Rokia Traoré – Mellon Jazz Series November 17, 2005 Byham Theater Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in Measure for Measure presented
in collaboration with The Pittsburgh Public Theater December 6 – 18, 2005 O’Reilly Theater
John Waters in “This Filthy World”
Co-presented with the Andy Warhol Museum July 30, 2005 Byham Theater An Evening with Salman Rushdie September 14, 2005 Byham Theater
White Christmas
Presented in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Saturdays in the City December 10, 2005 Harris Theater
Chanticleer
September 30, 2005 Byham Theater Handspring and Sogolon Puppet Companies in Tall Horse
Co-presented with the August Wilson Center for African American Culture October 14-15, 2005 Byham Theater One Night Stand with Augusten Burroughs Byham Theater
October 23, 2005
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Pat Metheny Trio – Mellon Jazz Series October 27, 2005 Byham Theater Kiki & Herb: The Resurrection Tour
In association with the Andy Warhol Museum October 29, 2005 Byham Theater
Mary Black and Cherish the Ladies March 7, 2005 Byham Theater Handspring and Sogolon Puppet Companies in Tall Horse
Salman Rushdie Kiki & Herb
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T R U S T G U E S T AT T R A C T I O N S
T R U S T G U E S T AT T R A C T I O N S
Need Headline about variety of artist
Benedum Center
Byham Theater
Jerry Seinfeld
Dave Attell: Insomniac
Pittsburgh Musical Theater: The Wizard of Oz May 5 – 15, 2005
In addition to many wonderful presentations given by Cultural District arts
January 3, 2005
Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater: Junie B. Jones January 9-10, 2005
organizations, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust opens its doors to hundreds of
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman
Pittsburgh Musical Theater: Grease
local, regional and international performers and ensembles. Thanks to
January 9, 2005
January 13 – 23, 2005
dedicated staff of the Facilities and Operations teams, led by Senior Vice
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Mitch Hedberg January 27, 2005
President and General Counsel David DeSimone, and the talented IATSE
January 20-22, 2005
crews, 2005 was another year filled with special guest performances and
Tim COnway and Harvey Korman
memorable theatrical moments.
1964 The Tribute February 18, 2005 Roots Of Rock and Roll XXXI
April 30, 2005
Operetta Extravaganza
Operetta Extravaganza: Vienna, Budapest, Paris May 16, 2005
Ten Tenors February 21, 2005 Pittsburgh Youth Ballet May 20 – 22, 2005 Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater: Circo Comedia February 27 – 28, 2005
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School
June 4, 2005
February 19, 2005
Lewis Black March 3, 2005
Donny Osmond February 21, 2005
Curious George
R&B Shower of Stars/Doo Wop
PHOTO: CAROL ROSEGG
Jeffrey Osborne March 6, 2005
June 11, 2005
March 5 and April 9, 2005
Point Park University: Playhouse Dance Company at the Byham II
Land of the Dead Premiere June 22, 2005
George Winston October 28, 2005
Care Bears Live
March 10 – 12, 2005
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh: Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Part I
Csardas: The Tango of the East American Hungarian Folklore October 31, 2005
Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater: Biglittle Things
July 15 – 17, 2005
Ashlee Simpson
March 25, 2005
March 13 – 14, 2005
Celtic Women July 23, 2005
November 3, 2005
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
August Wilson Center for African American Culture: Ralph Lemon
R&B Soulfest featuring KEM
Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater: Tweaksters
Larry The Cable Guy
March 17 – 20, 2005
March 26, 2005 Ashlee Simpson
Larry THe Cable Guy
Jerry Seinfeld
March 19, 2005
Kevin James
May 12, 2005
Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater: Children of Eden
Ron White
March 31 – April 3, 2005
May 14, 2005 Alison Krauss and Union Station
May 24, 2005
Banff Film Festival April 13, 2005 Bodiography Innovation April 22 – 23, 2005 Friends and Lovers April 26 – 29, 2005
Three Rivers Film Festival
August 21, 2005 Off the Record V September 29, 2005 Eddie Griffin October 7, 2005
November 13, 2005 Gov't Mule December 2, 2005 George WInston
Gerald Wilson directs the Roger Humphries Big Band October 8, 2005 Dreamworks: Dreamers the Movie
October 16, 2005 Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater: Curious George October 16 – 17, 2005 Henry Rollins October 17, 2005 Ebony Fashion Fair October 25, 2005
Ron White
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SUMMER FILM SERIES / CD LIVE
Need Visual Arts Headline Here
The Trust’s Summer Film Series
CD LIVE Concert Series
Co-presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural
Co-presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust,
Trust and Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Three Rivers Arts Festival and WYEP
August 3-20, 2005 Byham Theater
Created in 2003, CD Live is an ongoing, collaborative concert series present-
Medeski, Martin & Wood
ed in the Cultural District. During 2005, CD Live audiences enjoyed live music Polyester
performances from an eclectic array of innovative recording artists in an
Braveheart
intimate, acoustically advanced setting.
Cabaret Buddy Miller Wait Until Dark The Shining Foxy Brown Enter the Dragon Swingers The Way We Were An Affair to Remember
February 25, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth Citzen Cope
Raul Mala
March 17, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth Medeski, Martin and Wood April 10, 2005 Byham Theater Patty Griffin
April 30, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth Kathleen Edwards
May 14, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth Monty Python and the Holy Grail Bill Deasy Whale Rider
July 16, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth
Casablanca
Citizen Cope
Napoleon Dynamite Donnie Darko
Bonnie Raitt
Citizen Cope
September 16, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth Michael Penn
October 1, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth
Richard Thompson October 18, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth
Bonnie Raitt
Raul Malo
October 15, 2005 Benedum Center
November 5, 2005 Dowe’s on Ninth Dar Williams
November 12, 2005 Byham Theater
Wood Street PHOTO: _____________
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SPACE PHOTO: ____________________
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WOOD STREET GALLERIES
Need Headline Under the direction of artist and curator Murray Horne, Wood Street Galleries is a visual arts project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, exhibiting contemporary works, often of a multimedia or technically cutting-edge nature, by internationally acclaimed artists. The Galleries are located at 601 Wood Street, occupying two floors above the Wood Street “T” Station. All Wood Street exhibitions are free and open to the public. Wood Street Galleries also houses the Trust's shared office space program, which provides a home and tools for the following small arts organizations: Afrika Yetu, Inc. Breakthrough, Inc.
Over
21,000 visitors attended events and exhibits at Wood Street Galleries in 2005.
Guitar Society of Fine Art Mary Miller Dance Company PGH Live Music UMOJA African Arts Company Xpressions Contemporary Dance Company
Amorphic Robot Works
kracfive presents: MTV killed the video star!
360: Art in the Round
January 28-April 2, 2005 Featuring over 24 mechanical members of artist Chico MacMurtrie’s Amorphic Society.
April 22
September 9 - October 22, 2005 Explores the idea of all work emanating from a central core by various mediums, including camera obscura, closeD circuit surveillance and video projection.
Participating artists: Chico MacMurtrie + Amorphic Robot Works kracfive presents: I (heart) my robot
February 4 Music Video: 1982 – 2000
DJ Absolut + X24
May 13
Spring Lunchtime Lecture Series Ed Masley Columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Did Video Kill the Radio Star or send out of a stylist?
Participating artists: Simon Lee, Claire Lesteven, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Jonathan Schipper Bus Obscura by Simon Lee
With guest curator Ed Steinberg of ROCKAMERICA April 22 – June 18, 2005 An historical overview of music video
A look at the role of music videos on shaping the image of popular music May 13
September 09 - 10
as it developed as an art form, spanning 1982 – 2000. Participating artists: Doug Aiken, Beth B, Gretchen Bender, Anton Corbijn, Chris Cunningham, Michel Gondry, F. Gary Gray, Julia Heyward, Damien Hirst, Spike Jonze, David LaChapelle, Matthew Ralston, Herb Ritts, Mark Romanek, Zbigniew Rybczynski, Chuck Statler, Ellen Von Unwerth, Andy Warhol, Hype Williams, Jim Yukich, plus the work of over 40 other directors
David Shumway Professor of English and Literary and Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University Two Versions of the 60's: The Rolling Stones and The Grateful Dead
September 30, 2005
May 20 Justin Hopper Freelance Writer, Musician, Johnsons Big Band Digital Killed the Video Star
Broadband internet and digital television are killing music videos – and making them better May 27 Summer Party Mix
July 8 – August 20
Stephen R. Johnson, Brothers Quay, Nick Park, Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel, 1986 (detail)
Important early videos by pivotal artists of the ‘70’s and ‘80’s in flux with rising stars. Participating artists: Ant Farm, Cory Arcangel, Michel Auder, Chris Burden, Sophie Calle, Mary Lucier, Mekas, Nemuth et al, Charlotte Moorman, Tony Oursler, Nam June Paik, Pipilotti Rist, Carolee Schneemann, Willoughby Sharp, Bill Viola, William Wegman, Hannah Wilke
Bricolage presents John Walch’s Circumference of a Squirrel
What Sound Does a Color Make? With guest curator, Kathleen Forde
November 4 – December 31, 2005 Explores the synesthetic fusion of imagery and sound in contemporary art with its pre-digital roots. Participating artists: Scott Arford, Jim Campbell, D-Fuse (Keri Elmsly, Mike Faulkner, Matthias Kispert + Andy Stiff), Gary Hill, Thom Kubli, Nam June Paik + Jud Yalkut, Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner) in collaboration with D-Fuse, Fred Szymanski, Atau Tanaka, Steina Vasulka, Steina +Woody Vasulka, Stephen Vitiello
Fall Lunchtime Lecture Series Tracy Myers Curator of Architecture, The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art with Mark Dellana Vice President and General Manager of South Side Works Architecture, Development, and the Public Process
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Sctt Artford, Static Room, 2003
Charles Rosenblum Columnist, Pittsburgh City Paper The Differing Uses of Architectural History
October 14 Don Carter President, Urban Design Associates Pittsburgh - Back to the Future
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Static-Free
Need Headline for SPACE Located at 812 Liberty Avenue, SPACE is a gallery that is owned and operated by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and curated by Sharmila Venkatasubban. Featuring works in multi-disciplines by local and regional artists, SPACE, in 2005, had over 40 artist exhibits and performances and 12,795 visitors, a 36 percent increase in attendance from last year.
Domestic Politics
September 30 – October 24, 2005 Two- and three-dimensional works inspired by urban culture
January 28 – April 2, 2005 The six artists in this exhibition examine the institution of family and its relationship to the ideas that give it form.
Participating artists: Steve Powers, Futura 2000, Jerry “Joker” Inscoe, Maya Hayuk, Calma, Delta, Swoon, Tim Kaulen, Michael Walsh, Ryan MacKeen, Seak M.A.C.
Participating artists: Ross Christy, Rick Gribenas, Tom Hall, Mario Marzan, Arturo Rodriguez, and Kammy Roulner
Small Acts
Commemortative Objects: Divine Intervention Ministries
April 22 – May 6, 2005 SPACE and the Divine Intervention Ministries collaborated to explore the commemorative practices of families who lost loved ones to acts of violence. These installations of crafted objects, ready-mades and documentation reflected the processes group members use to work through issues of faith, grief, healing and remembrance.
November 11 – December 31, 2005 The artists in this exhibition ask questions about how we affect change through the simplest actions. Each project initiates dialogue about what we choose to see, say, do, buy, and think — and how we work through our most quotidian problems. Participating artists: Bob Bingham, Kathryn Sitter, Shaun Slifer, Ally Reeves, Josh MacPhee, L'Oxformidable, Carolina LoyolaGarcia and Tiffany Sum
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Miracles
Local Honey
June 3 – July 9, 2005 The projects in this exhibition examine the workings of economic systems, and the complex relationships that emerge from our participation in those systems. Each one operates as site of exchange — often using humor and satire — to interact with notions of commodity; the relationship between investment and return; and the value of cultural capital.
Wine Tasting
Participating artists: Kathleen Kranack, Michael Thomas, Miracles and Paperrad Dogfight: Ride Bold
Circuits of Steel Pitt Arts Reception/Alvin Ailey
Other District Gallery and Performance Spaces
Future Tenant Future Tenant, a project of Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprise and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, provides a laboratory setting for artists, arts managers and audiences. The space, which is provided by the Trust, is managed by students from the Master of Arts Management program, a joint program of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. In 2005, Future Tenant featured over 75 artists in the visual, performing and literary arts.
707 Penn Gallery
Urban Space: A BridgeSpotters Gallery, 709 Penn Avenue
707 Penn Avenue, a Trust-owned property, provides office space for ProArts, a Pittsburgh arts services organization that provides education programs, ticketing, marketing services, grants, business and legal consulting and other services to hundreds of area area arts organizations. The property houses a gallery on the ground floor. Exhibits at 707 Penn Gallery during 2005 included:
Located at 709 Penn Avenue, Urban Space was founded by artist Kamau Ware, with space provided by the Trust. In 2005, Urban Space attracted 3,000 visitors to the gallery and workshop space for artists, writers and performers.
Light and Glass
Bridge City
March 4 – April 8, 2005 4 Women
June 17 – August 26, 2005 Featuring works by Leslie Anslie, Christiane D., Vanessa German and Monique Luck
January 28 – February 26, 2005 Motorcycle Helmet Art The Grid (again) March 4 – April 2
September – November 2005
Associated Artists Open Member Show April 8 – 30, 2005
Curator's Shows: Paper Trail
September, 2005 Ellipsis | Multiple Choice
November, 2005 Participating artists and curators: Boice-Terrell Allen, Mogokolodi N. Boikanyo, Cheryl Capezutti, Aki Durham, Adam Grossi, Kyle Holbrook, Djakarta Jacobs, Dr. Lisa Lopez Levers, Erin O’Neil, Adrienne Powers, Chris Savido, Janera Solomon, Justin Strong, Kamau Ware, Ngoni Wilson, Sarah Williams
Tawdree (Three Rivers Arts Festival)
June 3 -19, 2005 Aaronel deRoy Gruber
September 9 – October 14, 2005 For The Endless Electric
Bradam Streiple Arts Festival/Citizen Cope After Party
Diva's and Friends, Fashion as Art
Biko Baker, Luqman Abdul Salaam, Khari Mosley
August/September 2005
DJ Kelly and DJ Ben Smith
Static Free (A collaboration with SPACE)
Wrecked Presents Darkmatter Sound System
September/October 2005
Andy Singer Lecture
Future Ten 2: Electric Boogaloo
Opening reception Kids Crawl Supernatural Toast & Tea event
November 2005
October 14 – 29 Clyde Hare: Mini Retrospective 1947 – 2005
November 25 – December 10 Aaronel deRoy Gruber, Cates of Eden, 2005
August 5-September 16, 2005 New video installations by Owen Smith and Giorgio Fati Arturo Rodriguez, Ford Boat
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Cabaret at Theater Square
Café Zao Creating culinary fusions based in Portuguese culture, Chef Toni Pais welcomed approximately 24,000 diners to Café Zao in 2005. In collaboration with the Cultural Trust’s Cabaret at Theater Square, Chef Pais branched out with three new wine and food tasting events in the Cabaret. In April, the restaurant celebrated its first anniversary with a preview dinner of Portuguese cuisine and wine. Chef Pais would later present that summer at the prestigious James Beard House in New York.
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust began programming a mix of live musical concerts to complement the successful run of Pittsburgh CLO’s Forever Plaid.
The Carolyn M. Byham WQED 89.3 FM Studio
left to right: Shari Richards; Lenora Nemetz; The Slovak Cowboy; Jimmy Sapienz; Boilermaker Jazz Band; Phat Man Dee
Bill Deasy
September 7, 2005
Late Night Cabaret Good Brother Earl
In 2005, Late Night Cabaret, organized by the Pittsburgh CLO, treated Cultural District patrons to a variety of local and national talent.
September 14, 2005
Late Night Cabaret Performers:
208,567 visitors parked in the Theater Aquare garage in 2005 Café Zao
Backstage Bar
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February 21, 2005 First Anniversary Celebration
In its first full year of operation, the Backstage Bar featured live performances and a full menu of appetizers, casual food, desserts and beverages in its intimate, 75-seat, smoke-free setting.
September 21, 2005 Son Volt
October 26, 2005
Bons Baisers de Paris (From Paris, with Love)
April 11, 2005
October 28, 2005
Adventures in Food and Wine featuring special guest Chris Fennimore
Downbeat in the District November 15, 2005-December 27, 2005
June 27, 2005 Steve Forbert Harvest Table
November 16, 2005
November 21, 2005 Ruff Creek
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The Slovak Cowboy Tim Hartman Name That Tune Tom Rocco Open Auditions Sheena Berkley Comedy and Improv Night Chris Barrett Variety Show College Open Mic Night Blue Jupiter Lost Vegas Heather Ferri Drew the Dramatic Fool Henry Shapiro Swing Dancing Clare Ascani Susquehanna Hat Co. Night at the Apollo Showcase Erin Burkett Shari Richards and Rick Purcell Duo Michael Murphy Band Bill Averman Gavan Pamer Ken Karsh Jason Coll Karen Dryer Shawnee Lake Phat Man Dee Dale Cinski
Shari Richards and Chris Francese Laura Solito Deana Muro GrooveLily Jimmy Sapienza’s Five Guys Named Moe Jay Hitt & Antonio Gatto Hypnotist Kevin Hurley Brad Yoder Adam Halpin Short Stuff Soma Mestizo Daphne Alderson The Gong Show Heart and Music Lily Abreu Christina Cataldo Lenora Nemetz Boilermaker Jazz Band Michele Bensen Kim Cea Gene Stovall Mama Spell Mystery’s Most Wanted Christmas Carol Sing-Along Carol for a Cure Chris Laitta’s TV Tunes
The Carolyn M. Byham Studio, housed in the Cultural Trust’s Theater Square complex, opened in 2004 as a remote, live broadcast studio for WQED 89.3 FM. In 2005, WQED 89.3 FM broadcasted 1,840 hours direct from the heart of the Cultural District and conducted 124 live interviews with such notable guests as Billy Boyd, actor in The Lord of the Rings; author Salmon Rushdie; trumpeter Doc Severinson; violinist Sarah Chang; conductor Sir Neville Marriner; and pianist Andre Watts among many others.
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E D U C AT I O N & C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T
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Led by vice president Janis Burley Wilson, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s
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ArtSTART: Programs for Students
Education and Community Engagement department is committed to making the arts more accessible to students, educators, and multicultural audiences of all ages. Audiences of every age and interest discover a wealth of exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth through per10 Student Matinees & Teacher Workshops
formances, lectures, workshops, and other activities aimed at stimulating the
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cultural vitality of Pittsburgh and providing access for all communities to the
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visual and performing arts.
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68,359 Students & Community Members Served
ArtSMART: Programs for Educators Tix for Teachers In 2005, more than 6,500 area educators took advantage of discounted tickets to performances, meet-and-greet opportunities with artists, a biannual newsletter, thank you gifts, and a special reception. Teacher Workshops Workshops included visual arts experiences, collaborations with select universities, and the Kennedy Center Partners in Education, which was expanded last year to Pittsburgh Public Schools providing access to the Kennedy Center's renowned educational resources.
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School Day Matinee Series Comprised of four student matinees in the Cultural District, along with study guides for educators, this ArtsAccess program series provides at-risk students with complimentary tickets for performances. The School Day Matinee Series is made possible with generous support from Equitable Resources Foundation, Inc. and the Dominion Foundation.
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ArtsPassport ArtsPassport continued in 2005, providing specially priced tickets to college students. Bus Subsidy Program Helping need-based students, the subsidy program made the performing arts accessible to many who would otherwise be unable to travel to the Cultural District. Art Excursions Upon request, a Trust staff member takes school and community groups on guided, comprehensive tours of the Cultural District. Theater Arts Workshops Offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the theater, these workshops help students explore career opportunities in the arts and prepare them for work on school theater productions.
University Socio-Educational Program Producing a series of pre-show programs that prepare students for performances, the Trust connects area college students with Pittsburgh’s cultural life. Internship Program Learning arts administration through hands-on experience, college students work in many departments of Trust while earning a stipend and attending seminars with arts leaders.
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ArtsREACH/Community Engagements Arts Access Provides subsidized tickets to social service organizations that serve children, at-risk students, seniors, and the socio-economically disadvantaged
2005 Education and Community Highlights Downbeat in the District Draws a diverse audience to Katz Plaza in the Cultural District for free, summer jazz performances, from local jazz legends to up-and-coming local musicians.
Gallery Crawl
Globe Theatre Workshops
This year marked the second year of the Trust’s free, quarterly showcase of art and entertainment in the Cultural District. Over 4,000 people attended Galley Crawls in 2005.
In partnership with The Pittsburgh Public Theater, two Globe Education practitioners visited 20 schools spanning six counties for a series of hands-on Shakespeare workshops
Cultural District Tour for Teachers
Theater Arts Workshop
In Fall 2005, over 150 area educators visited the Cultural District, touring District theaters and learning more about The Trust’s educational resources.
High school students had the opportunity to learn about various aspects of theater, including make-up, costume, lighting, sound, critiquing, stage combat, among others.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Masterclass
ArtsMASTERS Masterclasses/Workshops With direct access to performers and artists in many disciplines (dance, theater, music, etc.), students and community members come faceto-face with the individuals that create and perform what’s on our stages. Lectures/Cast Sessions Participants get to “know the show before they go” in engaging pre-performance talks and receive the opportunity to interact with members of the performing arts company through lively Q&A sessions with the cast members. ArtsMASTERS’ programming is made possible with generous support from PPG Industries Foundation.
Kids Holiday Crawl in the Cultural District A fun-filled day of kid-friendly activities throughout the Cultural District
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Gallery Crawls Free quarterly showcase of art and entertainment in the Cultural District that attracts an eclectic mix of young professionals, students, downtown residents and arts patrons Cultural Outreach Initiatives Designed to celebrate the region’s rich cultural diversity through activities during Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, International Week, and Women's History Month.. Such events include: Showcase Noir, She Said: Voices of Women and August (Wilson) in February.
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2005 Education & Engagement Collaborators
Events Kids’ Day in the District
February 5, 2005 Byham Theater Showcase Noir
February 26, 2005 Benedum Center She Said… Featuring Nikki Giovanni
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Kids’ Holiday Crawl in the Cultural District
April 6, 2005 Byham Theater
Student Matinees
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, San Jose Taiko, August (Wilson) in April, Handspring & Sogolon Puppet Companies, Broadway Junior on Tour, etc.
Education Project
October 29-November 4, 2995 Kids’ Holiday Crawl in the Cultural District
December 3, 2005 ArtsMASTERS
Participating companies included Les Miserables, DanceBrazil, Patti LuPone, Alvin Ailey, San Jose Taiko, Little Shop of Horrors, Radio City Rockettes, and more!
Kikki Giovanni
Presented in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Saturdays in the City
African American Cultural Center Artists Upstairs Bridgespotters Calliope CAPA High School Carnegie Mellon University Dance Alloy School, Frick International School Manchester Craftsmen's Guild PITT ARTS Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company Point Park University Bricolage Three Rivers Arts Festival University of Pittsburgh Youthworks Jewish Community Center Nego Gato Pittsburgh Public Theater UPMC Presbyterian, among others.
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FIRST NIGHT PITTSURGH
The First Step into the New Year
First Night Participating Artists & Organizations 24-Hour Plays Pittsburgh
Phat Man Dee
African American Cultural Center Gallery
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts & Anne Angyal
Amish Monkeys improv troupe
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
First Night Pittsburgh, an event presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural
Arthur Murray Dance Studio
Trust, has become Pittsburgh’s premier New Year’s Eve celebration.
Attack Theatre
Pittsburgh Musical Theatre: The Civil War Experience
Thanks in part to the planning and production assistance of Three Rivers Arts
Balmoral Highlanders Pipe Band & Dancers
Psychic Nina
Festival, First Night Pittsburgh 2006 attracted 25,000 visitors to the Cultural
Betsy DiSalvo
Ray Ryan's Riverside Band
District on Saturday, December 31, 2005. The city reveled in a joyous cele-
Bill Godfrey
Rich Bubin
Blues Café with Wil E. Tri Blues Band
Rich Ferro
Brad Yoder
River City Brass Band
Carin Mincemoyer and Kenny Marshall
Ruff Creek
Citiparks Roving Art Cart
Sandra L. Gould Ford
Comcast Corner of Ninth and Penn
Silverbacks
David Lawrence and Lady Cynthia
SO-AD (David Burns, Abigail Hart Gray, Jason Morris)
bration of the arts: dance, music, comedy, theater, visual art and film, plus hands-on activities for children and adults. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust gratefully acknowledges the First Night Pittsburgh 2006 sponsors for their generous support of this community-wide celebration of the arts: R.K. Mellon Foundation, Target, Duquesne Light, Giant Eagle, Comcast, Dollar Bank, Eden Hall Foundation, Mellon Financial Corporation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Senator Jay Costa, Jr., Senator Jane Orie, Allegheny County Chief Executive, the Honorable Dan Onorato, Columbia Gas, Dominion Foundation, Grable Foundation, Heinz Endowments, Roy A. Hunt Foundation, The Hillman Company, Oxford Development Company, Reed Smith, Infinity Broadcasting, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, WPXI TV, WDUQ 90.5 FM, WQED 89.3 FM and WYEP 91.3 FM.
Dollar Bank Main Stage Duquesne Light Family Tent Equipoise: Couples Exhibition Gab Bonesso's Interactive Comedy Show Heinz Hall Garden Johnny Angel and the Halos Leslie Clague Madame Zelda's Fortune Booth Matt Grabanic Mike Finch Project featuring Tony Campbell Mon Gumbo On Every Corner: the Short Series
Sounds of Pittsburgh Chorus: A Chapter of Sweet Adelines International Squonk Opera Susan Englert Target First Night Parade Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery Exhibition: By Design Tim Kaulen UMOJA Dance and Interactive Drum Circle Urban Space: A BridgeSpotters Gallery Venture Outdoors Watercolors Gallery
Owen Smith Pennsylvania Culinary Institute
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S H A R E D S E RV I C E S
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Established in 1999, the Trust’s Shared Services Department has forged a platform for collaboration within a core group of regional arts organizations based in the Cultural District, including: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Shared Services provides joint programs for healthcare coverage, credit card processing, printing, office supplies, and other services and commodities to improve customer service, build revenue and lower operating expenses. There was no shortage of Shared Services’ successes in 2005, including: Since its inception in 1999, Shared Services’ joint programs in healthcare, credit card processing, printing, office supplies, and other services and commodities have achieved direct savings and cost avoidance of approximately $2.5 million. The Tessitura Arts Enterprise Software was implemented as the patron relationship management software solution for Cultural District ticketing, fundraising and marketing.
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Shared Services presented its model to arts groups in Buffalo, Cleveland, Dallas and Phoenix/Scottsdale to help their respective communities realize greater operating efficiencies. An article in the November 2005 issue of Arts Reach featured the smART Database and praised Shared Services for its high level of collaboration among arts organizations in the Cultural District. Given the success of the joint holiday promotional catalogs over the last three years, Cultural District marketing leaders added spring and fall catalogs in 2005 to increase the District’s visibility and audience. Shared Services executed bi-weekly e-mail updates to patrons with a link to event listings of Cultural District performances. Shared Services hosted the second annual Collaboration, Continuation, and Cooperation, celebration on December 20th, bringing together the boards of trustees and staff members from all six Cultural District organizations involved in the Shared Services project.
The joint promotional direct mailers were sent in Spring, Fall and during the Holidays
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Pittsburgh CLO
Harris Theater
Since 1946, the Pittsburgh CLO has been the driving force behind the region’s thriving musical theater scene. Pittsburgh CLO garners support from nearly 200,000 patrons each year.
Renovated by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in 1999, the Harris Theater showcases independent and foreign films presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers. In 2005, the Harris had 579 screenings and 10,000 visitors.
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture
2005 Performances at the Benedum Center Gene Kelly Awards 2005 A Little Night Music Sound of Music The Pirates of Penzance Tommy Carousel Doctor Doolittle A Musical Christmas Carol Byham Theater Forever Plaid Theater Square
At the Core of the Community
In 2005, the Pittsburgh Public Theater held
225 performances in the Trust’s O’Reilly Theater drawing 85,805 visitors to the Cultural District.
Late Night at the Cabaret Theater Square
Pittsburgh Public Theater Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the nation’s eighth largest ballet company, performs an eclectic repertoire, from the great nineteenth-century classics to new works by some of the world's most promising choreographers.
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Performances at the Benedum Center Sleeping Beauty A Tribute to Paul Simon Madame Butterfly Carmen The Nutcracker
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Harlan County, USA
Save the Green Planet
Bad Education
Shake Hands with the Devil
Beautiful Boxer
Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace
Before sunset
Hearts and Minds
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Being Julia
Hero
Tell Them Who You Are
Beyond the Sea
Hidden Fortress
The Animation Show
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train
The Motorcycle Diaries
Born into Brothels
Imaginary Heroes
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Iron Island
Breakfast on Pluto
Keane
Callas Forever
Kinsey
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Cote d’Azur
Kontroll
The World
Deserted Station
Last Victory
The World's Fastest Indian
Donnie Darko
Mayses on Christo
Three Outlaw Samurai
Dorian Blues
Memory of a Killer
Tony Takitani
Dorian Blues
Mirror Mask
Torremolinos 73
Dr. Strangelove
Moolaade
Vera Drake What the Bleep Do We Know?
Nickelodeon
White Christmas
Pittsburgh Opera, celebrating 68 years of opera in southwestern Pennsylvania, is the eighth oldest opera company in the U.S.
Since 1975, Pittsburgh Public Theater has drawn a wide range of audiences by offering artistically diverse productions of the highest quality.
2005 Performances at the Benedum Center
2005 Performances at the O’Reilly Theater
Faust
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fidelio
The Tempest
Maecenas XXI
The Bird Sanctuary
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
My Beautiful Girl Mari
Rigoletto
Lobby Hero
Eternal
November
Ariadne Auf Naxos
RolePlay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
On the Waterfront
Yellowman The Chief
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Shorts
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Overnight
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The Nomi Song The Sea Inside The Times of Harvery Milk
Formerly The African American Cultural Center, The August Wilson Center for African American Culture (AWC) enhances knowledge and deepens appreciation of the arts, culture and history of African Americans in Western Pennsylvania and people of African descent worldwide through engaging exhibitions, performing arts and educational programs. The AWC broke ground in 2005 at the site of its future, permanent home and gallery space at the intersection of Liberty Avenue, 10th Street and William Penn Way. In June 2005, the AWC opened 209/9th Street Gallery which attracted 2,000 visitors.
Throughout 2005, the AWC presented and collaborated on innovative, thought-provoking programming: Exhibit: Generations: Six African American Artists Exhibit: Women of A New Tribe: A Photographic Celebration of the African American Woman Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet co-presented with the Pittsburgh Dance Council Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater co-presented with the Pittsburgh Dance Council Handspring & Sologon Puppet Companies’ Tall Horse co-presented with The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Ralph Lemon Sekou Sundiata
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Mark Bamuthi Joseph co-presented with The Andy Warhol Museum
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Ong Bak: Thai Warrior
Fishing with John
Pgh. International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Funny Ha Ha
Samurai Rebellion
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Saraband
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The Trust’s Connection to the Public The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company In its second full year of performances at the Jackman Building, 542 Penn Avenue in the Cultural District, The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company continued to offer notable, intimate theatrical productions to diverse audiences totaling 4,500 in 2005. The Butter and Egg Man Marion Visions Nine Day's in the Sun Pittsburgh Pride Fest Joe Turner’s Come and Gone The Theatre Festival in Black and White Stain
Bricolage Bricolage uses the distinctive resources of the Pittsburgh region to create theatrical events that stimulate a heightened sense of audience involvement. In the fall of 2005, Bricolage moved to its new home in the Cultural District at the Trust’s 937 Liberty Avenue property. Drawing a steady audience of several hundred visitors to the District, Bricolage held half a dozen events, including two premieres in December: The B.U.S. Project and Mission: Delight for First Night, featuring 42 local artists.
Assisting the Trust in technology planning and employment, the Trust’s Information Systems Department, headed by Chief Information Officer Jonathan Edmonds, keeps a number of non-profit arts organizations connected to each other and the world.
Three Rivers Arts Festival Founded in 1959 by the Women's Committee of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Three Rivers Arts Festival is dedicated to connecting the community to the arts. The Festival’s administrative offices are located in the Trust’s property at 937 Liberty Avenue. Upsy Daisy! Recent works by Debra Kayes and Elizabeth Deasy
The B.U.S. Project: Bricolage Urban Scrawl 6 playwrights, 6 new 10-minute shorts
March 11-April 30, 2005
December 2005
Art Exhibits at 937 Liberty
Prime Stage Theatre
Mission: Delight
2005 Annual Exhibition
Prime Stage Theatre, which is housed in the Trust’s property at 937 Liberty Avenue, is committed to engaging adolescents and families in the discovery of live theatre by producing adaptations of literature, new plays and other works, which celebrate the achievements of young people and adults.
December 31, 2005 (First Night Pittsburgh)
June 3 - July 22
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
July 2005 911 Penn Avenue
The Terezin Promise
The Word
The Cay
September 2005
Gatherings in Graveyards
937 Liberty Avenue, 1st floor
2005 Staged Reading Performance Series
May 2005 Blood of the Bear June 2005 Wood Street Galleries Trojan Women by Euripides
A Little Princess Circumference of a Squirrel date?? Wood Street Galleries
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Information Systems
Hidden in Plain Sight/The Forest in the City Curated by Katherine Talcott and Connie and Tom Merriman
September 9 - October 21, 2005
Participating artists: Robert Beckman, Tom Bigatel, Paul Bowden, Tina Brewer, Leslie Clague, Bill Cravis, Jill Daves, Deanne Dunbar, Maki Funai, Will Giannotti, Adam Grossi, Maggie Haas, Adrienne Heinrich, Robin Hewlett, Cassandra C. Jones, Paul Krainak, Janet Kreiger, ladyboy, Ben Matthews, Connie & Tom Merriman, Kathleen Montgomery, Rise Nagin, Jill Palermo, Prajna Paramita Parasher, David Pohl, Shawn Quinlan, Robert Raczka, J. Rakieski, Tom Sarver, Carrie Schneider, Alfonso Sloan, Debra Tomson, Mary Tremonte, Tresa Varner, Patricia Villalobos, Echeverria, Tom Weinrich, Jeff Zets and Mark Zets
By Design Curated by Neil Donnelly, Rick Landesberg, Katherine Talcott, and Brett Yasko
November 4 - December 31, 2005
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s website, www.pgharts.org, welcomed nearly 2,000,000 visitors in 2005, representing a 66 percent increase from the previous year. Over six million pages were viewed from the site, which offered expanded functionality including video and audio previews of coming events and better integration with the ticketing system to provide enhanced customer service. Also managing the Cultural District’s website, www.culturaldistrict.org, the Information System’s Department reports that over 800,000 visitors came to the site last year with many browsing the site for over 10 minutes per visit. Most notable was the addition of online single ticket sales for all six Cultural District organizations under the Shared Services’ Department, offering one stop online shopping for events and activities within the District. Perhaps one of the most visible components of your visit to the Cultural District, the outdoor video boards and indoor plasma screens at Theater Square delivered more than 2 million
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messages from over 30 organizations to Cultural District visitors. The outdoor boards also served to provide a live simulcast for the Pittsburgh CLO’s Gene Kelly Awards and a countdown to 2006 during First Night Pittsburgh. Beyond the publicly accessed technology-based services, the Information Systems Department also serves a number of non-profit Cultural District arts organizations with ad hoc support of their computer and printing systems.
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