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This is a sample of the old plain text, manually created, Happenings email, which worked well for over 3 years. Jason is quite happy he no longer has to sift through everyone's emails.
Happenings
December 10, 2003
1. PSVN happy hour (tonight)
2. B U Z Z 2 (Fri)
3. Irma Freeman @ Garfield Artworks (Fri)
4. DJs, Good to Your Earholes: John Arnold (Fri)
5. Leukemia Benefit Concert (Fri)
6. EaSy DoEs It (Sat)
7. Food Drive (drop off Sat)
8. AMP Call For Artists
9. rehearsal/performance space
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Mullaneys Harp and Fiddle is the site for a Pittsburgh Singles Volunteer Network (PSVN) happy hour and guest bartender night on Wednesday, December 10th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and you are invited!
The PSVN staff and board of directors will be on hand to work as guest bartenders, pouring and serving your favorite liquid libation. All of the tips collected this evening will be donated to PSVN, so give early, give often, and give generously! Harp and Fiddle and PSVN will also be offering free light munchies and snacks for all PSVN members and their friends, along with special drink specials!
In addition, PSVN will also be featuring a bulls-eye raffle (you will have to come to the event to see what this is all about!) as well as selling tickets for a drawing to win a Road Flair purse specially created just for PSVN from our friends at Littlearth.
This event is a great way to meet fellow singles, help PSVN with its fundraising efforts, and make a few new friends along the way! We will also have a table set up so singles can join PSVN right on the spot - so be sure to bring a friend that would like to find out more about PSVN. No reservations or RSVPs necessary - just show up that evening! Hope to see you there!
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Singles. Volunteers. Mix well. Enjoy. Volunteering with Pittsburgh Singles Volunteer
Network is one cocktail that offers more than an olive on a stick. To find out
more, visit <http://www.psvn.org>.
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Thank you to all of the brave people who weathered the storm this past Friday to join us for a night of music. We were surprised and pleased to see all of you. For those of you who couldn't make it, we have been able to get the artists to commit again this Friday. Please join us.
B U Z Z
A Black Forum Exhibition
Friday, December 12, 2003
Showroom Lofts
5530 Penn Avenue, between Negley & Stratford
9pm - 3am
Featuring:
Liz Berlin of Rusted Root <http://www.lizberlin.com>
Brad Yoder <http://www.bradyoder.com>
Anna Bouman - singer/pianist from Kansas City
PGH/Delta Blues Project featuring Marc Ferris
Barrett Black Band
$5 admission for entertainment
free beer w/ proper id
BYOB Please!
More info: 412-363-0820
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Irma Freeman: A celebration of her life and art on the 100th anniversary of her birth
Friday, December 12th, 2003, 7-10 PM
The Garfield Artworks, 4913 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
412-802-7096
featuring live music by members of ATS, the Ferral Family, the Cuff and Alexei
& the Justins
Irma Freeman (1903 - 1994)
Irma Freeman was an inspired and prolific artist who painted for over half a century, creating an enormous body of artwork right here in the heart of Pittsburgh. She produced over 500 canvases, numerous pieces of hand-painted furniture, thousands of drawings and greeting cards, and wrote and illustrated 3 small books. Her imagination and creativity allowed her to transcend the struggles of poverty and, later, the difficulties of aging and the sorrows of losing her loved ones. In her later years Irma often said that it was her painting that gave her the will to live.
Irma painted extraordinary still lives, landscapes and portraits, often in bold, vivid colors. Some of them are reinventions of her humble surroundings and spirited images of herself, her family and her friends. Others are of memories of her youth in Germany, of her fantasies, and of her dreams. Certain running motifs (her cat, a round table, a ceramic pitcher, a mortar and pestle) impart a sense of familiarity and hominess to many of her works. Like Chagall, Irma often explored the nebulous place between two and three-dimensions. Like Matisse and Bonnard, the backgrounds of her paintings are as evocative as the subjects.
Irma was a largely self-taught artist whose youthful spirit of adventure remained with her until her death at the age of 90. Over the decades, and notably into her eighties, her work shows the influence of the study of her favorite painters and evolves from a more formal to a freer, more expressive style,
Irma's works, and her life, were filled with the light of love. Her wonderful
talents and charming personality moved the hearts of all who knew her. Irma
still has much to teach us: about living and loving, about overcoming suffering
and loss, and about finding freedom within ourselves.
The Event: Come celebrate a birthday retrospective!
To commemorate what would have been her 100th birthday, this exhibit will present a selection of 100 paintings by Irma Freeman, most of which have never been seen by the public. This is a special one-night event featuring live music by members of ATS, the Ferral Family, the Cuff and Alexei & the Justins, films, and slides about Irma's life and work by her family and friends. There will also be a digital slide show of more than 400 of her works. In the spirit of her memory, there will be an opportunity to interact with the artwork in the exhibition space through writing and art-making. A special reception will feature Irma's favorite foods: matzo ball soup, potato kugel, her savory potato salad, and more!
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@ the warhol: DJs, Good to Your Earholes
Good Fridays
December 12, 6 p.m.
$3 cover
(entrance gallery)
Detroit DJ and Ubiquity Records recording artist John Arnold will perform a
DJ set in the Museum's entrance gallery. The multi-talented musician is equally
happy playing guitar with his acoustic jazz combo Blackman & Arnold, or
as a club DJ spinning jazz, broken beat, techno and house. Various Pittsburgh
DJs will start off the evening. Co-presented with Milk Records.
more info on John Arnold at http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/ur136.html
The Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky Street --North Street
412.237.8300
www.warhol.org
One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
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LEUKEMIA BENEFIT CONCERT AT THE BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN!
FRIDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 12, 2003, Starting at 9:00 P.M.
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH!
The Bloomfield Bridge Tavern is located at: 4412 Liberty Ave. in Bloomfield,
Across the street from the Foodland at the foot of the Bloomfield Bridge.
Phone: 412-682-8611. Suggested Donation: $5.00-$10.00.
The evening will begin with Pittsburgh Rock Band, Aaron Burr, followed by a Pittsburgh All-Star Blues Jam, featuring: Billy Evanochko and Shades of Blue, Zach Tyler from BluRazor, Billy Dillon and members of CBG Connection, and Hank Raffetto, Nick Crano, & Teenage Guitar Phenom, Zach Wiesinger from Jill West and Blues Attack.
My brother has Leukemia, and I am working on behalf of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Pittsburgh to organize a series of fundraisers. If you're in a band, and would like to play for a future Leukemia Benefit, please let me know! Send E-Mail to Deena Alansky at: deena@learnaboutleukemia.org <mailto:deena@learnaboutleukemia.org>
LEUKEMIA WEB SITE BEING DEVELOPED
I am developing a Leukemia Web Site: www.learnaboutleukemia.org <http://www.learnaboutleukemia.org/>.
You can read about my brother on this web site, and also find links to Leukemia
resources. This is a one-page preliminary site, but it will be GROWING SOON!
My goal is for this site to be a resource guide and online community for Leukemia patients and their families and friends. I will be encouraging Leukemia patients and survivors to send in poems, stories, art, music, photographs, etc. in order to share their experience. If you or someone you know has been affected by Leukemia, please feel free to share your experience with others via the Learn About Leukemia web site. For more info, please send e-mail to: info@learnaboutleukemia.org <mailto:info@learnaboutleukemia.org>.
Sincerely,
Deena N. Alansky
E-Mail: deena@learnaboutleukemia.org <mailto:deena@learnaboutleukemia.org>
Learn About Leukemia web site: www.learnaboutleukemia.org <http://www.learnaboutleukemia.org>
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EaSy DoEs It
art designs/works by Corey Antis, Peter Burr, Brittany Reilly, Chad
Dawkins, Libby McInnis, Hooligan Ship, and more
Come to the mexican war streets for this one-night art extreme jam.
Emerging artists from pittsburgh, chicago, new york, and lubbock have converted
part of the Federal North medical facility into a showspace party zone to exhibit
paintings, moving images, and sculptural installations alongside live tunes.
Come to the Federal North Building (at the corner of federal and north.....1307 Federal Street) on Saturday December 13th at 8pm. Garage parking is free, Refreshments will be served.
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Hi! We need your help!
Join the East End Community Stand for Peace in Feeding Hungry Families During
the Holidays.
Bring canned and other non-perishable foods to the corner of Penn & Highland
Avenues between Noon and 2 PM on Saturday, December 13th.
Donations will go to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank for distribution to families in need during the holidays.
For more information, call Craig at 412.441.5486 or Moira and Mark at 412.683.7478, or see the web site for Peace & Justice activities in the Pittsburgh area at: www.thomasmertoncenter.org <http://www.thomasmertoncenter.org/>.
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AMP CALL FOR ARTISTS
AMP is a three-month series of local art, music, and performance presented by The Sprout Fund in partnership with Club Café, The Andy Warhol Museum, and the Brew House Association. Showcasing the local artists thriving in Pittsburgh, the series will feature:
- Local bands live at Club Café in January
- Visual artists exhibiting at The Warhol in February
- Performing artists on stage at the Brew House in March
AMP offers Pittsburgh's most innovative artists the opportunity to create, showcase, and promote their work through a series of events that introduce new audiences to the many local artists creating a vibrant arts scene in Pittsburgh.
The Sprout Fund is making a call for artists to participate in the group show at The Warhol in February and performance series at the Brew House I.A.C. Garage in March. Artwork entered for consideration in The Warhol group show can be dropped off on January 31 and February 1, 2004. Proposals for the Brew House performance series are due on January 16, 2004. To obtain a prospectus with the specific details and requirements to be considered for the February and March events, visit amp2004.sproutfund.org.
If you are a musician and would like to submit contact information for your group, please send an email to amp.music@sproutfund.org.
AMP is open to all artists residing in the 13-county Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania region of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
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We recently read an article in a local weekly publication with great interest. The subject was the need for alternative rehearsal/performance spaces in Pittsburgh. The challenge here seems to be affordability, and location. We can sympathize, being a small dance organization/company who have self-produced with very little funding since 1999.Theatres, regardless of size, are often cost prohibitive. Small arts organizations need time to gradually increase their audience base. In 2002 we began presenting our dance/theatre productions in our homebase/rehearsal space-Helios Arts in Shadyside. The space is large, adaptable, and affordable. Besides, being home to Ampersand Dance Theatre, Helios Arts is also home to Centro Flamenco de Pittsburgh, Nego Gato Inc, John Colombo Photography, and many solo artists and fitness groups throughout the community. Our last two dance concerts were held with great success and attendance. In fact, if we could have predicted such a large turnout for Indiechor 2002, we could've added a second performance. We find that people these days are interested in more intimate spaces that are used creatively. Part of the solution to finding affordable rehearsal/performance spaces is for small arts groups to open the lines of communication and work together. We believe that anyone interested in taking a look at our space will find it very adaptable to a variety of dance and theatrical rehearsals and performances.
Laura A. Hodge,
Artistic Director
<<http://www.helios-arts.com>>
Helios Arts
5440 Centre Avenue, Suite 203
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-605-0558
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