Readings
Carnegie Library Sunday Poetry & Reading Series. Sally Rosen Kindred, June 17; Leslie Anne McIlroy, July 15; and Carolyne Whelan, Aug. 19. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3114
Cave Canem. Cave Canem poets Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes, Angela Jackson and Thomas Sayers Ellis, June 21. City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, North Side. [email protected]
Clowder & Pack — A Pop-Up Bookstore Benefiting Assemble. Readings by locals and guests and a book sale benefit the art/tech space, May 24-27. Cats and Dogs Coffee, Bloomfield. clowderandpack.blogspot.com
Equanimity: The Peacemakers Poetry Series. Joan Bauer, Marc Jampole and Mike Schneider, June 7; Angele Ellis, Roberta Hatcher, Jill Khoury and Liane Norman, June 14; and Renee Alberts, Nikki Allen, Gene Hirsch and Ed Murray, June 21. Organized by Romella Kitchens. Big Idea Bookstore, Bloomfield. 412-687-4323
Evolver Convergence. This gathering of the Evolver Society Movement features the opening-night "Electric Jesus Reading," June 1. The Wherehouse, Bloomfield. 724-822-8070
Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series. Jan Beatty, Ed Ochester and Judith Vollmer, May 29; Squirrel Hill Poetry Workshop readers including Anthony Ciotoli, Ann Curran, Nancy Esther James, Randy Minnich, Pam O'Brien, Joanne Samraney and Shirley Stevens, June 5; David Adès, Kristopher Collins, Barbara Edelman and Ellen McGrath Smith, June 12; Jim Daniels, Rosaly DeMaios Roffman and Philip Terman, June 19; Mike James, Lori Wilson and Michael Wurster, June 26; Timons Esaias, Roberta Hatcher, Joseph Karasek, Jill Khoury and Richard St. John, July 3; Jay Carson, Walt Peterson and Judith Robinson, July 10; Joan E. Bauer, Robert Gibb and Michael Simms, July 17; Renée Alberts, Elizabeth Hoover, Marc Jampole and Sankar Roy, July 24; and Nour Abdelghani, Madalon Amenta, Marilyn Bates, Jerome Crooks, Victoria Dym, Gene Hirsch, Don Wentworth, Sarah Williams-Devereux and Jimmy Cvetic, July 31. Hemingway's Café, Oakland. [email protected]
Mystery Lovers Bookshop. Kathryn Miller Haines, July 7; Alafair Brooke and Andrew Gross, July 15; Allison Leotta, July 21; Francine Matthews, July 23; Alex Kava, July 28; Nancy Martin, Aug. 4; Kathleen George, Aug. 24. Oakmont. 412-828-4877
The New Yinzer Presents. G.M. Holder, Mike Knapps, Miles Budimir and Mark Mattern, May 24. ModernFormations Gallery, Garfield. tnypresents.blogspot.com
Outspoken Speakers Series. Spoken-word open mike hosted by Leslie "Ezra" Smith, May 26, June 23, July 28 and Aug. 25. Sandidge Photography Studio, Garfield. 412-607-2787
Short Story Month Reading. Jennifer Bannan, Sherrie Flick, Anjali Sachdeva and Jennifer Howard, May 31. ModernFormations, Garfield. 412-362-0274
South Side Presbyterian Church Coffee House. Judith Vollmer and Philip Terman (poetry), June 8. South Side. www.autumnhouse.org
Speaking Of. The multi-genre series presents opera singer Erica Olden, dance by Texture Contemporary Ballet, poetry by Khary Jackson, and more, June 16. New Hazlett.
Steel City Poetry Slam. Monthly spoken-word competition, June 19, July 17. Shadow Lounge, East Liberty. 412-362-8277
Writers LIVE. Ron Tanner (From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story), June 6; Michael Sims (The Story of Charlotte's Web), June 21; and Nora Zelevansky (Semi-Charmed Life), July 26. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-622-8866
Index - Theater Companies and Venues
Amish Monkeys. Point Breeze. www.amishmonkeys.com
Apple Hill Playhouse. Delmont. 724-468-5050
August Wilson Center. Downtown. 412-258-2700
The Bald Theatre Co. Lawrenceville. www.baldtheatre.org
Benedum Center. Downtown. 412-456-6666
Bricolage Theatre. Downtown. 412-394-3353
Byham Theater. Downtown. 412-456-6666
Cabaret at Theater Square. Downtown. 412-456-6666
Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead. Munhall. 412-368-5225
City Theatre. South Side. 412-431-2489
demaskus, inc. North Side. www.demaskus.showclix.com
Future Tenant. Downtown. www.futuretenant.org
Johnny Appleseed Children's Theater. Delmont. 724-468-5050
Little Lake Theatre. Canonsburg. 724-745-6300
Looking Glass Theatre. Canonsburg. 412-561-4402
New Hazlett Theater. North Side. 412-320-4610
New Olde Bank Theatre. Verona. 412-251-7904
No Name Players. Oakland. www.nonameplayers.org
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. Fox Chapel. 412-621-1499
Organic Theater Pittsburgh. Various locations. 412-480-1379
Pittsburgh CLO. Downtown. 412-325-1582
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Co. (PICT). Oakland. 412-561-6000
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Co. Downtown. www.pghplaywrights.com
Pittsburgh Public Theater. Downtown. 412-316-1600
Playhouse Jr. Oakland. 412-621-4445
Playhouse REP. Oakland. 412-621-4445
Quantum Theatre. Various locations. 412-697-2929
South Park Theatre. South Park. 412-831-8552
Stage 62. Carnegie. 412-429-6262
Steel City Improv Theater. North Side. www.steelcityimprov.com
The Summer Company. Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-243-5201
Terra Nova Theatre Group. Lawrenceville. [email protected]
The Theatre Factory. Trafford. 412-374-9200
Throughline Theatre Company. Lawrenceville. www.throughlinetheatre.org
Unseam'd Shakespeare. Oakland. 412-621-0244
