Silent Auction Benefit at Dance Party This Friday
This Friday night, a group of electronic music DJs from all across Pittsburgh are uniting to hold a big dance party at the Mexico City Restaurant in downtown Pittsburgh. They have chosen the Arts Greenhouse to be a beneficiary of this party, and are holding a silent auction as a part of the event for the Arts Greenhouse. This is a 21+ event, so none of our participants will be able to attend – but Arts Greenhouse Program Coordinator, Amos Levy (myself), will be there to speak on behalf of the program.
Friday, September 16
Mexico City, 409 Wood St.
Downtown, PGH
$5, 21+, 8pm-2am
Buffet @ 8pm
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Here’s what the party promoters have to say about the event:
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Talk On 9.12.11 With Author Sujatha Fernandes
The Arts Greenhouse is a project of The Center for the Arts In Society at Carnegie Mellon. This Tuesday, the Center is bringing in a rising star in the world of hip-hop scholarship to talk about her new book: Close To The Edge: In Search of the Global Hip-Hop Generation. Although this talk will be aimed at a University audience, we still encourage Arts Greenhouse participants to attend. Anyone else who is interested is welcome to attend as well. This is a free event.
Sujatha Fernandes
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Tuesday, September 13
Margaret Morrison Hall, Room 103
Carnegie Mellon University
4:30 PM
This talk explores whether the culture of hip hop can forge global alliances between Afro-descendant people. The American culture of hip hop was integrated into the arsenal, repertoire, and landscape of black youth across the globe. But through an exploration of hip hop in four cities, the talk reveals that the global hip hop ‘hood may be more a fantasy than a reality. Hip hop had galvanized the imagination of young people around the world, but it couldn’t erase the differences between them, or the difficulties of translating lives, cultures, and political visions.
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After the talk, Dr. Fernandes will be heading to East Liberty to produce at radio show at The Waffle Shop, which will be broadcast live on 88.3 WRCT, Pittsburgh – and also broadcast live in Caracas, Venezuela. The radio show is presented by La Cocina Arepas, the third iteration of Conflict Kitchen (next to the Waffle Shop in E. Liberty).
LIVE! ON THE RADIO will simultaneously air both Pittsburgh and Caracas, highlighting contemporary culture and politics in Venezeula through live hip-hop performances, readings by Venezuelan science fiction writer Israel Centeno, guest of City of Asylum in Pittsburgh, and interviews with Chavista barrio activists in Caracas.
The show will be presented in both Spanish and English.
Arts Greenhouse Classes Start September 10!
Arts Greenhouse is starting up again on the 10th! Sorry for the late notice. I hope you can make it.
Arts Greenhouse sessions will continue every Saturday, from 1pm to 5pm, until December 17th – except for November 26th. Free pizza and beverage for all participants. We will be meeting at Carnegie Mellon, in Margaret Morrison Hall, room A14.
There will be no shuttle bus this Fall. We plan to bring the bus back as soon as we find funding to cover it.
Registration for Arts Greenhouse classes is open. Participants will be required to complete registration forms at the beginning of the first class. If you cannot attend on the 10th, come to the next class.
Our first class will be lead by Nico Slate and Amos Levy. We’ll be working on writing a group mission statement – and then turning it into rhyme.
For more information contact Amos Levy, Program Coordinator: 412-268-5279.
Arts Greenhouse Volume Three – A Mixtape: Now Online!
The full Arts Greenhouse Volume Three mixtape is now available for free preview and download on our music page. Click over to http://www.pghbeatmakers.com/music/. It represents a remarkable amount of talent, growth, and dedication from a diverse group of Pittsburgh teens. I’d go so far as saying it’s my favorite CD from the Arts Greenhouse yet.
Many thanks to our supporters, especially the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Heinz Endowments. You believed in our vision for this project and made it possible to realize. Many thanks to Carnegie Mellon and the Center for the Arts in Society, especially Paul Eiss, director of the center, and Anna Houck, bussiness manager for the center.
Big thank you’s to Riccardo Schulz and Herman Pearl. You both combine audio engineering expertise with warm patience and guidance for beginning recording artists. This CD would not be nearly the same without your help.
Thank you to all our faculty advisors at Carnegie Mellon. Natalie Ozeas and Nico Slate provided the necessary guidance and wisdom to develop the Arts Greenhouse program. An extra big thanks to Judith Schachter, director of the Arts Greenhouse, and founder of the program. Your determination to keep this program going has created a unique space for wonderful events, connections, community and artistic work.
Thanks to all the help we have received from community partners, especially: 720 Music, The ACLU, The Pittsburgh Public Schools Afterschool Partnership, The Mattress Factory, One Hood, The August Wilson Center, The Pittsburgh Independent Media Center, and the Homewood-Brushton YMCA.
Thanks to Matt Sware for all your fundraising guidance, and thanks to Eric Sloss for help with publicity.
