The Arts at Chatham: Spring 2020 Round-Up
From fine arts to drama, music to literature, on-campus or out on the town, there’s always something to educate and inspire at ChathamU. 🎨🎭🎶 We’ve collected this spring’s fine arts events into one place for easy browsing. So mark your calendars, and enjoy all the awesome arts opportunities available!
January:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Display
January 6 - 31, 2020
JENNIE KING MELLON LIBRARY, FIRST FLOOR
This display will not only focus on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all of the work done by those during the Civil Rights Movement, but will also feature items about activism today. Pick up a book about Black Lives Matter or the effects of Twitter on community-based action. Be reminded of the sacrifice and struggle of yesterday as we face hardships today.
MLK COMMEMORATION DIALOGUE- Holding Space on The Page: Healing Through the Arts
Tuesday January 14, 2020
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
MELLON CONOVER ROOM
Cost: Free
Join creative writers for a session of supported community writing. In celebration of MLK we will explore the power behind writing and complicating narratives. We invite you to reflect, hold space and write. Writing prompts will encourage you to ask questions and make connections personally, professionally and creatively. No writing experience needed. Lunch will be served.
“CHUTZ-POW! The Art of Resistance” Opening and Volume IV Comic Book Launch
Thursday January 16, 2020
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
WOODLAND GALLERY AND ROOM 103
Cost: Free and open to the public
Join us, Multi-cultural Affairs and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh to celebrate the launch of CHUTZ-POW! Volume IV.
This opening event includes a reception and artist talk.
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Part XI
Friday January 17, 2020
4:00 PM
JAMES LAUGHLIN MUSIC CENTER
Cost: Free and open to the public
As Artur Schnabel, one of the most famed pianists for his interpretation of Beethoven, once said, "Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range." Join us and listen to Walter Morales ascend yet another crest of Beethoven's piano sonatas: Op. 27, no. 1 and Op. 54.
Music for Food: Happy Birthday, Mozart!
Sunday January 26, 2020
7:00 PM
JAMES LAUGHLIN MUSIC CENTER
Cost: Free and open to the public
Music for Food Music for Food is a musician-led initiative for local hunger relief. Concerts raise resources and awareness in the fight against hunger, empowering musicians who wish to use their artistry to further social justice. This concert celebrates the birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring Pauline Rovkah, piano; Yeeha Chiu, piano; and Katherine Soroka, soprano, with guest artists of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. All donations benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
February:
Black History Month Library Display
February 1 - 14, 2020
JENNIE KING MELLON LIBRARY, FIRST FLOOR
To celebrate Black History in America, the main display on the first floor of the library will be devoted to items by and focusing on black and African American people, history, and culture. There will be a local twist with a Pittsburgh focus, and great reads by Colson Whitehead, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and more! This display is the first in a series during the months of February and March.
Just Films - Netizens
Wednesday February 5, 2020
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
EDDY THEATER
Cost: Free and open to the public
Netizens depicts the many forms digital abuse can take— non-consensual pornography, cyber-stalking, threats of violence, privacy invasions, impersonation, character attacks— by exploring the experiences of three women whose lives have been transformed by online harassment. Carrie Goldberg is an attorney in New York City, who launches an internet privacy and sexual assault law firm in the wake of her own cyber harassment. Tina Reine, in West Palm Beach, is a successful businesswoman whose career is derailed after an ex-boyfriend creates numerous reputation-harming websites. San Francisco-based Anita Sarkeesian is the creator of a popular web-series, “Feminist Frequency,” critiquing representations of women in video games, who is the target of a cyber-mob’s ongoing campaign of rape and death threats. The film will be followed by a panel discussion and Q & A session.
Women of Color HerStory Library Display
February 17, 2020 - March 13, 2020
JENNIE KING MELLON LIBRARY, FIRST FLOOR
Between February and March, the JKM Library will be adjusting the Black History Month display to focus on women of color. All items will be by or about women of color, their lives, struggles, accomplishments, and celebrations, and general awesomeness. As we move into March, they will add more items and content about women from other marginalized groups to highlight their stories.
Fine Arts with the Finegolds: Beauty & The Beast (Pittsburgh Ballet)
Friday February 21, 2020
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
BENEDUM CENTER
Cost: Included in Cohort Membership; $10 for single-event tickets
The classic tales weaves a tender love story between the gnarled trees of the enchanted forest. Audiences are offered a glimpse at unexpected romance, heartbreak and the power of love through striking scenery and stunning neoclassical choreography. Members of the Spring 2020 cohort are guaranteed tickets to this event. Non-cohort members may request to be added to the waitlist if additional tickets become available by emailing osa@chatham.edu.
March:
Just Films - I am the Revolution
Wednesday March 11, 2020
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
EDDY THEATER
Cost: Free and open to the public
I Am The Revolution is an inspiring documentary about three women fighting for freedom and gender equality—Selay Ghaffar, Rojda Felat, and Yanar Mohammed—while living in three of the worst countries in the world for women: Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq. Each country reflects the groundswell of feminist revolutions: political revolution in Afghanistan, armed in Syria, and grassroots activism in Iraq. Taking a journalistic approach, the film challenges the images of veiled, silent, and timid women in the Middle East and instead shows the strength of women rising up on the front lines, in remote villages, and in city streets, to claim their voice and their rights. The film will be followed by a panel discussion and Q & A session.
A Tribute to Women Composers
Friday March 20, 2020
4:00 PM
JAMES LAUGHLIN MUSIC CENTER
Cost: Free and open to the public
Featuring works by Clara Schumann, Emilie Mayer, Lili Boulanger, Amy Beach, and Nancy Galbraith, with Menghua Lin on piano.
Fine Arts with the Finegolds: Corningworks’ what will it take to make YOU leave home?
Friday March 20, 2020
25 CARRICK
A raw, audience-immersive work — an unprecedented artistic collaboration with the renowned international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and CORNINGWORKS. what will it take to make YOU leave home? is a full evening-length production using the refugee experience as the catalyst to illuminate the world’s current and growing fragile situation. (Due to the nature of this immersive performance, the mobility to walk stairs is needed).
Read 'Em and Eat! Book Display and International Edible Book Festival
Display: March 16 - 31, 2020
Festival: March 30, 2020, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
JKM LIBRARY: LOBBY
Cost: Free
To get excited for the upcoming International Edible Books Festival, the JKM Library has put together a display celebrating food! Browse cookbooks, food memoirs, food writing, and much more. Then, join the JKM Library for Chatham's 9th celebration of The International Edible Book Festival, co-sponsored by the Food Studies Program. According to the official website, “This festival is a celebration of the ingestion of culture and a way to concretely share a book; it is also a deeper reflection on our attachment to food and our cultural differences.” What's an edible book? It's up to your interpretation! It could be a cake shaped like a book, food that was described/consumed within a book, a pun on a book's title, or anything else you can come up with. Simply pick one of your favorite books and craft a food item inspired by that book! This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
April:
National Poetry Month Library Display
April 1 - 30, 2020
JKM LIBRARY, FIRST FLOOR
April is National Poetry Month, and the librarians at JKM will be decking out the main book display with glorious works of poetry, both the rhyming kind and the non-rhyming kind. Grab something to lift your soul!
Chatham Choir Spring Concert
Saturday April 4, 2020
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CAMPBELL MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Cost: Free and open to the public
A collection of secular, sacred and pops music presented by the Chatham Choir & Chatham Chamber Choir.
Fine Arts with the Finegolds: Carmen
Sunday April 5, 2020
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Included in Cohort Membership; $10 for single-event tickets
The Spring 2020 Fine Arts with the Finegolds season wraps with the popular Opera, Carmen. This event is for Spring 2020 cohort members, and transportation is provided. Limited additional tickets may be available for non-cohort members. Email osa@chatham.edu to be placed on the waitlist.
Not Alone: A Concert for Jack
Sunday April 19, 2020
7:00 PM
CAMPBELL MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Cost: Free and open to the public. Donations encouraged.
Directly following the 4:00 PM "Out of the Darkness" Campus Walk, this evening of Music & Poetry featuring members of The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra reflecting on the struggles of mental health issues and suicide. Donations will fund research and education through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
May:
Jewish Heritage Month Library Display
May 1 - 30, 2020
JKM LIBRARY, FIRST FLOOR
Come to the first floor of the JKM Library to browse and check out materials that celebrate and honor Jewish and Jewish American heritage during the month of May!
Asian and Pacific Islander Month Library Display
May 1 - 31, 2020
JKM LIBRARY, FIRST FLOOR
Stop by the first floor of the JKM Library to learn more about Asian and Pacific Islanders (both American and not) and to browse and check out items focusing on their history and culture!
More exciting events at Chatham will be added as the semester progresses. Make sure to check in on MyChatham, our Chatham events page, and sign up to receive email newsletters from your favorite programs and centers at ChathamU.