East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Summer Film Series: A Justice that Heals
2017-07-16 11:15 - 12:15 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Neighbors, Justice, and Peace Committees of the Mission Board are teaming up to sponsor our fifth annual Summer Film Series. Films will be shown after our Summer worship service, along with a light potluck lunch in the Social Hall.
A Justice that Heals is a documentary that explores the aftermath of the senseless murder of 19-year-old Andrew Young by 18-year-old Mario Ramos. It was one of 90 homicides in Chicago that month and, in many ways, was nothing unusual. But, the events that followed were anything but typical. Moving between interviews with Andrew’s family, Mario, his parents and pastor, this documentary reveals the human journey to find redemption and a form of justice that heals.
56 minutes | Hosted by the Justice Committee

LGBTQ Spiritual Gathering
2017-07-16 11:00 - 13:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
All are welcome at this monthly spiritual gathering of LGBTQ Christians and their allies. Contact Wil Forrest if you wish to attend.

Journey Prayer
2017-07-16 08:45 - 09:45, 2017-07-09 08:45 - 09:45, 2017-07-02 08:45 - 09:45 | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Journey Prayer Time is a half-hour session with a few songs, an extended time for prayer, a reflection on the day’s bible passage, and Christian fellowship for mutual support and upbuilding. This prayer service will be alternately led by Pastors Randy, Heather, Patrice, and Mary Lynn. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

YAM Progressive Lunch and Discussion
2017-07-15 12:00 - 16:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
We will rotate locations for different courses of our one unified meal and at each location someone will host a discussion topic for the group. Please consider hosting a course at your place: appetizers, salad, main course or dessert OR if you can host a discussion topic for the group at one of the four locations. Please RSVP to Wil by July 2 with the following information: For hosting a course: your address and preferred meal course OR for discussion topic: your discussion topic & the course in which you’d prefer to discuss the topic. The church van will leave from ELPC providing a ride for all. This is a young adult event.

Flute Recital - Rominski & Trotter
2017-07-14 19:00 - 20:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us for a lovely evening of flute music with Hope Academy teaching artists, as we welcome Brittany Trotter and say good-bye to Kristine Rominski. Laura Carmichael will accompany on piano.
Program:
Sonata for Flute and Piano, Otar Taktakishvili
I. Allegro Cantabile
II. Aria
III. Allegro Scherzando
Kristine Rominski, flute; Laura Carmichael, piano
Tango Etudes, Astor Piazzolla
Kristine Rominski, flute
Fish are Jumping, Robert Dick
Brittany Trotter, flute
Flute Concerto, Otar Gordeli
Brittany Trotter, flute; Laura Carmichael, piano
Zoom Tube, Ian Clarke
Brittany Trotter, flute
Three Dances for Two Flutes, Gary Schocker
I. Easy Going
II. Moody
III. Coffee Nerves
Kristine Rominski and Brittany Trotter, flutes
Laura Carmichael, piano

Chamber Music Pittsburgh - JUST SUMMER Concert - Chelsey Green and The Green Project
2017-07-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Hope Academy families are invited to a JUST SUMMER concert featuring Chelsey Green and The Green Project, who tear down all stereotypes of the violin by fusing traditional classical technique with genres including R&B, Pop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Alternative, Hip Hop and Gospel! . Tickets have been generously donated to us by our partner, Chamber Music Pittsburgh. This performance is recommended for students whose attention span and behavior is equivalent to an 8 year old.
Please read about the performance, so that you know what to expect; and the etiquette guidelines, so that you understand the expectations; then RSVP here.
With performances often described as passionate, vivacious, electrifying, and innovative, Billboard charting recording artist Chelsey Green brings the unmatched tone, richness and vibrancy of violin and viola playing to audiences in a whole new way.
A native of Houston, Texas, Dr. Chelsey Green was born into a family of jazz and funk musicians and started her performance career as a violinist at age 5. Though inundated with music of all genres, she focused on classical music studying both privately and publicly at performing arts schools in the Houston public school system. Chelsey Green was soloing in New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall at age 16. Dr. Green went on to receive a scholarship for classical viola studies at The University of Texas at Austin where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Green then went on to receive her Master’s Degree in Viola Performance from The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University and most recently received her doctorate from the University of Maryland College Park.
Chelsey Green and her ensemble, The Green Project, tear down all stereotypes of the violin and viola by fusing traditional classical technique with popular favorites and enticing original songs in various genres, including R&B, Pop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Alternative, Hip Hop, Gospel and more. The Green Project showcases an innovative twist in their performances of uniquely arranged popular songs and enticing original pieces.
Chelsey Green and The Green Project have been honored to perform in many highly-regarded venues around the world. Green’s varied performance resume includes performances at the Late Show with David Letterman, the Theater at Madison Square Garden, NAACP National Convention, Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, White House Correspondents’ Dinner Reception, BET Honors Dinner, Essence Music Festival, Macy’s Herald Square, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, Lake Arbor Jazz Festival, The Howard Theatre, The Music Center at Strathmore, Blues Alley, Bobby Jones Gospel, The John F. Kennedy Center and more.
Here is a video of the Chelsey Green and The Green Project to give you an idea about what to expect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qpckl5cYhU

How to be a good audience member
It is important that audience members remain quiet during the performance. Since music is mostly a listening activity, any extra sounds that are not part of the music can get in the way and will distract and disturb the musicians and other audience members.
Before the Concert

JUST SUMMER performances at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater are more casual and relaxed than concerts we’ve been attending at Carnegie Music Hall, so there isn’t a dress code. Just don’t wear anything that will be distracting (light up shoes, clanging jewelry, etc)
Arrive no later than 7:00 pm to get your tickets. There is a mixer that starts at 6:30 pm, with snacks from The Livermore, so you are welcome to come early if you would like.

Before You Take Your Seat

Take care of all rest room needs.
Leave all food, drink, and gum outside, in the lobby.
Leave all cameras and recording devices outside, as well. There are strict copyright guidelines about recording concerts.
Turn off all cell phones, pagers, ipads, watch sounds, alarms, or anything that might make a noise. The only sounds that should be heard are the ones that appear in the musical score (and the audience reaction after the music).

Once You Take Your Seat

A parent or guardian must sit next to each child.
Remain seated and quiet while the musicians are playing. Do not get up during the concert or change seats.
No talking, whispering, sighing, tapping or kicking feet, or rattling of programs or papers.
Be sure to sit without fidgeting so you don’t distract your neighbors or the performers on stage.

Summer Film Series: The Secret Life of Your Clothes
2017-07-09 11:15 - 12:15 | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Neighbors, Justice, and Peace Committees of the Mission Board are teaming up to sponsor our fifth annual Summer Film Series. Films will be shown after our Summer worship service, along with a light potluck lunch in the Social Hall.
In The Secret Life of Your Clothes, charismatic paralympian Ade Adepitan tells the fascinating story of the afterlife of our clothes. He follows the trail to Ghana, the biggest importer of our castoffs, where thousands of tons of our old clothes arrive every week. Ade meets the people who make a living from our old clothes, from wholesalers and markets traders to the importers raking in more than the average yearly wage in a single day!
1 hour | Hosted by the Neighbors Committee

First Friday @ Prayer Walk
2017-07-07 19:00 - 22:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
We will begin and end at ELPC, but spend the rest of our time doing a prayer walk all over the city. While we will ride together to experience, learn about and pray over different parts of our hometown, we will also do some recreational and contemplative walking too. Come ready to walk and pray! This is TRAIL young adult event.

Chamber Music Pittsburgh - JUST SUMMER Concert - Roomful of Teeth
2017-06-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Hope Academy families are invited to a JUST SUMMER concert featuring Grammy-award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, who perform a program of globally diverse music that explores the expressive potential of the human voice. Tickets have been generously donated to us by our partner, Chamber Music Pittsburgh. This performance is recommended for students whose attention span and behavior is equivalent to an 8 year old.
Please read about the performance, so that you know what to expect; and the etiquette guidelines, so that you understand the expectations; then RSVP here.
Roomful of Teeth is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice. Through study with masters from singing traditions the world over, the eight-voice ensemble continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques and, through an ongoing commissioning process, forges a new repertoire without borders.
Founded in 2009 by Brad Wells, the group gathers annually at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Massachusetts, where they’ve studied Tuvan throat singing, yodeling, belting, Inuit throat singing, Korean P’ansori, Georgian singing, Sardinian cantu a tenore, Hindustani music and Persian classical singing with some of the world’s top performers and teachers. Commissioned composers include Rinde Eckert, Judd Greenstein, Caleb Burhans, Merrill Garbus (of tUnE-yArDs), William Brittelle, Anna Clyne, Fred Hersch, Wally Gunn, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Missy Mazzoli, Michael Harrison, Sam Amidon, and Ted Hearne.
Projects in 2015-2016 included The Colorado, a music-driven documentary film that explores water, land and survival in the Colorado River Basin (featuring former Kronos Quartet cellist Jeffrey Zeigler and Wilco’s Glenn Kotche); collaborations with NOW Ensemble, Kanye West and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME); performances with the Seattle Symphony featuring Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia, appearances at new music festivals in the US, Mexico and Canada; and partnerships with over a dozen higher education institutions across the country.
Here is a video of Roomful of Teeth to give you an idea about what to expect.

How to be a good audience member
It is important that audience members remain quiet during the performance. Since music is mostly a listening activity, any extra sounds that are not part of the music can get in the way and will distract and disturb the musicians and other audience members.
Before the Concert

JUST SUMMER performances at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater are more casual and relaxed than concerts we’ve been attending at Carnegie Music Hall, so there isn’t a dress code. Just don’t wear anything that will be distracting (light up shoes, clanging jewelry, etc)
Arrive no later than 7:00 pm to get your tickets. There is a mixer that starts at 6:30 pm, with snacks from The Livermore, so you are welcome to come early if you would like.

Before You Take Your Seat

Take care of all rest room needs.
Leave all food, drink, and gum outside, in the lobby.
Leave all cameras and recording devices outside, as well. There are strict copyright guidelines about recording concerts.
Turn off all cell phones, pagers, ipads, watch sounds, alarms, or anything that might make a noise. The only sounds that should be heard are the ones that appear in the musical score (and the audience reaction after the music).

Once You Take Your Seat

A parent or guardian must sit next to each child.
Remain seated and quiet while the musicians are playing. Do not get up during the concert or change seats.
No talking, whispering, sighing, tapping or kicking feet, or rattling of programs or papers.
Be sure to sit without fidgeting so you don’t distract your neighbors or the performers on stage.

HAT Co Cabaret
2017-06-25 19:00 - 21:30 | City Theatre, Hamburg Studio, 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, United States
THINGS THAT GET ME UP IN THE MORNING / THINGS THAT KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT
Hope Academy’s Teen Theatre Company (HAT Co) presents their end of the year Cabaret performance, “Things that Get Me Up in the Morning /Things that Keep Me Up at Night,” a collection of original monologues, songs, and favorite poetry that explores the things that get us motivated to jump out of bed in the morning, ready to take on the day; along with the things that jolt us wide-eyed awake and leave us breathless in the middle of the night.
7:00 – 7:30 pm Pre-show featuring HAT Co Band
7:30 – 8:30 pm Cabaret Performance
8:30 – 9:30 pm Lip Sync Contest – students and teaching artists vie for the crown
We are happy to make this a free event, so that it is accessible to all of our students, families and friends. We are equally happy to accept your generous donations to help us continue to make our programs and performances open to as many many people as possible, regardless of their ability to pay.

Young at Heart Luncheon
2017-06-25 11:15 - 13:00 | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The ELPC Deacons invite you to our annual Young at Heart Luncheon in the Social Hall. This is a special opportunity to celebrate and honor our senior congregants for their contributions and participation over the years. Lunch will be followed by entertainment that will last about two hours.
Please bring your calendars, as we will be scheduling fall interviews to capture members’ earliest memories of the church and reasons for continued membership for the Bicentennial Oral History Project. If you have any questions or want to make reservations, please contact Kate Carlson (Katec@coh.net; 412.441.3800 x116).
This event is free for members who are 65 and over; $10 for all others. Look for your personal invitation in the mail.
RSVP by calling Kate Carlson at 412.441.3800 x116.

HAT Co Band at WYEP's Summer Music Festival
2017-06-24 15:00 - 23:00 | Schenley Plaza, 4100 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15260, United States
HAT Co Band, The Fortunates, performing at WYEP’s 20th Summer Music Festival, featuring Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, The Marcus King Band, The Buckle Downs and other Reimagination Showcase winners.
3:00 -3:30 pm: Tupelo and Jeremy
3:45 – 4:15 pm: The Fortunates
4:30 – 5:00 pm: Night Frog
6:00 – 7:00 pm: The Buckle Downs
7:30 – 8:30 pm: The Marcus King Band
9:00 -10:15 pm: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Bring a blanket and sunscreen to this great outdoor concert in Schenley Plaza.
This FREE event is open to all ages. Also joining us is I Made It! Market and a Children’s Tent with activities for kids of all ages!

Grief Retreat
2017-06-24 09:00 - 12:30 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC will host a half-day retreat for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. The retreat will be led by Ted Cmarada and Susan Spangler, Clinical Social Workers and members of our church family.
The retreat is free, and anyone is welcome to attend. If you are interested in participating, please contact Susan by Thursday, June 22 at 240.285.6507 or sspanglerlcsw@gmail.com.

Chamber Music Pittsburgh - JUST SUMMER Concert - Miller-Porfiris Duo: Violin + Viola + Silent Films
2017-06-20 20:00 - 21:30 | Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Hope Academy families are invited to a JUST SUMMER concert featuring Miller-Porfiris Duo on Violin + Viola playing live to classic silent films, from the Great Train Robbery to Charlie Chaplin. Tickets have been generously donated to us by our partner, Chamber Music Pittsburgh. This performance is recommended for students whose attention span and behavior is equivalent to an 8 year old.
Please read about the performance, so that you know what to expect; and the etiquette guidelines, so that you understand the expectations; then RSVP here by June 13.
Praised by critics for their “expressive grace and finesse” and playing that is “vibrant and focused,” the Miller-Porfiris Duo has been delighting audiences since 2005. Anton Miller, violin and Rita Porfiris, viola first met over 20 years ago while studying at the Juilliard School. The duo has given concerts and masterclasses at festivals and institutions across the United States, Central America, and Europe; recent residencies and masterclasses have seen them at Duke University, Kutztown University, the Foulger Festival, PointCounterpoint, the Iceland Arts Academy, the Chamber Society of Little Rock, Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music, Music on the Hill Rhode Island, and the St. George International Festival.
Committed to expanding the repertoire for violin and viola, in 2010 they commissioned and recorded 3 new works for violin and viola by Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen, Argentinean composer Mario Diaz Gavier, and American composer Libby Larsen for their debut CD “Five Postcards.” Their second CD, titled “Eight Pieces” (music of Bruch and Gliere), released in 2013, was deemed a “fine new recording” and praised for its “wonderfully smooth ensemble work” by Gramophone and Audible Audiophile magazines. Rita also received accolades for her transcription for violin and viola of Reinhold Gliere’s Eight Pieces Op. 39. Their third CD, “Divertimenti,” was released in early 2016 and has already received airplay on radio stations across the country. Highlights of recent seasons included sold-out performances of the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, Bruch Double Concerto with Lincoln’s Symphony and a performance of the rarely performed Arthur Benjamin Romantic Fantasy for Violin and Viola with the Concert Artists of Baltimore.
Here is a video of Miller-Porfinis playing along with a clip from The Great Train Robbery.

How to be a good audience member
It is important that audience members remain quiet during the performance. Since music is mostly a listening activity, any extra sounds that are not part of the music can get in the way and will distract and disturb the musicians and other audience members.
Before the Concert

JUST SUMMER performances at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater are more casual and relaxed than concerts we’ve been attending at Carnegie Music Hall, so there isn’t a dress code. Just don’t wear anything that will be distracting (light up shoes, clanging jewelry, etc)
Arrive no later than 7:00 pm to get your tickets. There is a mixer that starts at 6:30 pm, with snacks from The Livermore, so you are welcome to come early if you would like.

Before You Take Your Seat

Take care of all rest room needs.
Leave all food, drink, and gum outside, in the lobby.
Leave all cameras and recording devices outside, as well. There are strict copyright guidelines about recording concerts.
Turn off all cell phones, pagers, ipads, watch sounds, alarms, or anything that might make a noise. The only sounds that should be heard are the ones that appear in the musical score (and the audience reaction after the music).

Once You Take Your Seat

A parent or guardian must sit next to each child.
Remain seated and quiet while the musicians are playing. Do not get up during the concert or change seats.
No talking, whispering, sighing, tapping or kicking feet, or rattling of programs or papers.
Be sure to sit without fidgeting so you don’t distract your neighbors or the performers on stage.

Teilhard’s Mysticism Guided Retreat
2017-06-18 13:00 - 17:00, 2017-06-17 09:00 - 17:00, 2017-06-16 18:00 - 21:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The ELPC Spiritual Life Committee invites you to a retreat guided by Teilhard’s Mysticism—Spiraling into the Cosmic Christ. Join us as we continue our focus on Science, Cosmology, Theology, and Mysticism, based on the work of Teilhard de Chardin—a 20th Century Jesuit and world-renowned paleontologist.
The suggested donation is $75, which includes refreshments throughout the weekend and lunch on Sunday. Please bring your own lunch on Saturday.
Our retreat will be led by Dr. Kathleen Duffy—a Sister of St. Joseph (S.S.J.) and a professor of Physics at Chestnut Hill College, where she directs the Interdisciplinary Honors Program and the Institute for Religion and Science. More information will be available soon!
The retreat will take begin at ELPC on Friday, June 16, 6–9 pm; continue on Saturday, June 17, 9 am–5 pm; and conclude on Sunday, June 18, 1–5 pm.
Download the retreat brochure and/or the registration form.

About Dr. Kathleen Duffy
Dr. Kathleen Duffy is editor of Teilhard Studies and serves on the Advisory Boards of the American Teilhard Association and Cosmos and Creation. Her present research deals with the way Teilhard de Chardin’s religious writings connect with modern science. She has published several book chapters and articles on these topics, an edited volume of essays entitled Rediscovering Teilhard’s Fire (St. Joseph’s University Press, 2010), and Teilhard’s Mysticism: Seeing the Inner Face of Evolution (Orbis Books, 2014).

Post-Pride Meet & Greet
2017-06-15 18:00 - 20:00
Plan on joining us at 5801 (5801 Ellsworth Ave.), where we hope to see some of our new friends we met at PrideFest again.

Better Choices, Better Health
2017-06-06 10:30 - 12:00, 2017-05-30 10:30 - 12:00, 2017-05-23 10:30 - 12:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Do you need support with practical ways of dealing with pain, fatigue, nutrition, exercise, and other issues? If so, the ELPC Membership and Outreach Committee is offering a new Better Choices, Better Health workshop on Tuesdays, May 2–June 6, from 10:30 am–12 pm. The six-week workshop is free and open to the general public—including adults with a chronic health condition.
To register, call Carla Coles at 412.661.1363.

HAT Co Band at Three Rivers Arts Festival
2017-06-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Three Rivers Arts Festival – Stanwix Stage at Gateway Center, Gateway Center Park, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
The Fortunates, from Hope Academy of Music and the Arts, make and perform music that falls somewhere on the spectrum between R&B, pop, funk, soul and jazz. Some might call it genre-less; they call it just being themselves. Lead singer, Laela Lumsden brings melodic rap to “Hear Me,” a song she wrote for the WYEP Reimagination contest. It is a song that challenges us to pay attention and listen to what is happening in her community and in our world–a song that encourages young people to speak out because, “if I don’t say it, the truth’s gonna die out.”
The instrumentalists, Henry Schultz (keyboard), James Jaap (bass) and Desmond Rucker (drums) have known each other since their elementary school days at Dilworth. The newest and youngest band member, Tomi Olaore (saxophone), also went to Dilworth and now all four attend Pittsburgh CAPA. The singers, Laela Lumsden, Kira Mukogosi, Kyra Simmons and Raffaella Carattino attend North Gate, CAPA, PA Cyberschool and Colfax. As a group, their diversity is one of their greatest strengths and their name, The Fortunates, embodies their spirit of being grateful for the opportunity to make music together.
The Fortunates are part of a larger teen theater company (HAT Co) at Hope Academy, where they also study dance and theater. This multidisciplinary approach informs their work as musicians, singers and songwriters. They are under the musical direction of Emma Cox (guitar and bass), and Ben Barson (saxophone).
Hope Academy of Music and the Arts is an after school performing arts education outreach program of East Liberty Presbyterian Church.
HAT Co (Hope Academy Theater Company) is an audition-only company that provides a more intensive, ensemble- and performance-based experience for students in grades 6 through 12 who are interested in the performing arts. HAT Co members are encouraged to make their own work, as they learn to think about and respect dance, theater and music as art forms – and themselves as artists and creators.
This program is uniquely suited for teens who are motivated to study and perform across a range of disciplines; and who have an interest in being part of an inclusive, supportive, non-competitive group. Ensemble members receive individual, class and ensemble training in acting, singing, dance and instrumental music. Selected students rehearse and perform as part of a theater ensemble; two other select groups rehearse and perform as part of rock bands.
The theater ensemble participates in the Pittsburgh Public Theater Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest and the August Wilson Monologue Contest; and each year they present a showcase performance.
HAT Co has performed at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, The Warhol Museum, CAPA’s Battle of the Bands, The Summit Against Racism, WYEP’s Summer Music Festival and Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival.
HAT Co alumni recently recorded “All I Want for Christmas (Is My Baby)” with Steven Foxbury from Yellow Couch Studio. They performed this song, which won the first Reimagination contest in 2012, with their artist-mentors Emma Cox and Lauren Shapiro (from the band The Color Fleet) for WYEP’s 2012 Holiday Hootenanny. The alumni reunion performance of the song landed them a spot on Pittsburgh Today Live last December. The song can be found on their bandcamp page.
This year’s WYEP Reimagination song, “Hear Me,” was written by Laela Lumsden, who is the lead singer on the song. Laela is a three-time finalist in the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest and last year won first place for her scene. This year she won 2nd place in Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Monologue Contest and will be competing in the national finals in New York City on May 1, 2017.
Members of the band include Henry Schultz – Keyboard, James Jaap – Bass, Desmond Rucker – Drums, Tomi Olaore – Saxophone, Laela Lumsden – Singer/Songwriter, Kira Mukogosi – Singer, Kyra Simmons – Singer, and Raffaella Carattino – Singer.

The Consumer Health Coalition Presentation
2017-06-04 12:30 - 17:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Consumer Health Coalition is engaged in an initiative to increase understanding of risks, symptoms, screening guidelines, and resources for screening and treatment for breast and cervical cancers within our community.
This presentation will briefly overview what breast and cervical cancers are, how they may affect each individual personally, and what one can do to act on the risk factors in their own life. The focus will be on the resources available for different types of individuals, who may be struggling to afford care, to access services for screening and treatment. Individual assistance will be available for those who need help getting insurance or paying for screenings or treatments.

First Friday @ KBOX
2017-06-02 19:00 - 21:00 | KBOX, 214 S Craig Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Come sing the night away! RSVP to Wil by Friday, May 26, so we can get the right size room for us to have our own private karaoke room.
Learn more at www.kbktv.com. This is TRAIL young adult event.

Teilhard’s Mysticism Book & Video Study
2017-06-01 18:30 - 20:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
All are welcome to a study series as we read and discuss Teilhard’s Mysticism: Seeing the Inner Face of Evolution (Orbis Books, 2014), and watch several videos by other scholars on cosmology and theology. Join the conversation!
The study series will be held on Thursdays, March 23, April 6 and 20, May 4 and 18, and June 1.

Pittsburgh Classical Guitar Society Concert
2017-05-27 18:00 - 19:30
Thirteen classical guitarists from the Pittsburgh Classical Guitar Society Orchestra – under the direction of Gil Teixeira – present a diverse repertoire of old favorites and new compositions. The concert will also include duos, trios, and quartets. Come enjoy an evening of great classical guitar music in the Chapel of East Liberty Presbyterian Church.

The Brass Roots and Organ - A Space Odyssey
2017-05-26 19:30 - 21:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join us as the 6th Season of Cathedral Concerts closes with
A SPACE ODYSSEY
Friday, May 26, 2017
7:30 PM
PROGRAM
Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
Star Trek (reboot) – Michael Giacchino – arr. Mike Dorato
Selections from The Planets – Gustav Holst – arr. Mike Dorato
Superman March – John Williams – arr. James Nova
Selections from Star Wars – John Williams – arr. James Nova
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, The Brass Roots, and organist Dr. Edward Alan Moore join forces for a sonic spectacular of music for brass and organ. The concert will open with the iconic sounds of Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra (featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey). Also featured will be arrangements of music from Star Trek, Star Wars, and Superman by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra trombonist James Nova. Mr. Nova will be the guest conductor of the concert.
The Brass Roots is the brass ensemble in residence at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. They are heard during Sunday morning worship six times throughout the year and are featured on two concerts each season, including the most anticipated concert of the season, Christmas in East Liberty.
This performance is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be received. View our concert poster.

Hannah Price Photo Exhibition
2017-05-22 09:00 - 19:00 | ELPC – Second Floor Parlor, 116 S Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC is proud to host a month-long photo exhibition by noted photographer Hannah Price. Her works will be on display in the Second Floor Parlor daily from 9 am–7 pm, until Fri., June 23.
Her series, Cursed by Night, focuses on the world of darkness in which African American males are unfortunately restricted and too often cursed. Darkness can distort faces, causing people to be seen as threats or making them invisible. Come view these works and see how they challenge the power of night.
Born in 1986, Price is internationally known for her project City of Brotherly Love (2009–2012), a series of photographs of the men who catcalled her on the streets of Philadelphia. In 2014, Price graduated from the Yale School of Art MFA Photography program. Over the past six years, Price’s photos have been displayed in several cities across the U.S., with a few residing in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
