Kelly Strayhorn Theater

SUNSTAR FESTIVAL Trailer, BUY TICKETS NOW Airs March 20, 2021, 7:00 PM Est on Crowdcast Sunstar’s ‘20 "Mic Check" concert is postponed no more! The long-awaited show with Pittsburgh-based musicians, INEZ, Cara Kent, Brittney Chantele,and Chandra Rhyme is going virtual for ‘21. Join us for an evening of R&B, Soul, Rap, and Hip-Hop and experience these beautifully crafted unplugged performances on Crowdcast. Hosted by the dynamic podcasting trio Girls Running Sh**, "Mic Check" ...highlights the positivity of Black women and femmes. Join Us on Crowdcast on Saturday March 20, 2021 7:00 PM Est. THIS IS A SHOW YOU DONT WANT TO MISS! Filmed at KST’s Alloy Studios Director: Sondra E. Woodruff II Buy Tickets here: https://kelly-strayhorn.secure.force.com/ticket/ #blackwomeninmusic #pittsburghmusic #Sunstar INEZ Clara Kent Brittney Chantele Chandra Rhyme Girls Running Shhh Hearcorp @musiqalprodigy @itschandrarhyme @iamclarakent @brittneychantele @girlsrunningshit @hearcorp @bucci3270 @splatttful @wamo1073pgh @913wyep @pghcitypaper

Process Sharing with STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos is TONIGHT, 6:00pm on Zoom. REGISTER NOW: https://kelly-strayhorn.secure.force.com/ticket/

FRESHWORKS and SUNSTAR artists LENA CHEN and CHANDRA RHYME take to the covers of Pittsburgh City Paper We are so proud of both these artist’s recent performances with KST, and we are overjoyed to see them receive further recognition throughout Pittsburgh. It’s more about telling people’s stories, says Chen. I’ve participated in a lot of collaborative art projects with other sex workers and sex worker collectives that have to do with the experience of trying to work onli...ne in the post-FOSTA-SESTA environment, which is quite hostile, not just to the sex workers, but also to artists who are dealing with nudity or sexuality, or activists who are dealing with issues of gender or sexual violence. - LENA CHEN I like to express myself in a way where anyone can relate to what I’m saying or what I’m speaking, she says. I like to feel connected to the world, connected to each audience member. I’m very fun at times though I can get very deep with what I mean in my songs. - CHANDRA RHYME

Meet Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged Host: Girls Running Shit. Markeea Keea Hart, Janita Kilgore, and Mia Marshall. Catch her full Sunstar interview here. See you this Saturday, March 20th at 7:00PM for our virtual Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged on Crowdcast. This is a show you don't want to miss!... BUY TICKETS NOW: https://kelly-strayhorn.secure.force.com/ticket/ Girls Running Shhh https://youtu.be/bJWhiEoEhrI

Meet Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged Artist: Chandra Rhyme. Catch her full Sunstar interview here. See you this Saturday, March 20th at 7:00PM for our virtual Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged on Crowdcast. This is a show you don't want to miss!... BUY TICKETS NOW: https://kelly-strayhorn.secure.force.com/ticket/ Chandra Rhyme

Meet Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged Artist: Clara Kent and her manager Chanice Lazarre. Catch their full Sunstar interview here. See you this Saturday, March 20th at 7:00PM for our virtual Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged on Crowdcast. This is a show you don't want to miss!... BUY TICKETS NOW: https://kelly-strayhorn.secure.force.com/ticket/ Clara Kent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfx38QZTpXI

Meet Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged Artist: Brittney Chantele. Catch her full Sunstar interview here. See you this Saturday March 20th at 7:00PM for our virtual Sunstar Festival: Mic Check Unplugged on Crowdcast. This is a show you don't want to miss!... BUY TICKETS NOW: https://kelly-strayhorn.secure.force.com/ticket/ Brittney Chantele

Drag Queen Story Time captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real. Enjoy Episodes I, II, and III of Drag Queen Story Time with Ak... ANYTIME with our new programmatic bundle. Tickets can be purchased here: https://kelly-strayhorn.secure.force.com/ticket/

Taking cues from modernist jazz, Pittsburgh-based, self-taught artist Thaddeus Mosley wields a mallet and chisel to rework salvaged timber into monumental biomorphic sculptural forms. Three of Mosley’s human scale works, Region In Suspension (1996), Oval Continuity (2017), and Branched Form (2017) have been cast in bronze and installed at Eastside Bond plaza in East Liberty. Join us THIS THURSDAY AT 6:00PM as we mark this significant installation of work by an artistic leg...end with a conversation celebrating Mosley’s body of work facilitated by art historian and curator Kilolo Luckett. This event is made possible in partnership with The Mosites Company. https://fb.me/e/4J6mBjm1c

KST Presents: Don't miss Artist Talk featuring Thaddeus Mosley. Plus check out what's coming up in January! - https://mailchi.mp/kelly-strayh/weekly-update-august-315759

This year we celebrated Billy Strayhorn & Gene Kelly as a part of our annual Suite Life benefit concert on Saturday, November 28 at 7:00pm. We didn’t want you to miss this virtual opportunity to celebrate Pittsburgh legends, Billy Strayhorn & Gene Kelly, so we’ve bunlded the VIP Discussion and Virtual Program for you to enjoy into 2021. https://kelly-strayhorn.org/.../pittsburgh-playlist-2-2.../

The final episode of Drag Queen Story Time with Akasha L. Van Cartier and Leia Way LeStat airs THIS SATURDAY, December 12. Tune in at 3:00pm on Youtube with private link from ticket purchase _ Featured Books on Saturday December 12: - Nana Akua Goes to School By Tricia Elam Walker with illustrations by April Harrison. - Speak Up By Miranda Paul with illustrations by Ebony Glenn.

10 reasons to give! - https://mailchi.mp/kelly-strayh/weekly-update-august-315751

A Roots Party is an interactive making and conversation space, where people are invited to join multi-disciplinary artist Edisa Weeks in her journey of making 1,865 roots out of paper and twine. 1865 represents the year that legalized chattel slavery ended in America. The roots are part of the set for the performance installation, 3 RITES: Liberty, and will dangle from the ceiling to the floor in the performance space. During this Virtual Roots Party, you can make roots by pi...cking up a Roots Kit from KST’s Alloy Studios Wednesday December 2, Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4 between 11:00am 5:00pm. The Roots Kit will give you everything you need to make roots on December 5. When you log on to the Zoom call, the first 15 minutes will cover root creation instructions. You can also enjoy local food by ordering a snack box from Casa Brasil. Finally you will have a chance to engage in conversation about the research for Weeks’ forthcoming performance work following a conversation between the artist and KST Senior Producer, Ben Pryor. See more

Check out the Roots Party Root Instructions for Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances Virtual Roots Party TOMORROW, December 5, 3:00-5:00pm on Zoom. __ A Roots Party is an interactive making and conversation space, where people are invited to join multi-disciplinary artist Edisa Weeks in her journey of making 1,865 roots out of paper and twine. 1865 represents the year that legalized chattel slavery ended in America. The roots are part of the set for the performance installation, 3... RITES: Liberty, and will dangle from the ceiling to the floor in the performance space. To participate in the Virtual Roots Party - Register for the Zoom link to join the event virtually! - Pick up a Roots Kit from KST’s Alloy Studios, Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, or Braddock Carnegie Library Association between November 15 and December 4, 2020. - Order your Snack Box from Casa Brasil. - Log on to Zoom on Saturday, December 5 at 3:00pm! - Drop off your finished roots at KST’s Alloy Studios, Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse or Braddock Carnegie Library Association by December 18, 2020.

Your investment in Kelly Strayhorn Theater reinforces what you know to be true art has the power to shape society. We’re doing everything possible to sustain daily operations and respond to the shifting needs of community. While there is a lot of uncertainty right now, we absolutely know we can’t do it without you. Please SUPPORT KST TODAY by renewing your commitment to the power of arts in community for a more just world. Your contribution and participation will sustain ...our vision to keep the arts alive in our vibrant East Liberty community and in the city of Pittsburgh. https://kelly-strayhorn.org/support/donate/ See more

KST Presents: Don't miss Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances this Saturday! Plus, upcoming programs and KST Eats Specials - https://mailchi.mp/kelly-strayh/weekly-update-august-315711

Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances Virtual Roots Party is THIS SATURDAY, 3:00pm - 5:00pm. A Roots Party is an interactive making and conversation space, where people are invited to join multi-disciplinary artist Edisa Weeks in her journey of making 1,865 roots out of paper and twine. To participate in the Virtual Roots Party - Register for the Zoom link to join the event virtually! https://us02web.zoom.us//tZUpf-2tqTMjHNQQ1YJpCddI815LGUNDb... - Pick up a Roots Kit from KST’s Alloy Studios, Wednesday December 2, Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4 between 11:00am 5:00pm - Order your Snack Box from Casa Brasil. - Log on to Zoom on Saturday, December 5 at 3:00pm! - Drop off your finished roots at KST’s Alloy Studios, by December 18, 2020. See more

Please SUPPORT KST TODAY by renewing your commitment to the power of arts in community for a more just world. Your contribution and participation will sustain our vision to keep the arts alive in our vibrant East Liberty community and in the city of Pittsburgh. #GivingTuesday https://www.givebigpittsburgh.com/org/kellystrayhorntheater