Neighborhood Zen in the Arts
Events current and upcoming
Music
Ben will be performing in a concert tomorrow afternoon (Sunday January 26) at Duquesne: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, and leading a pre-concert discussion at 2:30 p.m. at the Mary Pappert School of Music PNC Recital Hall
from the Mary Pappert School of Music Calendar
With their soaring lyricism, emotional depth, and playful humor, the songs of Samuel Barber form the pinnacle of American art song. International singing stars Sari Gruber and Randall Scarlata are joined by pianist Benjamin Binder in songs that span the entirety of Barber's illustrous career, including his masterpiece, the cycle Hermit Songs. Pianist David Allen Wehr presents late sonatas by Haydn and Beethoven, along with the sparkling fireworks of Debussy’s The Isle of Joy.
Tickets are $20 and free livestreamed.
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Art
Brent invites us to see some works of his on view in a show at Chatham in the Susan Bergman Gurrentz ’56 Art Gallery in Woodland Hall. Brent’s pieces are a vajra and vajra sword, hand carved from basswood, based on a Japanese style of Manjushri sword. The display box for the sword also incorporates a lotus and flames motif.
The show is up until February 27, with gallery hours 11-6 during the week. Enter the gallery at the entrance on the side of Woodland Hall facing the library.
Almost Perfect
Brent has also been developing a new micro-press, Almost Perfect, specializing in hand-bound, small-batch publications, featuring emerging writers and artists, and other short texts, and offering chapbooks as handmade objects created with mindful intention and care. Among the first titles are Varun’s chapbook Intermezzo and a reprint of The Diamond Sutra.
More about Almost Perfect can be found here.
Words
Varun and Catherine have readings coming up in the Free Association Reading Series at City of Asylum. Both events are offered in person and online.
Varun reads on Tuesday February 18 at 7 pm with Sakena Jwan Washington, Karen Dwyer, and Scott Silsbe. Information and tickets here.
Catherine reads on Tuesday March 18 at 7 pm with Malcolm Culleton, Donna Wojnar Dzurilla, and Camille Rankine. Information and tickets here.
