The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University welcome you to the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival.
The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival brings together internationally-renowned academics, artists, and intellectual innovators offering interviews, intimate conversations, and select performances focused on art, literature, music, science, policy, politics, and more—all in a lively, entertaining, accessible format in the Cultural District. It’s smart talk about stuff that matters.
Featured Events
Featured Events include performances and presentations in theaters in the heart of the Cultural District.
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: Macbeth
Byham Theater
Pittsburgh Humanities Festival presented by Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Blair Imani
Greer Cabaret Theater
Pittsburgh Humanities Festival and Cohen & Grigsby TRUST PRESENTS Series
Core Conversations
Core Conversations feature intimate discussions, interviews, and performances. Tickets can be purchased for just $5 per Conversation.
Kennywood Behind the Screams: Rick Sebak and Brian Butko
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Janis Joplin: Her Life and Music
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Becoming a Queen
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Dance Maker: Blackness in White Spaces
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Drinking with Shakespeare
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Predicting Elections: Trump’s Chances of Winning in 2020
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Public Open Call: Don't Google This
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Brewing Black Beer: A Conversation with Fresh Fest Founders and Black Frog Brewing
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Life Sentences: The Amazing Journey of Walking Out of an American Prison
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Cookie Activism: Using Sugar as a Platform for Social Justice
Trust Arts Education Center
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
Partner Events
Anne Enright - Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures
