2019 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival

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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.


Core Conversations

Core Conversations feature intimate discussions, interviews, and performances. Tickets can be purchased for just $5 per Conversation.

Saturday, March 23

12:00-1:00 PM Drawing the Line
A CONVERSATION WITH ROB ROGERS
Harris Theater
1:30-2:30 PM The Creative Impulse with Bill Shannon
OPPORTUNITIES OF CHOICE AND NECESSITIES OF SURVIVAL
Trust Arts Education Center
The Human Cost of Fracking with Eliza Griswold
HUMANITIES SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Trust Arts Education Center
3:00PM-4:00PM Telling New Stories with Reg Douglas
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON STAGE
Harris Theater
How Not to Save the Planet with Michael Goodhart Trust Arts Education Center
4:30PM-5:30PM Scratching the Surface with DJ Perly Trust Arts Education Center
Public Open Call Harris Theater

Sunday, March 24

12:00-1:00PM Superheroes and Storytelling
ANGELIQUE ROCHE IN CONVERSATION WITH YONA HARVEY
Trust Arts Education Center
1:30-2:30PM Keeping Pittsburgh Dope
CHANCELOR HUMPHREY ON THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Trust Arts Education Center
Lee Terbosic: Making Magic
PITTSBURGH, HOUDINI AND HISTORY
Trust Arts Education Center
3:00-4:00PM Speedy Delivery
DAVID NEWELL AND MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
Trust Arts Education Center
Fashion and the Art of Inclusion
DEMEATRIA BOCCELLA INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD PARSAKIAN
Trust Arts Education Center
4:30-5:30PM AI: Beyond Getting Cliches with Molly Wright Steenson Trust Arts Education Center
Blurred Lines Between Fiction and Documentary Cinema
EWA BANASZKIEWICZ AND MATEUSZ DYMEK
Trust Arts Education Center