Pittsburgh Playwrights
Theatre’s 17th season will be available for free. Each filmed production will be accompanied by an artists’ interview pre-show and a watch party on Facebook Live. Reserve seats online at pghplaywrights.org.
Brownsville Rotary Club’s Rotaract group will present the 2021 Stars on Stage in a virtual talent show May 22. The talent show is open to Brownsville Area Middle and High School students. Participants should gather in the high school auditorium at 6 p.m. The event will be streamed. Email Emily Behm at learningwithemilybehm@gmail.com for more information and registration.
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will host a virtual EQT Children’s Theater Festival May 1-16. The lineup will feature free activities and workshops in addition to ticketed events. More information is available at pghkids.trustarts.org/
Carnegie Museum of Art is going “Inside Out” for a free summer event series.
Featuring DJs, pop-up performances of site-specific commissions, arts activities and workshops, kid-friendly treats and local food trucks and beverages, the event will take place 4-8 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, June 5-Sept. 4, in the Oakland museum’s Sculpture Courtyard.
“We really want the Pittsburgh region to identify the Carnegie Museum of Art as a summer destination,” said Dana Bishop-Root, the museum’s director of education and public programs. “It’s important for the museum to share our outdoor space, and we want people to use it like their backyard.”
From Staff Reports
PITTSBURGH Starting May 6, Carnegie Museum of Art visitors can experience the site’s vast art collection and distinct architecture in a new way by booking a Date with a Docent on Thursday evenings.
Led by one of the museum’s trained guides, these physically distant, one-to-one and small group personalized mini tours offer visitors an in-depth look at a specific area of the museum’s collection, exhibitions or architecture.
Tours are free with museum admission. In May, museum admission will be free on Thursday evenings from 3 to 8 p.m. Following May, museum admission is half-off on Thursday evenings from 3 to 8 p.m.
Cisco Foundation Commits $100 Million for Climate Projects and Technology
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The Cisco Foundation money will help nonprofits that use technology to promote community carbon reduction, climate resilience, green jobs, and education and activism on climate change.
Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Cisco Foundation
$100 million over 10 years to make grants and impact investments to nonprofit groups that are using technology to combat climate change and promote community education, carbon reduction, climate resilience, green jobs, and activism.
American Express
$40 million to the Accion Opportunity Fund, a nonprofit community-development financial institution, to offer loans and other resources to small-business owners in the United States, with a focus on Black entrepreneurs.
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