Join us for Storytime Spotlight with Helen Smith and her book “My Hair Ain't Nappy” moderated by Cathryn Calhoun. My Hair Ain’t Nappy portrays a young girl who loves her natural beauty and embraces a variety of looks that she achieves with her hair. The author is passionate about encouraging Black children to love and accept their natural...
TRUTHSayers Speaker Series features Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, in conversation with Muriel Fox Alim, President of Freedom Unlimited, Inc. The book version of The 1619 Project as well as the 1619 Project children's book, Born on the Water, were instant...
AWCommunity Days is a quarterly event, proudly co-presented by UPMC/UPMC Health Plan and Citizens. Generous support of FREE programming at AWAACC provided by Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD). Join us for a day of music, art, and culture as we celebrate hip-hop in our community! Enjoy live performances from local artist like Level Up Studio,...
“The Mixtape” celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop & the ecosystem of Street Dance. Featuring diverse genres, freestyle & choreography, The Mixtape transforms the stage into a NYC train car and takes the audience on a ride through the different eras of the Hip Hop & Street Dance timeline, while also looking to the future....
This year's camp will offer a unique opportunity for students to explore monologues from August Wilson's plays. Through this exploration, students will examine Wilson's work and use these monologues as a lens to analyze and interpret the author's intended meaning. In addition to gaining a deeper understanding of Wilson's plays, students will also have the...
Now in the seventh decade of his professional life, Herbie Hancock remains where he has always been: at the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music. Herbie Hancock has been an integral part of every popular music movement since the 1960's. As a member of the Miles Davis Quintet that pioneered a groundbreaking sound...
By Jacob Paa Joe Jr. The Victoria Gallery, 1st Floor Extended through 7/14 by popular demand! Abebui Adekai: Proverb Boxes for a Life Well Traveled by Jacob Paa Joe Jr. is a new sculptural installation by Ghanaian artist and master craftsman, Jacob Tetteh-Ashong, also known as Paa Joe Jr. Featuring a newly created large-scale “fantasy...
Drink. Dine. Dance. Decompress. Take an “intermission” from work and join the party. Tour the galleries and chill on the patio…simply BE at AWAACC. 21 and over + City Stylish Attire Cash Bar and Hors D’oeuvres
Gilda Sheppard, PhD joins LIT Friday to discuss her film SINCE I BEEN DOWN. Lit Fridays is a literary-focused, virtual salon presented by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, featuring conversations and guest performances on the last Friday* of each month at 6:00p EST via Facebook Live and Zoom Webinar. All conversations are moderated...
This year's camp will offer a unique opportunity for students to explore monologues from August Wilson's plays. Through this exploration, students will examine Wilson's work and use these monologues as a lens to analyze and interpret the author's intended meaning. In addition to gaining a deeper understanding of Wilson's plays, students will also have the...