Arts & Culture calendar 6-5-13

Thursday 6

Savoy Live
The Savoy Restaurant & Lounge presents Savoy Live from 6-9 p.m. at 2623 Penn Ave., Strip District. Every Thursday, Savoy will showcase live music in Pittsburgh. The guest artist will be Kevin Howard featuring Stacia Abbott. For more information, call 412-281-0660.

Friday 7

Summer Music Series
Sweetwater Center for the Arts presents its Summer Music Series from 6-8 p.m. at the Wolcott Park Gazebo, Sewickley. Every Friday night in June, some of the area’s brightest musicians will perform. Mal Scoppa and the Tall Tales will be the featured entertainment. This is a free event. For more information, call 412-741-4405 or visit www.sweetwaterartcenter.org.

Saturday 8

Showcase Noir
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents Showcase Noir from 12-7 p.m. at 8th Street and Penn Avenue, Cultural District. This is a gallery featuring work by artists of the African Diaspora. This is part of the Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival. For more information, call 412-456-6666 or visit www.trustarts.org.

A Walk in My Shoes
The Kaufmann enter of the Hill House Association presents “A Walk in My Shoes” Interactive Art Exhibition from 12-6 p.m. at 1825 Centre Ave., Hill District. In this interactive exhibition, two rooms, a bisexual tween’s bedroom and a War Veteran’s living room, have been decorated with the works of local artists and authors to challenge one’s thinking. The exhibit will be displayed through June 16. For more information, call Christina McNeese at 412-290-9652.

Sunday 9

Radio Golf
The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents “Radio Golf” at 3 p.m. at 937 Liberty Ave., Cultural District. Radio Golf is set in the 1990s and involves an Ivy-League educated lawyer who aspires to redevelop the Hill District and become the first Black mayor of Pittsburgh. But there is one house that stands in his way. The past confronts the future in the present as he discovers the house is more than an obstacle to progress. The show will run through June 29. For more information, visit www.pghplaywrights.org.

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