Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company

Thursday 19 Irvin Mayfield MCG Jazz presents Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra at 7 p.m. at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St.,...

I don’t normally cover stories on my birthday, but this year was different. When I was asked to attend this event I didn’t have...

   Thursday 22 RACE Exhibition The Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents “RACE: Are We So Different?’ at 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This exhibition looks at the...

Friday 16 The African Dance Conference The Balation West African Dance Ensemble presents the Black African River Dance Conference at 8 p.m. at the Kelly Strayhorn...

    Thursday 8 RACE The Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents “RACE: Are We So Different?’ at 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This exhibition looks at the ways...

At the end of 2012’s Theatre Festival in Black & White, much of the buzz was about “Comfort Zone,” a one-act written by Marlon...

Thursday 1 Teenie Harris Exhibit The August Wilson Center for African American Culture presents “Looking Into the Past While Painting A Bright Future” from 3-8 p.m....

Thursday 12 Jazz Jam CJ’s Restaurant & Lounge presents “The Roger Humphries & RH Factor Jazz Jam Session” at 8 p.m. at 2901-2911 Penn Ave., Strip...

FIRST STEPS—Mark Southers in PPTCO’s first venue, the Garfield Theatre, promoting the first play of the Cycle, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Many arts organizations struggle in their first few years; and they survive those first lean years through sheer determination. With Kuntu Repertory Theatre taking its final bow after 34 years of nurturing and showcasing the vast under-appreciated wealth of homegrown Black talent, Pittsburgh now has an even smaller handful of theater venues with a continuous agenda of providing regular opportunities for artists of color to perform.