TUESDAY
Jazz Live 365 presents alto saxophonist Yoko Suzuki at the Agnes R. Katz Plaza, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, at 5 p.m. It’s free. For more information, http://pittsburghjazzlive.com/jazzlive365/ or 412-456-6666.
TUESDAY 6/6
Get your musical and culinary fix. “CuisineArt: Three Courses of Musical Gastronomy” includes music (from musicals, operas and film) about food and drink, at Wallace's TapRoom in Hotel Indigo, 123 N. Highland Ave., East Liberty. The free event starts at 7 p.m. Featured artists include Robert Frankenberry, Desirée Soteres, Walter Morales and many others. More at www.facebook.com/clwtaproom.
WEDNESDAY 6/7
Pittsburgh Camerata's new artistic director, Mark Anderson, directs choir rehearsal at Shadyside Presbyterian Church. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Camerata and Chatham Baroque team up to perform Handel's “Chandos Anthems,” presented by the Music for Midsummer Nights series at Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Place. $15, $10 for seniors, free for students. The hourlong concert starts at 7 p.m. More at www.shadysidepres.org or 412-682-4300.
FRIDAY
New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer appears at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, at 7 p.m. as part of the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures New & Noted series. Mr. Foer, best known for “Everything Is Illuminated” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” will be discussing his latest book, “Here I Am” — the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis set in present-day Washington, D.C. For tickets, $22, which includes a paperback copy of “Here I Am,” $10 for students with ID, book not included, or at the door starting at 6 p.m., 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburghlectures.org. Mr. Foer’s books will be available for purchase at the event and a book signing will follow the lecture.
SATURDAY
The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Pittsburgh hosts the Penn OUT Loud/ Smoke & Mirrors art show, gallery crawl and dance party along Penn Avenue in Garfield from 3 p.m. to midnight. The event honors LGBTQ+ Pride and more than a dozen community spaces will host live performances, visual arts, craft exhibitions, food, drink, community discussions and children’s activities. Everyone is welcome. Most activities and stops are free and open to families and people of all ages. Event highlights will include a queer craft market, Project Silk dance performances, Bunker Projects spoken word performances, Most Wanted Fine Art exhibitions and the LGBTQ*Bert queer comedy troupe. The evening ends with a Discoball Dance Party from Bubblepop DJs Kates Weeney and Stephanie Tsong at Ace Hotel. For more info visit Smoke and Mirrors-Penn OUT Loud Art Crawl on Facebook.
First Published: June 4, 2017, 4:00 a.m.
