The Gist Street Readings are held monthly and feature local and
national poets and writers. The series focuses on emerging writers
either publishing in national journals and magazines or publishing
their first or second books. The readings are unpretentious and fun. More about the series.
Music on the Edge has offered Gist Street people a discount on admission for their January concerts! All you have to do is walk up to the desk and say: "Gist Street" (like a password in a James Bond movie) and you will get in for $7 at the door (regularly $15) $4 for seniors
and students.
Please note that the first January concert (Sirius) will
be held at the Andy Warhol Museum. The second concert
(Kopperud/Gosling) will be held at Bellefield Hall.
× Sirius String Quartet featuring Elliot Sharp
Co-sponsored by the Andy Warhol Museum*
Saturday, January 10, 8 p.m. at the Andy Warhol Museum
"…an amazing group of musicians and musical visionaries..." — Indie Style
× Clarinetist Jean Kopperud and Pianist Stephen Gosling
Saturday, January 17, 8 p.m. at Bellefield Hall Auditorium
Music
by Paolo Cavallone, Jason Eckhardt, David Felder, James Primrosch,
Steven Ricks, Harvey Sollberger, and Pitt's own Eric Moe. "Ms. Kopperud
has the technique and imagination to make nearly anything sound
interesting…" Mr. Gosling's playing is "luminous and poised" — The New
York Times
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In other exciting news: two Gist Street alums have won 2008 Whiting Awards. A big congrats to Rick Hilles and Benjamin Percy!
“‘One of the best reading series in the entire country,’ sounds both hackneyed & vague, although Gist St. is indeed just that. How 'bout ‘An ideal venue with an ideal audience!’ (You will recall I read in the middle of a snowstorm, and the room was full. I was floored.)”
