The Text & conText Lab, a Center for Creativity/University Library System partnership on the Third Floor of Hillman Library, provides an active environment for the creation, manipulation, and/or disassembly of text, including papermaking, bookbinding, and more!
 Join us on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 4 p.m. for a celebration of the Frank Russell Hightower and Frank Floyd Hightower Photograph Collections documenting eight decades of the African American community in Pittsburgh. We will be joined in conversation by Frank Floyd Hightower with Miriam Meislik, Archives & Special Collections Media Curator, and Dr. Larry Glasco, Associate Professor of History. |
 Part of the 54th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Library System and the Pitt Jazz Studies Department.
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 Don’t miss director Renzo Carbonera discussing the first-ever Italian translation and stage performance of “Jitney.” The 2023 production featured an entire cast of Black Italian actors, all of African origin. Register here to attend the event on Wednesday, October 30 at 4:30 p.m. |
 Join curator Victoria LaFave, University of Pittsburgh Department of Theatre Arts PhD candidate, about the exhibit "Consulming Divas: Legacies of Fan Culture in American Theatre" on Friday, November 8, 2024 at Noon. Who is your favorite celebrity – for better or worse? Are you consuming their art, or have you gone a step further by following them on social media? We might think contemporary fan culture is a unique phenomenon with the creation of social media and the 24-hour news cycle. However, actors, singers, and it-girls have always... |
 Join us on Friday, November 15, 2024 for The University of Pittsburgh Library System's Annual Audubon Day! At 10 a.m., Sean Morrissey will present Collaboration and Process: Producing the Birds of America. Followed by Birds and Conservation presented by the National Aviary with a LIVE BIRD at noon! Audubon prints will on display, as well as Text & conText will have some other bird-related hands-on fun! |
