With more than 50 restaurants in walking distance to theaters, the Cultural District offers a wide variety of dining options to satisfy your personal tastes and budget. Enjoying a relaxing meal before a show or capping off the evening with cocktails and dessert add to a pleasurable experience in the Cultural District.
A Pittsburgh Cultural District-wide gift card can be used to purchase tickets for Pittsburgh Cultural Trust events as well as any event taking place in the Cultural District. With so many exciting shows, concerts, and exhibitions, there is truly something for everyone!
The Cultural District is accessible by public transportation, including Port Authority buses, "T" light-rail service and Pittsburgh's famous inclines. Driving to the show? There is also ample parking in and around the District -- for real-time garage parking information, try ParkPGH.
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2019 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival
The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival brings together internationally-renowned academics, artists, and intellectual innovators offering interviews, intimate conversations, and select performances focused on art, literature, music, science, policy, politics, and more—all in a lively, entertaining, accessible format in the Cultural District. It’s smart talk about stuff that matters.
Core Conversations
Core Conversations feature intimate discussions, interviews, and performances. Tickets can be purchased for just $5 per Conversation.
Saturday, March 23
12:00-1:00 PM
Drawing the Line A CONVERSATION WITH ROB ROGERS
Harris Theater
1:30-2:30 PM
The Creative Impulse with Bill Shannon OPPORTUNITIES OF CHOICE AND NECESSITIES OF SURVIVAL
Trust Arts Education Center
The Human Cost of Fracking with Eliza Griswold HUMANITIES SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Trust Arts Education Center
3:00PM-4:00PM
Telling New Stories with Reg Douglas DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON STAGE
Harris Theater
How Not to Save the Planet with Michael Goodhart
Trust Arts Education Center
4:30PM-5:30PM
Scratching the Surface with DJ Perly
Trust Arts Education Center
Public Open Call
Harris Theater
Sunday, March 24
12:00-1:00PM
Superheroes and Storytelling ANGELIQUE ROCHE IN CONVERSATION WITH YONA HARVEY
Trust Arts Education Center
1:30-2:30PM
Keeping Pittsburgh Dope CHANCELOR HUMPHREY ON THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Trust Arts Education Center
Lee Terbosic: Making Magic PITTSBURGH, HOUDINI AND HISTORY
Trust Arts Education Center
3:00-4:00PM
Speedy Delivery DAVID NEWELL AND MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
Trust Arts Education Center
Fashion and the Art of Inclusion DEMEATRIA BOCCELLA INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD PARSAKIAN
Trust Arts Education Center
4:30-5:30PM
AI: Beyond Getting Cliches with Molly Wright Steenson
Trust Arts Education Center
Blurred Lines Between Fiction and Documentary Cinema EWA BANASZKIEWICZ AND MATEUSZ DYMEK
