Author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Sponsored by University of Pittsburgh Honors College and University of Pittsburgh School of Law With support from the Aurora Book Club and the United Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh Monday, January 25, 2016 Carnegie Music Hall, 7:30 pm 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Buy […]
February 5, 2016 | 12 noon | Room C2860, 2nd floor Biomedical Research Building, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine At least since the death of Socrates in 399 BC, the practice and protocols of health care have been conflated with the execution of the death […]
The Story That Shocked the County featuring Sam Lemon, Sunday Feb 7th from 2 – 4 PM, Media Fellowship House, 302 S. Jackson St., Media Sam Lemon is an author and educator who has researched a case for over 30 years involving a 16-year-old boy who was executed here in PA in 1931. Lemon believes […]
by Romulus Linney, based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines Directed by Rich Keitel March 4, 2016 - March 13, 2016 New Hazlett Theater: 6 Allegheny Square E, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 www.primestage.com “I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.” Jefferson, an African-American […]
Directed by Vince Ventura March 20, 2016 7:00 PM Prime Stage Studio: 840 Saw Mill Run Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15220 www.primestage.com Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and the public record, The Exonerated tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words. In this ninety-minute play, we […]