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Ys1 Yusef Shelton Da First Sparks Your Spiritual Side with Hip-Hop Experience “Ignite”

By Vanessa Reseland Artist Ys1 — Yusef Shelton Da First — is a true orator out of Homewood in Pittsburgh. I recently sat with him to discuss his upcoming hip-hop musical experience, Ignite, the first New Hazlett Theater CSA show of 2023. Each response to my questions flowed with the…

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Ys1 Yusef Shelton Da First Sparks Your Spiritual Side with Hip-Hop Experience “Ignite”
Ys1 Yusef Shelton Da First Sparks Your Spiritual Side with Hip-Hop Experience “Ignite”
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Published in Recital

·Dec 21, 2022

Top 24 Albums of 2022

FKA twigs — CAPRISONGS (Young/Atlantic) Francis Plagne — The Refrain (Black Truffle) Paul Giger — ars moriendi (ECM) The A’s — Fruit (Psychic Hotline) The Smile — A Light for Attracting Attention (XL) Eiko Ishibashi — For McCoy (Black Truffle) Pedro The Lion — Havasu (Polyvinyl Records) Dewa Alit &…

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Top 24 Albums of 2022
Top 24 Albums of 2022
Fka Twigs

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Published in Recital

·Dec 20, 2022

Review: Nathan Wagner’s Perdita Focuses on Hope in the Wake of Loss

By Vanessa Reseland and David Bernabo — Continuing Recital’s sponsored partnership with the New Hazlett Theater, we are presenting a series of editorially-independent previews and reviews of the 2022–23 Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series. Below is our review of Perdita by Nathan Wagner, a collaborative response from Vanessa Reseland and David Bernabo with guest panelists Eric…

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Review: Nathan Wagner’s Perdita Focuses on Hope in the Wake of Loss
Review: Nathan Wagner’s Perdita Focuses on Hope in the Wake of Loss
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Published in Recital

·Nov 23, 2022

Cut Pathways Season 3!

Learn about the history of University of Pittsburgh’s Electronic Music Studio — Cut Pathways, a podcast developed by the Oral History Program at Carnegie Mellon University, debuts four new episodes from their third season, “Steel City Outsiders and the Institutional Avant-garde.” Check out the latest episode about the history of University of Pittsburgh’s Electronic Music Studio here: “The Buchla synthesizer experienced…

Modular Synth

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Cut Pathways Season 3!
Cut Pathways Season 3!
Modular Synth

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Published in Recital

·Nov 16, 2022

Grief, Empathy, and Education: Nathan Wagner Calls Upon Shakespeare in His New Teen Tragicomedy

By Vanessa Reseland — High school can be a trying place under the best of circumstances. Despite the excitement of growing up, hormones and independent streaks often derail the innocent childhoods on which teens once coasted. In less protected communities and households, that naivete was lost before freshman year. With less supervision and more…

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Grief, Empathy, and Education: Nathan Wagner Calls Upon Shakespeare in His New Teen Tragicomedy
Grief, Empathy, and Education: Nathan Wagner Calls Upon Shakespeare in His New Teen Tragicomedy
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Published in Recital

·Nov 3, 2022

Review: True to Its Title, Somewhere Strange Journeyed Into an Ambiguous Surreality

By Vanessa Reseland — Continuing Recital’s sponsored partnership with the New Hazlett Theater, we are presenting a series of editorially-independent previews and reviews of the 2022–23 Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series. Below is our review of Somewhere Strange by Vida Chai, a collaborative response from Vanessa Reseland and guest panelists Jason Baldinger, David…

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Review: True to Its Title, Somewhere Strange Journeyed Into an Ambiguous Surreality
Review: True to Its Title, Somewhere Strange Journeyed Into an Ambiguous Surreality
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Published in Recital

·Sep 30, 2022

Vida Chai Kicks Off the CSA Season by Inviting You “Somewhere Strange” in their Relatable, Relational Immersive Musical Event

By Vanessa Reseland The perils of self-reflection are not usually traversed by those living in survival mode. There is no time to wallow in a crisis, but what happens when the crisis itself gives you more time than you’re prepared to handle? Cut to the early days of the COVID-19…

New Hazlett

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Vida Chai Kicks Off the CSA Season by Inviting You “Somewhere Strange” in their Relatable…
Vida Chai Kicks Off the CSA Season by Inviting You “Somewhere Strange” in their Relatable…
New Hazlett

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Published in Recital

·Sep 22, 2022

Watch the documentary Eating & Working & Eating & Working

Despite being literally visible, the conditions surrounding labor in the service industry often go unseen. Eating & Working & Eating & Working is a feature-length documentary film that follows six people working in the food industry from the beginning to the end of their work day. Along the way, participants…

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Watch the documentary Eating & Working & Eating & Working
Watch the documentary Eating & Working & Eating & Working
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Published in Recital

·Apr 22, 2022

Review: Papa, a fantastical biography of Hall Lee, grandfather, father, draftsperson, chef

Writer and performer Bailey Lee creates an impressive ode to her Papa — Continuing Recital’s sponsored partnership with the New Hazlett Theater, we are presenting a series of editorially-independent previews and reviews of the 2021–22 Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series. Below is our review of Papa by Bailey Lee, a collaborative response from Recital editor David Bernabo and guest panelist Ariel Xiu…

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Review: Papa, a fantastical biography of Hall Lee, grandfather, father, draftsperson, chef
Review: Papa, a fantastical biography of Hall Lee, grandfather, father, draftsperson, chef
Review

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Published in Recital

·Apr 5, 2022

“Everybody needs somebody to witness their life and to know that they were here and that they made a difference.”

An interview with Bailey Lee on the play, “Papa” In Bailey Lee’s Papa, the viewer journeys from the farmlands of rural China to the hills of McKeesport, celebrating Asian American heritage by exploring the Lee family’s memories, fantasies, and heartaches through drama, music, and puppetry. The performance is part of…

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“Everybody needs somebody to witness their life and to know that they were here and that they made…
“Everybody needs somebody to witness their life and to know that they were here and that they made…
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