Upcoming Events
KST Presents
September 27
Thrival Innovation Festival Keynote
In collaboration with XPrize, Thrival Innovation addresses, head on, the consequences of an artificial intelligence revolution—ranging from the effects on our day-to-day lives, to the impact on jobs and the economy, to the way government and lawmakers handle automation on a massive scale.
KST Presents
September 30
Mixed Threads
This annual event is also an open invitation for the general public to take notice and support the many diverse and unique designers through business and commerce.
KST Presents
October 6
Unblurred Dance Party – October
On the first Friday of each month, people from all over the city come together on Penn Avenue for Unblurred meet artists and encounter works of photography, dance, painting, sculpture, music and spoken word.
KST Presents
October 6
Vatic Kuumba / D.S. Kinsel / Anqwenique Wingfield – A Furtive Movement
Providence-based National Poetry Slam competitor and emerging playwright Vatic Kuumba comes to KST to collaborate with two visionary Pittsburgh artists: vocalist and director of Groove Aesthetic, Anqwenique Wingfield; and visual artist, cultural agitator and BOOM Concepts co-founder D.S. Kinsel.
KST Presents
October 13 - 14
Ananya Dance Theatre – Shyamali: Sprouting Words
Ananya Dance Theater’s newest work takes its name from the Bengali work for “dark green,” and draws inspiration from the force that springs trodden grass back to life. In Shyamali: Sprouting Words, choreographer Ananya Chatterjea recognizes proactive dissent as a fuel for growth, and celebrates the courage of women who refuse to be broken, women who speak up, talk back, embody dissent and sustain their communities against injustice.
KST Presents
October 24
Bill Shannon – Residency Showing
As KST’s current Penn Avenue Creative Artist-in-Residence, Bill Shannon offers an in-process showing and conversation about Touch Update, a multidisciplinary work that combines movement, wearable projection technology and video installation to explore the significant and often subtle implications of physical human contact in the digital era.
KST Presents
October 27 - 28
Balafon West African Dance – Black River Dance Festival
Led by revered dance artist Kadiatou Conte-Forte, Balafon West African Dance Ensemble is a Pittsburgh institution, one that combines intricate choreography and elaborate costumes with live music and song
KST Presents
October 28
9th Annual Halloween Mayhem
Zombies, a costume parade, puppets, games and more fill Kelly Strayhorn Theater for our ninth annual Halloween Mayhem.
Classes + Workshops
7:30p
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Writer, vocalist and sound artist LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, author of TwERK (Belladonna, 2013), leads an interactive workshop open to everyone who wants to explore contemporary poetics in practice.
10a - Noon
Ananya Chatterjea – 15 Gestures of Dissent
In this workshop designed for all levels, participants explore the organically expanding number 15 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15) as they build on individual expressions of dissent to build a greater collective whole.
6p - 7:30p
Roland Ford – Dance and Be Fit
Roland Ford, a 68 year old Pittsburgh native, has set Pittsburgh on fire with his high impact dance classes, enthusiasm, creative talent and energy. Roland motivates all age groups to stay in shape and have fun at the same time, with his line dancing and fitness classes.
Saturdays / October 7 - December 2, 2017 | 9a - Noon
KST’s Alloy School | Fall 2017
Dance, movement, yoga and acting classes for children and families.