Symposium: Neighborhood Tour
Saturday, May 17, 2025
1:45pm – 2:45pm
Begins at Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You:
Single Tickets: $35 – $50
Symposium Pass: $150 – $300
Join Pittsburgh’s legendary griot, Terri Baltimore for an engaging guided tour of East Liberty. With decades of experience as a storyteller, historian, East Liberty-raised resident, and community advocate, Ms. Terri brings to life the rich cultural history and complicated transformation of East Liberty.
Through her captivating storytelling, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the struggles, resilience, and triumphs that have shaped this evolving Pittsburgh neighborhood. The tour paints a vivid picture of the people, places, and events that form East Liberty’s unique identity. More than just an exploration of a neighborhood, it’s an opportunity to reflect on themes of culture, power and the strength of storytelling to preserve community memory. Don’t miss this immersive journey—one that will leave you inspired, informed, and more connected to our beloved neighborhood.
This event is part of Owning Our Future: A Symposium on BIPOC Institutional Ownership.
AND DON’T MISS…
Symposium Film Screening: East of Liberty
Thursday, May 15, 20257:30pm – 10:00pm
Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $15 – $30
Symposium: Looking Glass App by Adrian Jones
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – Sunday May 18, 2025
All Weekend
Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
FREE
- ABOUT THE ARTIST
- About Owning Our Future Symposium
Terri Baltimore has worked in the non-profit sector for over 40 years. She previously served as Director of Community Engagement for the Hill House Association and worked for the agency for 27 years. She was responsible for environmental programs, volunteer activities, arts programming and strategic partnerships. She has led historic tours of the Hill District since 1992. Ms. Baltimore earned a BA in Journalism from Duquesne University and was a member of Leadership Pittsburgh Class XXII.
KST is leading a groundbreaking national symposium that aims to reshape the future of accessible, equitable cultural spaces owned and anchored by BIPOC communities.
Guided by our vision “Owning Our Future. Thriving Where We Live.,” this three-day gathering in May 2025 serves as a platform to catalyze a critical national dialogue and chart a path forward.
Collaborating with an advisory committee of national and local colleagues, KST curates a cross-industry program that features discussions, performances, and celebrations with leaders in art, activism, urban planning, philanthropy, and government. Together we imagine new financial, operational, and physical structures for BIPOC-owned arts spaces, addressing the structural inequities that the pandemic laid bare.
The symposium spotlights organizations employing new strategies to safeguard culture in their communities. It engages forward-thinking stakeholders invested in emergent models. Look forward to thought-provoking panel sessions, inspiring keynote addresses, and dynamic performances by Pittsburgh and national artists.