There’s more arts and culture fun coming to Pittsburgh!
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University announced the in-person programming line-up for the 2022 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival presented by Citizens.
The festival, now in its seventh year, will bring together internationally acclaimed artists and performers with community leaders, academics, and change-makers from Pittsburgh and beyond for a carefully curated, thought-provoking mix of intimate conversations. Learn about our city’s history, policy and politics, Kennywood, racial inequities, drag culture, Shakespeare, food, art, and more as we explore what it means to be human.
Festival events take place at various locations within Pittsburgh’s Cultural District.
2022 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival Events
The Day the Klan Came to Town
Bill Campbell
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
America’s Energy Gamble
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
Drinking with Shakespeare
Sh!tfaced Shakespeare
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
How I Became a Novelist
Kathleen George
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
No Laughing Matter: Can Comedy Help Climate Action?
Sophia McClenan
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food & Love in Thirteen Courses
Josephine Caminos Oría
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center
Kennywood Behind the Screams
Brian Butko and Rick Sebak
Sunday, March 27, 2022, Noon
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
Ed Simon
Sunday, March 27, 2022, Noon
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
Becoming A Queen
Kierra Darshell and Richard Parsakian
Sunday, March 27, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
Cultural Treasures: The Importance of Funding Black-led Organizations in Pittsburgh
Shaunda McDill and Thomas Agnew
Sunday, March 27, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
Spraycan Art: Vandalism, Murals, and the Gallery
Max Gonzales and Shane Pilster
Sunday, March 27, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
Biographer Blake Gopnik on Andy Warhol
Blake Gopnik
Sunday, March 27, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
We Got Power: Black, Young, and Educated
Youth Panel, featuring the Pittsburgh-based organization Black, Young, and Educated
Sunday, March 27, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Avenue
Ticket Information
Full listing and descriptions of each Conversation available at TrustArts.org/Humanities.
Access fourteen events with one purchase! For just $10 ($5 for students), your 2022 Core Conversations Pass opens the door to fourteen wide-ranging conversations in the Trust Arts Education Center, March 26-27. Every presentation includes a Q&A segment with the audience, inviting you to be part of the conversation.
Ticket prices for Featured Events vary. For pricing and to purchase tickets, visit TrustArts.org/Humanities, the Box Office at Theater Square, or call (412) 456-6666.
Please visit the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust website TrustArts.org for information on safety and health event and venue entry policies: TrustArts.org/Welcome.