‘Hearts Beat Loud’ for Denis Theatre
The Denis Theatre will present its free Friday movie, “Hearts Beat Loud,” about a father and daughter who form an unlikely songwriting duo during the summer before she leaves for college. The 2018 indie drama stars Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons as well as Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner and Toni Collette. It was an official selection at the Sundance and SXSW film festivals last year.
It will be shown at 7 p.m. at Washington Elementary School, 735 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, 15228.
Even though the event is free, donations to the Denis Theatre’s rebuilding efforts are welcome. Details: www.denistheatre.org/events/its-a-movie-night-in-mtlebanon.
‘Pretty Ugly’ display
The art exhibit “Pretty Ugly,” which runs through Nov. 2, addresses the concept of beauty and ugliness through contemporary figurative art forms influenced by art brut, outsider art and folk art. Existing outside the cultural norm of “fine art,” they open up the conversation — is it pretty, is it ugly, or is it pretty ugly? Does beauty exist on its own, or is it created by the observer under the influence of cultural and historic specifications?
It includes work by Ken Draim, Stacy Innerst, Laura Jean McLaughlin, Tom Megalis, Jay Nesbitt, Tom Sarver and David Wallace.
It’s at James Gallery 413 S. Main St., West End. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Information: 412-9229800; info@jamesgallery.net. Free admission.
International Archaeology Day
The Pittsburgh Society of Archaeological Institute of America is hosting a family fun day to learn about archaeology, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the University of Pittsburgh’s Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Drive, Oakland, 15260.
There will be human skeletal analysis, geophysics, drone photogrammetry demonstrations, walking tours of classical architecture in Oakland, kids’ activities (storytime, crafts, shoebox excavations), digital archaeology displays and more.
It’s free. For a full schedule: www.classics.pitt.edu/about/aia-pittsburgh-chapter.
Brown Bag Concert
At noon on Saturday see the 2019-20 Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists up close in the George R. White Studio at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, 2425 Liberty Ave., Strip District. The noon performance is free and open to the public. You can meet the Resident Artists afterward in an informal reception. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Details: www.pittsburghopera.org.
Exiled Voices: City of Asylum Resident Writer Reunion
A collection of readings will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, by five former writers in residence at City of Asylum on the North Side to celebrate 15 years of sanctuary: Huang Xiang (China), Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador), Khet Mar (Burma), Israel Centeno (Venezuela) and Yaghoub Yadali (Iran). Tickets are free, but there is a maximum of two tickets per purchase (www.alphabetcity.org).
It will be held at City of Asylum, 40 W. North Ave., Pittsburgh, 15212.