Humanities on the Road Taping

The public is invited to the free event featuring musical folk artist and storyteller Tom Breiding.  Event held at 1 p.m. June 4 at The Historic Pump House in Pittsburgh's Waterfront.

Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area is cordially inviting the public to a live PCN-TV "Humanities on the Road" taping with performer Tom Breiding at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 at The Historic Pump House in Munhall.  Visitors to the event will also have the opportunity to share their steel/coal industry stories during the live taping.  The event is part of an ongoing effort by Rivers of Steel to promote the cultural heritage of Southwestern Pennsylvania's steel industrial history.

With his guitar, banjo and harmonica, Tom Breiding tells the stories of Pittsburgh's steel mills and the West Virginia coalfields, as well as the generations of workers in the steel, coal and glass industries.  In 2008, his album "The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virigina Coalfields" spent 16 weeks in the top 100 of the Americana charts.  Breiding, a Commonwealth speaker with the Humanities Council, is also a teaching artist with Gateway to the Arts in Pittsburgh.

Rivers of Steel President and CEO August R. Carlino will introduce Breiding and help coordinate a Q & A session, centered on the folk artist as well as the location, the Historic Pump Huse, where the 1892 Lockout & Strike occurred, infamously known as"The Battle of Homestead."  The 2-hour event will conclude with light refreshments and tours of the Pump House.

The Pennsylvania Humanities Council is a non-profit organization which seeks to inspire a life of learning.  Humanities on the Road is one of their newest initiatives, and is an arts and culture-themed TV show produced with PCN-TV, the state's non-profit cable network.  Click here for a preview.

The public is invited June 4 to this family-friendly event to support Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area which will, in turn, help keep the spotlight on the steel industrial heritage of our region, as well as promote future tapings at our historic locations. 

This event is free, but reservations are appreciated.  Please call 412-464-4020 ext. 32 to make a reservation.

For more information, call 412-464-4020 ext. 46 or email smoreira@riversofsteel.com