FIRST NIGHT 2010 with BALAFON Pittsburgh’s First Night 2010 New Year’s Eve celebration featured the Balafon West African Dance Ensemble at the brand new, state-of-the-art August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Balafon’s performance was among another 150 events at 50 different venues, making this New Year’s Eve the “best and biggest celebration yet," said Kathryn Heidemann, the director of the event. Classes_%26_Events.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0

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Kadiatou Conté Secures Opportunity with PA Arts Council


“Mama” Kadiatou Conté is the recipient of the 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Creative Artists Fellowship.

The Artists in Education program provides funding for arts-in-education residencies, 

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