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Wishful Thinking
Paintings by Victoria Cessna and David Wallace

Opening Friday, August 7, 2009. 6-10pm.
Zombo Gallery. 4900 Hatfield St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201
www.zomboworld.com
With live music by Slim and George Cessna with Rob Loveclutch.
Showing through Friday, August 28.

With great excitement and a touch of wise doubt, local painters Victoria Cessna and David Wallace present ‘Wishful Thinking’ at Zombo Gallery on August 7, showcasing works that were completed by the artists over the past year.

Both artists have an affinity for using found imagery from bygone eras as inspiration for their work.

Cessna’s paintings explore the mysterious allure of the random snapshot and capture the quality of a long-forgotten photograph in paint. Her work takes these photographs out of their original context and suggests that there is more than meets the eye in these seemingly tranquil domestic environments.

As a graphic designer, Wallace has always been interested in the power of images and words in advertising. The pairing of innocent, naïve images from mid-century home magazine ads with more modern, direct text create a more complex world than those ‘50s magazines imply. New meanings are derived and questions are posed. As in Cessna’s work, things are not always as they seem or as we wish they could be.

Just as the phrase ‘Wishful Thinking’ can either cheerfully conjure a joyful hope or sarcastically imply a skeptical doubt, the work of Cessna and Wallace explores the duality of meaning inherent within mundane, everyday imagery.

‘Wishful Thinking’ opens Friday, August 7 at Zombo Gallery in Lawrenceville and continues through August 28.
For more information on Zombo Gallery visit www.zomboworld.com
To view David Wallace’s artwork visit www.salaczar.com
To view Victoria Ce

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Come and party with Squonk Opera on Friday May 22nd at 8:00 pm
at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room for
the Galaxy Premiere of Astro-rama!

Astro-rama is a joyous large scale outdoor event that unifies an audience in
creating humanity’s message for far-flung galaxies.
The show features live music, dynamic video, 3 stories of scaffolding, a 40' radio telescope,
cherry pickers, scissor lifts and a giant robot.
Astro-rama was filmed over 2 chilly nights in October 2008 at Pittsburgh's Schenley Plaza.

Astro-rama premiere and party with the Squonkers.
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. for $25
Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room
477 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

To purchase tickets go to http://www.squonkopera.org/Astro-Movie-Page.html
Cash only tickets are also available at the door.

Thanks to our generous sponsors…
Café Zao, Big Burrito, Dozen, Vanilla Pastry Studio, Lendable Linens, The Videohouse, Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Additional screening:
Saturday May 23rd at 8:00 pm for $5 – movie plus artist Q&A


“The brainy, bold music-and-performance ensemble is once again daring to go where no performance art has gone before”
- Washington Post

“a roman candle, one that happens to come with a rhythm section.”
- City Paper

“The Biggest, Baddest, Boldest Squonk Opera Yet”
- Pop City

“an American, terrestrial and perhaps galaxy original...a unique mix of geek and polish, eccentric design and mocking wit”
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“hybridizer of art rock and performance, and expert at blending surrealism, high camp and careful craft for the masses”
- City Paper

Hope to see you there!

P.S. Astro-rama has just been chosen as one of three finalists for the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council's Work of Art Awards
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Squonk Opera and the Lively Arts College of Fine Arts Performance Plus present
Indiana County: The Opera.

Come celebrate Indiana County with a new installment in our ‘Hometown Series’,
a show that has been called “noisy, colorful, funny, outrageous” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and
“a quirky, playful, music- and image-driven piece of performance art “ by the Tribune Review.

Our show is not exactly ‘opera’, but a multi-media live concert that weaves music
with video projections, props and puppets.
To see more of what we do, check out our website at http://www. squonkopera. org.

Indiana County: The Opera includes amazing Indiana based dance and choral groups,
and lots of video interviews with Indiana County residents.

Friday, January 30 at 8:00 pm
Fisher Auditorium
IUP Performing Arts Center

Tickets are available in advance at the Hadley Union Building,
at iuptickets. com, the door starting at 7:00 p.m. or call
(724) 357-2547 for information

Come join us and say Hi!
Hope to see you there!
Squonk Opera

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What people have been whispering about is TRUE!
Strange sightings… Unexplained phenomena. . . scientific anomalies…
Squonk Opera will be responding to the cover-ups with…
ASTRO - RAMA!

With 3 stories of scaffolding and a 40 ft radio telescope,
Squonk Opera will take you on a wild visual and musical celebration of the universe and our place in it.

Part symphony, part cacophony, Astro-Rama dares to go where no
multi-media/theater/performance group has gone before.

Rising in scissor lift platforms and cherry pickers, Squonk will compose a proud message from our species,
power up and transmit.

Stand with us, and the truth will be revealed.

Pittsburgh, PA
at Schenley Plaza, Oakland
October 15-18, 2008

Weather permitting, all broadcasts begin at 8:00 p.m.,
are outdoors and are FREE for all bipedal primates!

More info at- www. squonkopera. org

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