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7:30pm Nov. 14th, 2026 First Unitarian Church 605 Morewood Ave 15213 Directions at Eventbee.com [tickets button] $20 Gen. Ad./ $10 Student Pay-What-You-Will Advance & At the Door Pittsburgh Crankie Fest 2026 Artists: Katherine Fahey with Dan Van Allen Maisie Goodnight Katy DeMent Annie Trimble Julie Stunden with The Squirrel Hillbillies Jody Best Melanie Marshall Mary Ann Steiner Beth Watkins Brian Thummler & Co. Annick Odom Emcee Hannah Standiford Note: Our crankies, though mostly family-friendly, may incorporate adult content. These evening performances are not designed with children in mind--though all are welcome! |
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Hand-cranked illustrated scrolls combining folk and contemporary art, music, stories, poetry, shadow puppets.
Photo by Festival Of Friendship
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Ellen, musician and novice visual artist, completed her first illustrated scroll in 2012; since 2013 she has led crankie-making workshops in her neighborhood and at festivals in Pennsylvania and West Virginia; in 2016 she produced and hosted Pittsburgh's inaugural Crankie Fest.
Her paper mosaic scroll Pretty Fair Miss was included in an exhibit at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs, CT, and in the 3rd Annual Baltimore Crankie Fest. She incorporates crankies into her solo performances and during intimate concerts with The Early Mays. If you're interested in crankie workshops and performances, please get in touch! For all you ever wanted to know about crankies, please visit TheCrankieFactory.com. |