2024 Lecture Series
Lectures are held on the third Tuesday monthly (except January, February, and December). They will be primarily held at Zion Lutheran Church, 237 – 37th Street. Other locations and times will be noted in the lecture’s description. The lectures will start at 7:30 pm (except when noted). Parking is available on the street or after 7:00 pm in St. Augustine Church’s parking lot on 37th Street.
April 16, 2024
Two Painters from Lawrenceville (Zion Lecture – 7:30 pm)
Pittsburgh art historian and former fine art dealer, Gary Grimes, will present an illustrated lecture about two painters from Lawrenceville. Clarence Marshall Johns (1843–1925) who specialized in animal paintings and landscape artist Olive Turney (1847–1939) who lost her sister in the 1862 Allegheny Arsenal explosion.
May 21, 2024
Matthew Dunn: Blind Congressman — Jennie Benford (Zion Lecture – 7:30 pm)