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Local talent the focus at August Wilson Center for African American Culture

PITTSBURGH, PA.- The August Wilson Center for African American Culture announces two major exhibitions. The first, “Teenie Memories: New Photographs by Rebecca Droke and Bill Wade,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photographers, coincides with “Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story” at the Carnegie Museum of Art, which opened Oct. 29. Cecile Shellman, Artistic Director of Visual Arts and Exhibition Initiatives at the Center says, “The timing is ideal for devotees of Mr. Harris’ work and we hope that each will complement the other.” The exhibit opened Nov. 1 and runs through Feb. 16, 2012. August Wilson Center CEO Andre Kimo Stone Guess announced at the start of the new season that Affrilachia (af-ruh-LAY-shuh), a term describing African Americans living in Appalachia, was the theme for the Center’s 2011-12 Continuum, a series of programs tied to a specific theme. “Common Ground: A