Anne Appelbaum

Anne Applebaum comes to Heinz Hall on Wednesday, November 18, as part of the city's ongoing speakers series. It's a single-night engagement, with Applebaum taking the stage for a lecture in the heart of the Cultural District.

If you're not already familiar, Applebaum is a historian and journalist whose work focuses on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Her writing usually sits at the intersection of history and current events, so this is one of those nights where the talk will likely pull from a deep historical record to make sense of what's happening in the world right now. It's a lecture, not a performance, so you'll be coming for the conversation and the Q&A that usually follows.

The venue is Heinz Hall, the cornerstone of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District. Dedicated in 1971 and renovated in 1995, it's the year-round home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. It holds 2,661 seats and has an international reputation for grandeur and excellence as a concert hall, and it welcomes the PSO and acclaimed guest artists from around the world throughout the season. For a talk like this, it's a big room, so you'll want to keep that in mind when you're picking your seat.

Applebaum's appearance is part of the broader speakers series Pittsburgh has been running, so it's one stop in a longer line of guests. The lecture starts at 8 PM on Wednesday, November 18, at Heinz Hall.