Happenings/June 25-July 16, 2007

June 25

PhD Dissertation Defense by Xiaoqing Wang, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, “An Ecological Perspective on Online Community,” 10 a.m., 102 Mervis Hall.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Mississippi Kite, through July 2, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu/images/audubon.

Art Exhibitions, Forum 59: Phil Collins, through July 1; Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, through Sept. 16; A Celebration of the Women’s Committee, through Dec. 13; Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-441- 9786 ext. 224, www.cmoa.org.

Student Art Exhibitions, Accomplishment 25, through July 6, MCG Gallery, 1815 Metropolitan St., North Side; and Collective Fusion, a collaborative student project with Therman Statom, MCG@800 Penn Avenue, downtown, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 412-322-1773, www.manchesterguild.org.

Art Exhibition, Glassnost, through July 13, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Purnell Center for the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., 412-268-3890, www.cmu/edu/millergallery.

Photographic Exhibition, Conflict, photos of the Iraq and Afghan wars and other conflicts; by Jason Cohn, Chris Hondros, Larry Rippel, and Renee Rosensteel; through July 14, SPACE Gallery, 812 Liberty Ave., downtown, 412-325-7723.

Exhibitions, Metamorphosis: The Life Cycle of a Glass Bead, through July 14; Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era, through Oct. 31; Points in Time, through Dec. 31; Glass: Shattering Notions, through Dec. 31; and Discovery Place, through Dec. 31; Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

Art Exhibitions, Maggy Aston: Drawings and Constructions; Inside Out Six: Selections from the Flat Files; and Big F***ing Thing (New Works by John Eastman @ Digging Pitt Too); both through Aug. 18, Digging Pitt Gallery, 4417 Butler St., Lawrenceville, 412-605-0450, www.diggingpitt.com.

Art Exhibition, Fiberart International 2007, through Aug. 19, Pittsburgh Centre for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., 412-361-0873, www.pittsburgharts.org.

Art Exhibition, Personal Jesus…The Religious Art of Keith Haring & Andy Warhol and Lou Reed: New York, both through Sept. 2; Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Art Exhibition, Allure of Japanese Glass, through Sept. 19, Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., East Liberty, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Art Exhibition, India: New Installations Part 1, through Oct. 25, Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

June 26

Pitt Faculty and Staff Blood Drive, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., William Pitt Union’s lower lounge, register for appointment times at 412-624-7702 or www.pitt.edu/~commrel/cro-blooddriveform.html.

PhD Dissertation Defense by Ashley Currier, Pitt Department of Sociology, “The Visibility of Sexual Minority Movement Organizations in South Africa and Namibia,” 11 a.m., 2431 Posvar Hall.

Seminar, “KSHV Latency and Immune Evasion,” Yuan Chang, professor, Pitt Department of Pathology, noon, UPMC Shadyside Hospital’s Cooper Conference Center, 5230 Centre Ave., Shadyside, 412-623-3651.

June 27

PhD Dissertation Defense by Meihua Wang, Pitt Department of Biostatistics, “An Adaptive Bayesian Approach to Jointly Modeling Response and Toxicity in Phase I Dose-finding Trials,” 10:30 a.m., A622 Crabtree Hall.

Seminar, “Molecular Pathogenesis of Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma,” Philip Cagle, physician, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex.; noon, Scaife Hall’s 1105BC Conference Center, Pitt Pathology Research Seminar Series, 412-648-1040.

Film Screening, Lady in the Water, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, dusk, Schenley Park’s Flagstaff Hill, CitiParks’ Cinema in the Park Series, 412-937-3039.

June 28

Library Event, “Jazz It Up: How to Find Medical Images for Your Presentation,” Fran Yarger, cochair, Pitt’s Health Science Library System (HSLS), noon, Falk Library’s conference room B, HSLS Lunch With a Librarian series.

Lecture, “Brief Tobacco Cessation Intervention and Nicotine Replacement Therapies,” Frank Vitale, senior lecturer, Pitt Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 371 Salk Hall, 412-624-3330.

Film Screening, Matador, 8 p.m., 120 David Lawrence Hall, Pitt Film Studies Program’s Films of Pedro Almodovar series, tla14@pitt.edu or cks1@pitt.edu.

Theatrical Performance, Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, 8 p.m., continues through June 30, Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

Theatrical Performance, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, adapted from the poetry of Michael Ondaatje, 8 p.m., continues through July 1, Garden Theatre, 12 W. North Ave., North Side, Quantum Theatre, 412-394-3353, www.quantumtheatre.com.

Theatrical Performance, The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn, 8 p.m., continues through July 1, O’Reilly Theatre, 621 Penn Ave., downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

June 29

PhD Dissertation Defense by Karen Petersen, Pitt Department of Psychology, “Socioeconomic Status as a Correlate of Plasma Inflammatory Markers: An Association That May Be Modulated by the Interleukin-6 (-174) G/C Promoter Polymorphism,” 10:30 a.m., 4127 Sennott Square.

PhD Dissertation Defense by Danielle Ficco, Pitt Department of Sociology, “Women Stepping Out: Intersections of Welfare Policy, Work, and Abuse,” 11 a.m., 2431 Posvar Hall.

Farmers’ Market, 3:30-6:30 p.m., every Friday through Nov. 16, Sennott Street between Atwood Street and Meyran Avenue, Oakland Business Improvement District, 412-683-6243, www.onlyinoakland.org.

Good Friday at the Warhol Museum, 5-10 p.m., special late hours and cash bar, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

July 1

Film Screening, Open Season, directed by Roger Allers and Jill Culton, dusk, Schenley Park’s Flagstaff Hill, CitiParks’ Cinema in the Park Series, 412-937-3039.

July 3

PhD Dissertation Defense by Nowall Hassan, Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “A Clinical Predication Rule for Classifying Postpartum Subjects With Pelvic Girdle Pain Who Demonstrate Short-term Improvement with Moblization of the Sacroiliac Joint,” 9 a.m., 4065 Forbes Tower.

Theatrical Performance, White Christmas by Irving Berlin, David Ives, and Paul Blake, starring Stacey Keach, 8 p.m., continues through July 15, Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, 7th and Penn avenues, downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-281-2822, www.pittsburghclo.org.

July 4

University Closed for Independence Day.

Film Screening, World Trade Center, directed by Oliver Stone, dusk, Schenley Park’s Flagstaff Hill, CitiParks’ Cinema in the Park Series, 412-937-3039.

July 6

PhD Dissertation Defense by Jon Pearlman, Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Research and Development of an Appropriate Electric-Powered Wheelchair for India,” 9 a.m., 5047 Forbes Tower.

PhD Dissertation Defense by Wesley N. Sivak, Pitt Department of Bioengineering, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyurethane Drug Delivery Systems,” 10 a.m., B63 Benedum Hall.

Farmers’ Market, 3:30-6:30 p.m., every Friday through Nov. 16, Sennott Street between Atwood Street and Meyran Avenue, Oakland Business Improvement District, 412-683-6243, www.onlyinoakland.org.

Good Friday at the Warhol Museum, 5-10 p.m., special late hours and cash bar, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Musical Performance, African folk musician Samite, 7 p.m., Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, First Fridays at the Frick concert series, 412-697-0938, http://frickart.org.

Art Exhibition, In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau and His American Students, through Oct. 14, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-697-0938, http://frickart.org.

July 12

PhD Dissertation Defense by Clare Holt, Pitt Department of Psychology, “Maternal Harshness and the Mother-Child Relationship in the Toddler Years: Associations With Internalizing Problems at School Entry,” 1 p.m., 4127 Sennott Square.

Film Screening, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 8 p.m., 120 David Lawrence Hall, Pitt Film Studies Program’s Films of Pedro Almodovar series, tla14@pitt.edu or cks1@pitt.edu.

July 13

Workshop, “The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business,” 7:30-10 a.m., 309 Mervis Hall, Pitt’s Small Business Development Center;
to register, 412-648-1542.

Golf Outing, second annual Kessel Klassic, benefiting Pitt-Bradford’s Jeffrey Brian Kessel Memorial Scholarship fund, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pennhills Country Club, Bradford, register by July 6 at 814-362-5091.

Farmers’ Market, 3:30-6:30 p.m., every Friday through Nov. 16, Sennott Street between Atwood Street and Meyran Avenue, Oakland Business Improvement District, 412-683-6243, www.onlyinoakland.org.

Good Friday at the Warhol Museum, 5-10 p.m., special late hours and cash bar, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

July 16

PhD Dissertation Defense by Keisha L. Tyler, Pitt Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, “The Applicability and Usage of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) to Address Obesity Among U.S. Women,” noon, 226 Parran Hall.