Happenings

CONCERTS

Rachmanioff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Olga Kern, piano. and Leonard Slatkin, conductor, Oct. 21-23, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Music on the Edge: Cikada Ensemble From Norway, musical performance, 8 p.m. Oct. 22, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

EXHIBITIONS

Artist Image Resource, Recent Works on Paper by Thomas M. Weprich, Oct. 22-31 with receptions from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 22 and 29, Upper Front Gallery, 518 Foreland St., North Side, 412-321-8664.

Frick Art & Historical Center, For My Best Beloved Sister Mia: An Album of Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, works by one of the Victorian Era’s best-known master photographers, Oct. 23-Jan. 2, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend, Oct. 24-Jan. 2, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

709 Penn Gallery, Nature in Glass, exhibition of Gary Guydosh’s flowers and other nature-inspired pieces, through Oct. 24, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Department of Education and Community Engagement, 412-456-6666.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, features 110 watercolors, drawings, and prints, through Dec. 17, 5th floor, Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Ordinary Madness, through Jan. 9, Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design at Carnegie Museum of Art, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center, Vatican Splendors: A Journey Through Faith and Art, through Jan. 9, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

Mattress Factory, Queloids: Race and Racism in Cuban Contemporary Art, through Feb. 27, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, Pitt’s University Center for International Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, 412-322-2231, www.mattress.org.

August Wilson Center for African American Culture, In My Father’s House, mixed-media exhibition about how African Americans collect and preserve their culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/READINGS

Justice Stephen Breyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lectures, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

“Two Senses of Activity and Gravity in Newton’s Treatise,” Hylarie Kochiras, postdoctoral fellow, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m. Oct. 19, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Talks Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

“Causal Language and the Structure of Force in Newton’s Treatise,” Hylarie Kochiras, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science postdoctoral fellow from University at Buffalo, SUNY, 12:05 p.m. Oct. 19, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

“Using Baker’s Yeast to Understand Human Disease: What Happens to Proteins Gone Bad?” Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Avinoff Professor of Biological Sciences, Pitt School of Arts and Sciences, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 2500 Posvar Hall, Provost Inaugural Lecture, 412-624-5750.

“Text Information Extraction System: A New Tool for Research,” Rebecca Crowley, director, Pitt School of Medicine’s Biomedical Informatics Graduate Training Program, 11 a.m. Oct. 20, M3901 PresbySouth, Pitt Department of Biomedical Informatics, 412-623-4753, www.ties.upmc.com.

Ernst-Peter Brezovszky, Austrian Consul General, noon Oct. 20, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt European Studies Center, European Union Center for Excellence, kal70@pitt.edu.

“Japanese Kokeshi Dolls: Shifting Signifiers and Wooden Tradition,” Jennifer McDowell, doctoral candidate, Pitt Department of Anthropology, noon Oct. 21, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt.edu.

“Understanding and Explanatory Value,” Kareem Khalifa, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science Visiting Scholar from Middlebury College, 12:05 p.m. Oct. 22, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

“Celebrating 80 Years of Women’s Health With Cecile,” Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1 p.m. Oct. 22, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, Planned Parenthood of Western PA, 412-624-6485, www.wstudies.pitt.edu/events.

“Understanding and Explanatory Value,” Kareem Khalifa, visiting scholar, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m. Oct. 22, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Talks Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

MISCELLANEOUS

A Woman Like That (Ellen Weisbrod, 2010), film documentary about 17th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, 3-6 p.m. Oct. 21, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.wstudies.pitt.edu/events.

East of Havana (Lajauretsi Saizarbitoria, 2001), 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, Cuban Eyes/Cubanize: Fifty Years of Cuban Cinema Since the Cuban Revolution film series, Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, www.amigocinelatinoamericano@gmail.com.

Poetry and music night to benefit Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, will feature work of Melissa Difatta, a Pitt student who died of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in August and author of The Bone Marrow Queen memoir; also performances by local musicians, open mic segment, and refreshments, $10 donation, 7 p.m. Oct. 22, ModernFormations Art Gallery, 4919 Penn Ave., Bloomfield, 412-362-0274.

OPERA/THEATER/DANCE

Shakespeare’s Lovers and Fighters, 45-minute performance of romances and spars from Shakespeare’s best-known works, through Oct. 24, Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt’s Stephen Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7529, www.play.pitt.edu.

The Pillow Project, Pittsburgh contemporary dance company, noon Oct. 20, Nordy’s Place, Lower Level, William Pitt Union, PITT ARTS’ Artful Wednesdays, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Phantom of the Opera, adaptation for student performances, Oct. 21-24, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Musical Theater Byham Series, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghmusicals.com.

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Oct. 22-24, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 412-456-6666, www.benedumcenter.org, PITT ARTS’ Night is Oct. 22, Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The 39 Steps, thriller adapted by Patrick Barlow from Hitchcock film and John Buchan novel, through Oct. 24, City Theater, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

The Royal Family by Georges S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, through Oct. 31, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Triple Espresso, story of failure-prone comedy trio trying for its big break, through Jan. 9, Cabaret at Theater Square, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

PITT PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Chenjie Yang, School of Medicine’s Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, 10 a.m. Oct. 20, “Characterization of Tumor-Derived Exosomes and Their Role of Immune Regulation,” 503 Bridgeside Point II Building.

Gina Marie Coudriet, School of Medicine’s Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, 10 a.m. Oct. 22, “Hepatocyte Growth Factor Regulates Inflammatory Mediated Diseases by Suppression of IL-6: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes,” 7th Floor, Rangos Research Center Conference Room, Lawrenceville.