Happenings

CONCERTS

Pacifica Quartet, performing Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Schubert, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Carnegie Music Hall Chamber Series, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, 412-624-4129, www.pittsburghchambermusic.org.

Highmark Presents Chris Botti, Grammy-nominated trumpeter, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Heinz Hall Special Presentation, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Grisha Goryachev, classical and flamenco guitarist, noon Dec. 1, Nordy’s Place, Lower Level, William Pitt Union, free, Pitt ARTS’ Artful Wednesdays, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Heinz Chapel Choir Holiday Concert, 5:15 p.m. Dec. 2 free concert for Pitt affiliates; tickets sold out for all other performances, Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

Eve Goodman and John Caldwell, folk music performers, noon Dec. 3, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, free, Pitt Library System and Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm.

Pitt Men’s Glee Club Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. Dec. 3, First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, 159 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland, free to Pitt students with ID, tickets must be reserved in advance, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

Verdi Requiem, with conductor Manfred Honeck and The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Dec. 3-5, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Festival of World Music, featuring Pitt’s University Gamelan Ensemble, African Music and Dance Ensemble, Carpathian Ensemble, and Japanese music ensemble, 2-6 p.m. Dec. 4, William Pitt Union Ballroom, free, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

Renaissance City Choirs Holiday Concert, Pittsburgh’s gay and lesbian choirs performing traditional carols and featuring the Edgewood Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Dec. 11, Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland, tickets available by calling 412-362-9484, or online @ www.rccpittsburgh.org.

EXHIBITIONS

Frick Art and 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, through Jan. 2, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

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

Carnegie Museum of Art, Ordinary Madness, through Jan. 9; André Kértesz: On Reading, photography exhibition, through Feb. 13, 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 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, through June 2011, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/READINGS

“Waiting for Landauer,” John D. Norton, director, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m. Nov. 30, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Talk Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

“What Becomes of Tristan and Yseult in the Renaissance?” Jane Taylor, professor, Durham University, UK, 4:30 p.m. Nov. 30, 252 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-3246, www.medren.pitt.edu.

Leslie Crutchfield, author and philanthropist, free lecture on philanthropic strategies and her upcoming book, Do More Than Give (Jossey-Bass), 3:30-5:30 p.m. Dec. 1, Ballroom B, University Club, Pitt Graduate School of Public and International Affairs’ Philanthropy Forum, gspiapf@pitt.edu.

“The Sino-American Dispute Over the Renminbi Exchange Rate,” Pei Liu, visiting scholar in Pitt Department of Economics, noon Dec. 2, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series, Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370 or asia@pitt.edu.

“Do Human Beings Have a Nature?” Richard Samuels, visiting fellow, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m. Dec. 3, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Talk Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

“Teaching World History Since 1500,” one-day workshop taught by Thomas Anderson, Pitt’s World History Center postdoctoral fellow, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 4, $50 fee, Pitt World History Center, 5604 Posvar Hall, www.worldhistory.pitt.edu.

“The Lake Has No Saint,” Stacey Waite, teaching fellow, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, book release reception and reading, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4, WYEP-FM Community Broadcast Center, 67 Bedford Square, South Side, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, wstudies@pitt.edu.

“Career and Family Conumdrum,” Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 3:30-5 p.m. Dec. 6, Ballroom B. University Club, Pitt Department of Economics’ 2010 McKay Lecture, 412-682-0140.

MISCELLANEOUS

Fresa y Chocolate, (1994, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea), 6:30 p.m. Nov. 30, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 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.

Roble de Olor, (2002, Rigoberto López), 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 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.

Pitt Nationality Rooms’ Holiday Open House, Cathedral of Learning Commons Room, 27 Nationality Rooms are decorated in holiday splendor, noon-4 p.m. Dec. 5, Pitt Nationality Rooms Committee, 412-624-6000.

OPERA/THEATER/DANCE

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Pitt Repertory Theatre’s student lab theatrical performance, Dec. 1-5, Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Repertory Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts, 412-624-0933, www.play.pitt.edu.

The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman, inspired by true story that rocked the classical music world, through Dec. 12, City Theater, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

Talley’s Folly, Pulitzer Prize-winning romantic comedy by Lanford Wilson, through Dec. 12, 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.

PITT PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Marquis Hawkins, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, 9:30 a.m. Nov. 29, “The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Kidney Function/CKD,” A523 Crabtree Hall.

Debra N. Thompson, School of Nursing, 10 a.m. Nov. 29,  “A Multi-Level Study of Nurse Leaders, Safety Climate, and Care Outcomes,” 219 Victoria Building.

Leida Tolentino, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, 11:30 a.m. Nov. 29, “Second Language Swedish Morphosyntactic Instruction and Cross-Language Similarity: An ERP Investigation,” Glaser Auditorium, first floor, Learning Research and Development Center.

Pamela E. Toto, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 9 a.m. Nov. 30, “Impact of a Multi-Component Exercise and Physical Activity Program for Sedentary, Community-Dwelling, Older Adults,” 4065 Forbes Tower.

Shellie Rose, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology and Planetary Science, 10 a.m. Dec. 1, “Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing of Active Basaltic Volcanoes: A Thermal and Spectral Deconvolution Approach,” 214 Space Research Coordination Center.

Tae-Hoon Kim, School of Information Sciences’ Telecommunications and Networking Program, noon Dec. 1, “Cross-Layer Resilience on Critical Points in Manets,” 502 Information Sciences Building.

Hyekyoung Shin, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 9 a.m. Dec. 2, “Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Laptop Computer Use Among College Students,” 4065 Forbes Tower.

Paulina H. Liang, School of Medicine’s Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, 10 a.m. Dec. 2, “Modulation of Bone Marrow-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells By Vascular Endothelial Growth Inhibitor (VEGI),” Nimick Conference Room, Hillman Cancer Center.

Alfred E. Simpson Jr., School of Education’s Department of Health and Physical Activity, noon Dec. 2, “Psychological and Anthropometric Characteristics of Amateur Motorcycle Road Racers and Their Influence on Racing Performance,” Conference Room, Baierl Recreation Center.

Jiangxia Liu, School of Medicine’s Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, 10 a.m. Dec. 3, “The Application of Metabolic Network Analysis in Understanding and Targeting Metabolism for Drug Discovery,” 1105A Scaife Hall.

Philip Ganchev, School of Arts and Sciences’ Intelligent Systems Program, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3, “Transfer Rule Learning for Biomarker Discovery and Verification,” First-Floor Conference Room, Parkvale Building.

Mónica Alejandra Canedo Sánchez de Lozada, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, 3 p.m. Dec. 3, “El acto amoroso de la escritura en la ficción de Clarice Lispector,” 1528 Cathedral of Learning.

Jared D. Moretti, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, 4 p.m. Dec. 3, “Fluorous Mixture Synthesis of Sch725674 and Its Fifteen Stereoisomers,” 307 Eberly Hall.