Happenings

Concerts

Honeck and a Waltz Tradition, a program with waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss Jr., and Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto featuring acclaimed Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, Nov. 25 and 27, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Ken Hatfield, jazz guitarist and composer, noon Nov. 30, free, Nordy’s Café, ground floor, William Pitt Union, Artful Wednesdays Concert Series Fall 2011, PITT ARTS, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Ken Hatfield Trio, jazz guitarist and composer, 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, Guitar Society of Fine Art, 412-396-5486, www.gsfapittsburgh.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Too Tall Americanos, indie folk-pop duo, noon Dec. 2, free, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm.

Handel’s Messiah, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck and renowned opera/theater director Sam Helfrich join forces, Dec. 2-4, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pitt Women’s Choral Ensemble Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. Dec. 2, Heinz Chapel, Music at Pitt 2011-12, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

A Billy Taylor Tribute, presented by JazzMobile, 8 p.m. Dec. 3 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 4, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., Manchester, 412-323-4000, mcgjazz.org.

World Music Festival, featuring Pitt’s Gamelan, African Music and Dance Ensemble, and Carpathian Ensemble, noon Dec. 4, William Pitt Union Ballroom, Music at Pitt 2011-12, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

Exhibitions

The Frick Art & Historical Center, Fabergé: The Hodges Family Collection, more than 100 objects made by Russian artist-jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé, goldsmith and jeweler to the Russian court, through Jan. 15, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

University Art Gallery, The Imprint of War: Responses in Print, through Dec. 5, exhibition showcasing artwork by war-inspired artists Jacques Callot, Nicolas Naughton, and Sandow Birk, sponsored by students in Pitt’s Museum Studies Seminar course, Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland, 412-648-2400.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey, through Dec. 31; Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, through April 7; Picturing the City: Downtown Pittsburgh, 2007-2010, through March 2; 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

The Warhol, Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol, through Jan. 8;
I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video, and Television, ongoing, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt’s Legacy, rare gems from the original collection of founder Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (1882-1963), through Dec. 15, 5th floor of Hunt Library, 4909 Frew St., Carnegie Mellon University, 412-268-2434, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/.

Wood Street Galleries, Cell Phone Disco, ongoing, Tito Way, Downtown, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

Ann Patchett, author, will discuss her new novel, State of Wonder, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lectures, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

“The New Quantum Logic,” Robert B. Griffiths, professor of physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 12:05 p.m. Nov. 29, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science’s Lunchtime Colloquium Series, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

“Individual Susceptibility to the Most Common Infectious Noncontagious Disease of Humankind: Caries,” Alexandre R. Vieira,  assistant professor of oral biology and of pediatric dentistry, Pitt School of Dental Medicine, and assistant professor of human genetics, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, noon Dec. 2, Auditorium 6, Scaife Hall, Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar Series, 412-383-7382, www.svc-seminar.pitt.edu.

Miscellaneous

Pittsburgh Songwriters Circle CD Release, join in celebrating the release of the group’s seventh album, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, Calliope Center Stage Concerts, 412-361-1915, www.calliopehouse.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Anthropology in the Era of Globalization: Ethnography, Ethnology, and Comparative Analysis, day-long conference marking 50 years of anthropological research, teaching, and graduate training at Pitt, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 9, followed by 6-9 p.m. reception, keynote address by Sidney Mintz, Johns Hopkins University research professor, locations at both Posvar Hall and Frick Fine Arts Building, Department of Anthropology, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; full schedule available at  www.anthropology.pitt.edu, 412-648-7530.

Opera/Theater/Dance

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch decides to steal Christmas, Nov. 22-27, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Mask of Moriarty by Hugh Leonard, Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr. Watson come up against their most dastardly malefactor, Dec. 1-17, Charity Randall Theatre within Stephen Foster Memorial, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, www.picttheatre.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Red, 2010 Tony Award-wining Best Play about artist Mark Rothko, through Dec. 11, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Fat Beckett by Gab Cody in collaboration with Rita Reis, a sly female response to the great Samuel Beckett’s men who wait, two heroines are on a journey of time-and-space-travel to find their beloved goat, Dec. 1-18, Old School House, 4830 Hatfield St., Lawrenceville, Quantum Theatre, 412-362-1713, www.quantumtheatre.com, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Nutcracker, ballet danced to music by Tchaikovsky, favorite family holiday tradition, Dec. 2-23, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, www.pbt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Defending the Caveman, Broadway comedy that tackles contemporary feminism and masculine sensitivity, through Jan. 8, CLO Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret, 412-325-6766, www.pittsburghclo.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Young Joo (Kevin) Kim, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Rehabilitation Science, 9 a.m. Nov. 21, “Problem-Solving Therapy to Reduce Chronic Fatigue in Cardiac Arrest Survivors,” 4065 Forbes Tower.

Elizabeth Chapman, Dietrich School of Arts and Science’s Department of Geology and Planetary Science, 2 p.m. Nov. 21, “Fossil Fuel-Related Water-Rock Interaction in the Appalachian Basin, Pennsylvania and New York: A Geochemical and Strontium Isotope Investigation,” 214 Space Research Coordination Center.

An-Hung Edmund Yeh, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, 1 p.m. Nov. 22, “Fluorous Mixture Synthesis of Four Isomers of 4, 8, 12-Trimethylnonadecanol and the Development of an NMR-Based Method for Determining Configurations of Polyisoprenoid Structures,” 307 Eberly Hall.

Christine Young, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Philosophy, noon Nov. 28, “Grounding Mental Content,” 1001B Cathedral of Learning.

Grace A. Colletti, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biological Sciences, 2 p.m. Nov. 29, “Acute Downregulation of the Lysosomal Ion Channel TRPML1 Induces Cathepsin B and Bax Dependent Apoptosis,” A219B Langley Hall.

Jing Ji, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, 3 p.m.
Nov. 29, “Neuronal Survival After Traumatic Brain Injury: Cardiolipin—a Critical Target,” 5th-Floor Conference Room, Bridgeside Point, 100 Technology Dr., Hazelwood.

Sergey Sosnovsky, School of Information Sciences’ Information Science and Technology Program, 10 a.m. Nov. 30, “Ontology-Based Open-Corpus Personalization for E-Learning,” 522 Information Sciences Building.

Ethan I. Huang, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Communication Science and Disorders, 1 p.m. Nov. 30, “On the Mechanism of Response Latencies in Auditory Nerve Fibers,” 5047 Forbes Tower.