Happenings

Concerts

Brit Floyd, tribute show celebrating the musical legacy of Pink Floyd, Feb. 23-24, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Peter King, blues/jazz guitarist, noon Feb. 24, free, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, Emerging Legends Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm.

Samite, renowned Ugandan world music performer, with opening act Temujin, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25, Carnegie Lecture Hall, Acoustic Masters Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy, an evening of music from the award-winning Final Fantasy video game series with conductor Arnie Roth and the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series and Attila Glatz Concert Productions, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The JACK Quartet, performance will include premiere of Pitt Professor of Music Amy Williams’ new string quartet, Richter Textures, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, the Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, Pitt Music on the Edge Series, Andy Warhol Museum, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

Exhibitions

Hillman Library Ground Floor, Pitt—225 Years of Building Better Lives—1787-2012, exhibition of vintage photographs, maps, and copies of front pages of Pitt’s two original state charters, on loan from Pennsylvania’s state archives, through May 18; also on display in the glass Audubon case are the actual front pages of  Pitt’s original state charters, University’s 225th anniversary commemoration, Feb.27-May 18, 412-953-3298, 412-648-8199.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Picturing the City: Downtown Pittsburgh, 2007-2010, through March 2; Warhol’s Cats and Dogs Series, through March 5; Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, through April 7; Maya Lin, imaginative recreations of natural forms transformed into objects of contemplation, through May 13; Hand Made: Contemporary Craft in Ceramic, Glass, and Wood, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection, through March 4; Warhol’s Cats and Dogs Series, through March 5; M is for Museum, through Aug. 30, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland, 412-622-3131, cmnhweb@carnegiemnh.org.

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design, includes The Jacobsen American Chair Collection, a comprehensive private collection of iconic and historic chairs from the mid-1800s to pieces from today’s studio movement, through April 8, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg,  724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

The Warhol, About Face, a series of three-dimensional large-format portraits by photographer Anne Svenson; Warhol and Cars: American Icons, examining Warhol’s enduring fascination with automobiles as products of American consumer society, both through May 13; I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video, and Television, ongoing, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

The Frick Art & Historical Center, Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, survey of drawing styles and techniques spanning more than 100 years, including watercolors, pen drawings, and experimental combinations from artists including Randolph Caldecott, Chris van Allsburg, Ernest Shepard, and Maurice Sendak, through May 20, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

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

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Color Constancy and the Relativities Therein,” Derek Brown, associate professor of philosophy, Brandon University, 12:05 p.m. Feb. 21, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Talk Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

“Genome Stability: From Molecules to Man,” Bennett Van Houten, Richard M. Cyert Chair in Molecular Oncology, Pitt’s School of Medicine, 4 p.m. Feb. 21, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Pitt Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Series, www.provost.pitt.edu.

“Social Movement Scenes and Occupied Spaces in Italy,” Gianni Piazza, professor of political science, University of Catania, Italy, and Alica Mattoni, postdoctoral fellow, Pitt Department of Sociology, noon Feb. 22, 2432 Posvar Hall, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center, Department of Sociology, and Pittsburgh Social Movement Forum, www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events.

“Inequality and the American City: Implications of the Neighborhood Effect,” Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor and director of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s Social Sciences Program, Harvard University, noon Feb. 22, Pitt Center on Race and Social Problems, 20th floor, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center on Race and Social Problems’ Speaker Series, 412-624-7382.

“Caribbean Queer: Desire, Dissidence, and Constructions of Caribbean Subjectivity,” Alison Donnell, professor, University of Reading’s Department of English Literature, followed by a response from Angelique V. Nixon, assistant professor, Susquehanna University’s Department of English and Creative Writing, 4 p.m. Feb. 22, 602 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of English, spuri@pitt.edu.

“Citizenship Education in Post-Suharto Indonesia,” Suzanna Eddyono, doctoral student, Pitt Department of Sociology, noon Feb. 23, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt.edu.

Paul Starr, a lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner about his latest book, Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Reform, noon Feb. 23, Auditorium 6, Scaife Hall, Pitt Health Policy Institute, www.healthpolicyinstitute.pitt.edu.

“Biology as Process,” John Dupre, professor of philosophy of science, University of Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom, 3:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Annual Lecture Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

“Bach, the Mass, and the Leipzig Lutheran Service,” Jeffrey S. Sposato, visiting scholar, Pitt Department of Music, and professor of musicology, University of Houston, 4 p.m. Feb. 24, 132 Music Building, Pitt Department of Music, European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center, www.music.pitt.edu.

Miscellaneous

Immigration Workshop for international students and graduates, 3 p.m. Feb. 22, Ballroom B, University Club, Pitt School of Law’s Immigration Law Clinic, Vibrant Pittsburgh, Cohen & Grigsby, and Global Pittsburgh, 412-281-8615, adrianad@vibrantpittsburgh.org.

“Europe at 8:00,” a series of short European films, 8 p.m. Feb. 23, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center, Russian and East European Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

The Tournées Festival, screenings of French films, free, Feb. 23-25, Alumni Hall, 7th-Floor Auditorium, Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Film Studies Program, University Honors College, and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, www.frenchanditalian.pitt.edu.

My Name Was Sabina Spielrein (2002, Elizabeth Márton), screening and discussion of award-winning documentary on history of psychoanalysis, 6 p.m. Feb. 24, Sanger Hall, Chatham University, Woodland Road, Shadyside, Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center, Pittsburgh Association for Psychoanalytic Thought, 412-661-4224, www.pghpsa.org.

The Latin American Social and Public Policy Graduate Student Conference, features presentations on social and public policy research in Latin America by students from Pitt and other universities with comments by Pitt faculty, Feb. 24-25, University Club, Pitt Center for Latin American Studies, 412-648-7393, bravo@pitt.edu.
“Afro-Latin American,” teacher workshop, G. Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor and chair in Pitt’s Department of History, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 25, 5604 Posvar Hall, Pitt Department of History, School of Education, and World History Center, www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/saturdayworkshop.php.

Making Oral Presentations, workshop to explore a nine-step process for preparing an effective presentation, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 25, Lecture Room 2, Scaife Hall, Pitt Survival Skills and Ethics Program, www.skillsandethics.org, survival@pitt.edu.

Opera/Theater/Dance

Cirque Dreams Pop Goes The Rock, musical variety show that spans decades and unites generations with popular tunes, Feb. 21-23 and 26, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Dance Council, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Detroit Dealers by Wunderbaum, a visual crossover of dramatized documentary, theater, and music telling the story about the rise, peak, and descent of the American car industry and the Dutch Opel dealer Arie Bart, Feb. 23-25, Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Way Back Home, Oliver Jeffers’ intergalactic children’s tale about seeking adventure, Feb. 26-27, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, other show times through March 4 at different venues, Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

Ruthless! The Musical, featuring the antics of a homicidal eight-year-old aspiring actress, through May 6, CLO Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret, www.pittsburghclo.org, 412-325-6766, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.