Happenings

Concerts

Graduate Student Composers Concert, with IonSound Project, Pitt’s ensemble-in-residence, performing new music by Pitt’s graduate student composers, 8 p.m. April 16, free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125.

Cory Weeds Quartet With Joey DeFrancesco, Grammy-nominated saxophonist Weeds with Hammond B-3 jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco, 9 p.m. April 17, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon JazzLive, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, 8 p.m.
April 18, free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu.

Masters of the Celtic Harp, featuring Grainne Hambly and William Jackson, two of the foremost harpists of Ireland and Scotland, 7:30 p.m. April 19, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, Roots Cellar Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

2012 Pitt Jazz Ensemble Concert, annual spring performance, 8 p.m. April 19, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu.

African Music and Dance Ensemble, annual spring concert, 8 p.m. April 20, Pitt students free with ID, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

The Romance of Classical Music, Gianandrea Noseda conducting orchestral portions of Berlioz’ Romeo and Juliet and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Nicholas Angelich, April 20-22, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Imagination Movers in Concert! Rock-O-Matic 2012, described as “high-octane rock concert for entire family,” 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. April 21, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

Chris Norman and David Greenberg, Celtic and North American folk music with some Baroque tunes, 8 p.m.
April 21, Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Oakland, Renaissance & Baroque, 412-361-2048, www.rbsp.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra NEA Jazz Masters, Benny Golson, jazz saxophonist, 8 p.m. April 21, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pitt Men’s Glee Club performing a program of classical, folk, and popular music, 8 p.m. April 21, Pitt students free with ID, First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, 159 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland, Pitt Department of Music, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

Pitt Women’s Choral Ensemble performing a program of classical, popular, and folk music, 3 p.m. April 22, free, Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu.

Ascension Day Evensong, featuring The Oberlin Collegium Musicum, 5 p.m. April 22, Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., Shadyside, Music at Calvary, Calvary Episcopal Church, www.calvarypgh.org.

The Magic of Paris, Gianandrea Noseda conducting a program of works by Respighi, Debussy, and Falla, April 27-29, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Christopher Houlihan, organist, 4 p.m. April 29, Saint Bernard Church, 311 Washington Rd., Mt. Lebanon, Organ Artists Series, Saint Bernard Church, www.oas-series.com.

The Priests in Concert, a singing trio of platinum recording artists, three priests from Northern Ireland leading a classical music ensemble, 7:30 p.m. April 29, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth 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.

Exhibitions

Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt Studio Arts Student Exhibition, featuring creative works by graduating seniors alongside pieces by Studio Arts majors and nonmajors, through April 28, www.studioarts.pitt.edu.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Duncan Campbell, filmic portraits, each unraveling historical narrative through one
protagonist, beginning April 28; Maya Lin, recreations of natural forms transformed into objects of contempla-
tion, through May 13; Henri Matisse: The Thousand and One Nights, multipanel, painted paper cut-out, created when the artist was 81 and confined to his bed, through July 15; Hand Made: Contemporary Craft in Ceramic, Glass, and Wood, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.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.

Hillman Library, an exhibition of first editions and significant works of famed novelist Charles Dickens, through
May 1, Room 363; 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, ground floor; also on display in glass Audubon case are actual front pages of Pitt’s original state charters,
University’s 225th anniversary commemoration, through May 18, 412-953-3298, jeanann@pitt.edu.

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 like Randolph Caldecott, Chris van Allsburg, Ernest Shepard, and Maurice Sendak, through May 20, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Josh Gibson: Negro League Legend, features a 100-year timeline and photographs of the life of Negro League baseball player Josh Gibson and his continuing legacy, through June 30; Strength in the Struggle: Civil Rights featuring two distinct displays with text, photography, memorabilia, and film related to the civil rights movement and women’s movement in Pittsburgh and the nation from 1967 to 1987, through June 30, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-258-2700, www.augustwilsoncenter.org.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk, collaborative exhibition between Hunt Institute and Carnegie Museum of Natural History, through June 29, 5th floor, Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Warhol’s Cats and Dogs Series, through June 30; M is for Museum, through Aug. 30, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, cmnhweb@carnegiemnh.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Renormalization, Coarse-Graining, and the Fragile Individual,” Simon DeDeo, Omidyar Fellow, Santa Fe Institute, 12:05 p.m. April 17, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Talk Series, Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

“Entrepreneurship: Connecting Students, Researchers, and Managers,” Dennis P. Slevin, Tom W. Olofson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies, Katz Graduate School of Business, 4:30 p.m. April 17, Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Series, 2500 Posvar Hall.

“The Invention of Latin America: A Transnational History of Anti-Imperialism, Democracy, and Race,” Michel Gobat, associate professor, University of Iowa’s Department of History, 2 p.m. April 18, 602 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Humanities Center, www.humcenter.pitt.edu/events/announcements.php, humctr@pitt.edu.

“Addressing Obesity in Black Communities: Is Food Justice the Answer?” Monica Baskin, assistant professor, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, noon to 1:30 p.m. April 19, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland, Pitt Center on Race and Social Problems’ Reed Smith Spring 2012 Speaker Series, 412-624-6337.

“Online Collaboration: Creative and Civic,” Amy Bruckman, associate professor, Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Interactive Computing, 1:30 p.m. April 20, 403 Information Sciences Building, iSchool Colloquium Series, Pitt School of Information Sciences, www.ischool.pitt.edu/colloquia/sis-series.php.

“Breaking the Glass Ceiling,” Lise D. Vesterlund, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in Economics, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, 4:30 p.m. April 26, Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Series, 2500 Posvar Hall.

Tom Brokaw, renowned television journalist, 8 p.m. April 26, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Speakers Series, Robert Morris University, www.pittsburghspeakersseries.org.

“Natural Goals of Action in Aristotle,” Hendrik Lorenz, associate professor, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, 2 p.m. April 27, 244B Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of Classics, www.classics.pitt.edu/classics-philosophy/.

Miscellaneous

National Geographic Live: A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel, illustrated photographic journey based on memoir of Annie Griffiths, one of National Geographic’s first female staff photographers, 4 p.m. April 22, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth 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.

TIES Informational Luncheon for Researchers and Research Assistants, talk on Text Information Extraction System (TIES), Rebecca Crowley, director, Department of Biomedical Informatics Graduate Training Program, Pitt School of Medicine, 11 a.m. April 23, Magee-Womens Hospital, Conference Room CR2131, open to Pitt and UPMC faculty, staff, and students, registration required, http://ties.upmc.com/register/index.html, 412-623-7833.

Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, free quarterly showcase of art and entertainment in the heart of the Cultural District, April 27, throughout the Cultural District, Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

The Frankly Scarlett Comedy Hour, all-female comedy act, 10:30 p.m. April 28, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

Opera/Theater/Dance

In The Next Room by Sarah Ruhl, Victorian physician Dr. Givings treats “female hysteria” patients with a new electric invention, while in the next room his wife yearns for what’s missing in their marriage, April 19-May 5, Stephen Foster Memorial, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, 412-561-6000, www.picttheatre.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Electric Baby by Stephanie Zadravec, the title character’s tale of urban folklore connecting his Romanian mother and his Nigerian father with colorful Americans in Pittsburgh, through April 22, The Waldorf School, 201 S. Winebiddle St., Bloomfield, Quantum Theatre, 412-362-1713, www.quantumtheatre.com, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Lily Tomlin, Emmy-, Tony-, and Grammy Award-winning actor-comedian, 7:30 p.m. April 25, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

JacobTV “The News,” video-opera, synthesizing speech grooves, live music, and video, remixed from international media footage, 9 p.m. April 27, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth 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.

The Abduction From the Seraglio, Mozart opera about the adventures of a young Spanish nobleman, his lover, and their servants who are kidnapped and placed into a Pasha’s service, April 28, May 1, 4, and 6, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Opera, 412-281-0912, www.pittsburghopera.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Lars Lubovitch Dance Company, acclaimed modern dance company, 8 p.m. April 28, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Dance Council, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Ruthless! The Musical, featuring crazy 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.

Around the World in 80 Days, classic Jules Verne novel brought to theatrical life, through May 13, 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

Chi Song, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Hypothesis Settings and Methods for Genomic Meta-analysis, 10:30 a.m. April 16, 309B Parran Hall.

Leekyoung Hwang, Dietrich School of Arts and Science’s Department of Chemistry, “Development and Mechanistic Study of a Peptide-Based Methodology for the Preparation of Nanoparticle Superstructures,” 10 a.m. April 17, 307 Eberly Hall.

Di Mo, School of Medicine’s Program in Integrative Molecular Biology, “Endolyn Sorting and Function During Kidney Development,” 2 p.m. April 17, LHAS Auditorium, 7th Floor, UPMC Montefiore Hospital.

Eun Kyung Lee, School of Education’s Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, “Higher Education Expansion and Economic Growth in Japan and Korea,” 1:30 p.m. April 19, 4321 Posvar Hall.

Pei-sui Luk, Dietrich School’s Department of Linguistics, “Transitive and Intransitive Constructions in Japanese and English:  A Priming Experiment,” 10 a.m. April 24, 2809 Cathedral of Learning.

Abigail I. Wald, School of Medicine’s Molecular Virology and Microbiology Graduate Program, “Role of microRNA-363 in Human Papillomavirus-Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck,” 4:30 p.m. April 24, 503 Bridgeside Point II.