Happenings

Concerts

Jon Banuelos and Alba Flamenco, capturing Flamenco tradition, noon Nov. 1, Cup and Chaucer Café, ground floor of Hillman Library, Emerging Legends Concert Series, www.library.pitt.edu/emerging-legends 

Pitt Jazz Concert, the annual gala concert with world-renowned musicians, 8 p.m. Nov. 2, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert Series, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem 

Frederick Hohman, international touring organ virtuoso and recording artist plays classical organ repertoire, 3 p.m. Nov. 3, Heinz Chapel, www.heinzchapel.pitt.edu

Exhibitions

Hillman Library, Pitt Football Through the Years, photography exhibition highlighting historic key moments and athletes from Pitt Panthers, through Jan. 17, ground floor of Hillman Library, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/d/documentingpitt

Carnegie Museum of Art, 2013 Carnegie International, preeminent exhibition of new international art in the United States, through March 16, www.carnegiemuseums.org

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Decentralization, Interactive Governance, and Income Inequality: Spain and Sweden,” Yasemin Irepoglu, PhD candidate, Pitt Department of Political Science, noon Oct. 29, 4217 Posvar Hall, European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce

“Will Equity be Achieved Through Health Care Reform?” John Ayanian, professor of internal medicine, director, Institute of Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, noon Oct. 29, Ladies Hospital Aid Society Auditorium N734, Montefiore Hospital, 3459 Fifth Ave., Oakland, Anne C. Sonis Memorial Lecture, Pitt Center for Bioethics, www.bioethics.pitt.edu

“The Ecological Niche Concept: History and Recent Controversies,” Arnaud Pocheville, postdoctoral fellow, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 12:05 p.m. Oct. 29, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr

“Liver Regeneration: The Biology of Prometheus,” George K. Michalopoulos, professor and chair, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, 4 p.m. Oct. 29, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Series, www.provost.pitt.edu

“Soviet Celebrities,” Kelly Trimble, PhD Candidate, Pitt Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 7 p.m. Oct. 29, 316 William Pitt Union, Center for Russian and East European Studies, www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees

“The Discovery of the Higgs Boson and the 2013 Nobel Prize,” James Mueller, professor and undergraduate program director, Pitt Department of Physics and Astronomy; and Tao Han, director of Pitt’s Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Center, discuss the University’s contributions to the groundbreaking Higgs Boson research, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 30, Ballroom B, Pitt’s University Club, www.as.pitt.edu

“Navigating the Changing Tides of the Business,” Jana Herzen, president and owner of Motema Music, 7 p.m. Oct. 30, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

“The Importance of Being Versatile in Today’s Music Industry,” Kenny Davis, bassist, 10 a.m. Nov. 1, 548 William Pitt Union, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

“Tenor Titan and Jazz Master,” Ernie Watts, saxophonist, 11 a.m. Nov. 1, 548 William Pitt Union, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

“Elections as Instruments for Punishing Bad Representatives and Selecting Good Ones,” Brian F. Crisp, professor of political science, Washington University, noon Nov. 1, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt Center for Latin American Studies, www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas

“African Extensions,” Jeff “Tain” Watts, drummer, 1 p.m. Nov. 1, 548 William Pitt Union, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

“Different Approaches to Improvisation: How to Unlock Your Creative Mind,” Randy Brecker, trumpeter, noon Nov. 2, Assembly Room, William Pitt Union, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

“My Time with The Ray Charles Orchestra,” Marcus Belgrave, trumpeter, 1 p.m. Nov. 2, Assembly Room, William Pitt Union, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

“In Conversation with Ravi Coltrane,” Ravi Coltrane, saxophonist, 2 p.m. Nov. 2, Assembly Room, William Pitt Union, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

Miscellaneous

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, 1988 feature length documentary directed by Clint Eastwood, includes interviews and clips of the legendary pianist, 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Assembly Room William Pitt Union, Jazz Movie Night, 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

“Know Your K: Writing a Successful Career Development Award Application,” Mark S. Roberts, professor and chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, 1 p.m. Oct. 31, Office of Academic Career Development Health Sciences, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu

Opera/Theater/Dance

Venus, the tale of The Venus Hottentot, the beautiful star of freak shows and the African Dancing Princess, through Nov. 10, Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, www.play.pitt.edu

PhD Defense Dissertations

Manasi Kiran Mayekar, School of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, “Uncovering the Mechanism of Chromatin Association of the Paf1 Transcription Elongation Complex,” 1:30 p.m. Oct. 30, 219B Langley Hall.

Virginia Margaret Burger, School of Medicine’s Department of Computational Biology, “Early Disease Detection Through Computational Pathology,” 10 a.m. Oct. 31, S123 Biomedical Science Tower.

Kathryn M. Sobek, School of Medicine’s Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, “Regulation, Function, and Clinical Relevance of ABCG2 in Prostate Cancer,” 10 a.m. Nov. 1, Hillman Cancer Center 2nd Floor Conference Room, Research Pavilion.

Michelle Nicole Messmer, School of Medicine’s Department of Immunology, “Analysis of Cellular Sentinels for Extracellular Heat Shock Protein-Peptide Complexes,” 1 p.m. Nov. 1, S120 Biomedical Science Tower.