Happenings

Untitled 2008, Maria Lassnig, Life on Mars, 55th Carnegie International, through January 11, 2009

Concerts

Steve Earle, country-rock, 8 p.m. July 24, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org.

The Black Crowes, featuring mix of rock, blues, country, soul and gospel, 8 p.m. Aug. 5, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org.

Bryan Adams, singer/songwriter and guitarist, 8 p.m. Aug. 7, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org.

Exhibitions

Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Windows & Dreams, through July 25, 200 Broad St., Sewickley, 412-741-4405, www.sweetwaterartcenter.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, BigBot: Extreme Animals—The Video Game, through July 27, and 55th Carnegie International, through Jan. 11, 2009, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, BigBot: You’re #1 and Gigapan Student Project, both through July 27; Transformer: The Work of Glenn Kain, through Aug. 31; Recette Satire: Andy Warhol’s and Suzie Frankfurt’s Wild Raspberries, through Sept. 14, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Just Kidding Around: Children in Cartoons & Comics, through Aug. 3; and Lemurtron, through Sept. 10; 10 Children’s Way, Northside, 412-322-5058, www.pittsburghkids.org.

Space, You Are Here, through Aug. 9, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-471-8712, www.spacepittsburgh.org.

Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Nancy Crow: Works From 1988-2008, through Aug. 15, Carnegie Mellon University, Forbes and Morewood avenues, 412-268-3618.

Silver Eye Center for Photography, 250 Years of Plants: Botanical Works by Regional Photographers, through Sept. 13, 1015 E. Carson St., South Side, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

Frick Art & Historical Center, A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views, through Oct. 5, 7227 Reynolds St., Squirrel Hill, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Painting in the United States, through Oct. 19, 211 N. Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

Mattress Factory, Inner & Outer Space, through Jan. 11, 2009, 500 Sampsonia Way, Northside, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Film

Quicksilver, (1986), directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly, 8 p.m. Aug. 1; Il Postino, (1994), directed by Michael Radford, 8 pm. Aug. 8; Les Triplettes de Belleville, (2003), directed by Sylvain Chomet, 8 p.m.
Aug. 15; part of bicycle-themed movie nights sponsored in August by Future Tenant, an art program featuring alternative exhibitions and performances by artists from Carnegie Mellon University and beyond, hosted by 819 Penn Ave. Gallery, Downtown, 412-325-7037, www.futuretenant.org.

Lectures/Seminars/ Readings

How to Invest in Marketable Securities, Mary Adamowski and Charles Reszetylo, senior business analysts with Pittsburgh branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 12:15 p.m., July 24; Asset Allocation: Making Your Assets Work for You—Now and in the Future, David Gettemy, Morgan Stanley financial advisor, 12:15 p.m. July 31, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 612 Smithfield St., Downtown, 412-281-7141.

Opera/Theater/Dance

The Rat Pack Is Back!, tribute to spirited Las Vegas night club act, Lawrence Loh, conductor, July 22-27, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-6070, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, July 22 through Aug. 3, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 412-471-6070, www.pittsburghclo.org.

Chris Laitta’s TV Tunes, cabaret, July 25, Aug. 1, and Sept. 22, Cabaret at Theater Square , 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org.

Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir, gospel music, 8 p.m. July 26, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org.

Teena Marie, singer and songwriter, 8 p.m. Aug. 2, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-6070, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

West Side Story, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Aug. 5-17, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 412-471-6070, www.pittsburghclo.org.

The Playboy of the Western World, by John Millington Synge, through Aug. 16, Henry Heymann Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theater, 412-394-3353, www.picttheater.org.

Shear Madness, by Paul Portner, through Sept. 28, Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret, Cabaret at Theatre Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6766, www.clocabaret.com.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Jill Brady, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Examining Inter-sentential Influences on Predicted Verb Subcategorization,” 9 a.m. July 21, Room 5047 Forbes Tower.

Jaime Berlin Talkowski, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Quantifying Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using Accelerometry,” 2:30 p.m. July 21, Room 6012 Forbes Tower.

Sarah R. Haile, Graduate School of Public Health, “Inference on Competing Risks in Breast Cancer Data,” 10 a.m. July 22, Room A622 Crabtree Hall.

Brian S. Sheridan, School of Medicine, “The Presence of Latent Virus Influences the Maintenance and Phenotype of the HSV-specific CD8 Memory Population,” 10 a.m. July 22, S123 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

LaShawn M. Curtis, Graduate School of Public Health, “Using a Mixed-Methods Case Study Design to Explore, Evaluate, and Enhance a Cancer Patient Navigator Program,” 10 a.m. July 23, A226 Parran Hall Conference Room.

Eric Kimball, Department of History, “An Essential Link in a Vast Chain–New England and the West Indies, 1700-1775,” 10 a.m. July 23, 3703 Posvar Hall.

Stephen Wilson, Department of Psychology, “Self-focused Versus Other-focused Strategies for Coping With Smoking Cue Exposure,” 10 a.m. July 23, 4127 Sennott Square.

Chi-Kuang Lin, School of Information Sciences, “Channel Access Management in Data Intensive Sensor Networks,” 10 a.m. July 23, Room 502 School of Information Sciences Building.

Mita T. Lovalekar, Deparment of Epidemiology, “Indian Supercourse Network in Epidemiology—Development and Evaluation,” 10 a.m. July 23, A523 Crabtree Hall.

Antonio Guilherme Fonseca Pacheco, Graduate School of Public Health, “Changes in Causes of Death in HIV/AIDS Patients in Brazil in the Haart Era,” 3 p.m. July 23, Room 451 Victoria Building.

Darmendra Ramcharran, Graduate School of Public Health, “Aspects of the Lipid Profile in a Cohort with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection,” 9 a.m. July 24, 127 Parran Hall.

Kathleen C. Spadaro, School of Nursing, “Weight Loss: Exploring Self-regulation Through Mindfulness Meditation,” 1 p.m. July 24, Room 451 Victoria Building.

Bridget Calhoun, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, “Body Habitus Changes, Metabolic Abnormalities and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease Associated with Long-term Antiretroviral Therapy,”
9 a.m. July 25, A719 Crabtree Hall.

Kelliann K. Davis, School of Education, “Effect of Mindfulness Meditation and Home-Based Resistance Exercise on Weight Loss, Weight Loss Behaviors, and Psychosocial Correlates in Overweight Adults,” 10 a.m. July 25, Room 3034 Petersen Events Center.

Sammy Grimaldo, School of Medicine, “Characterization of the Regulatory Mechanisms Involved in VEGI-mediated Endothelial Cell Apoptosis,” 10 a.m. July 25, 202C Herberman Conference Center, UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 5150 Centre Ave., Shadyside.

Richard E. Blakesley, Graduate School of Public Health, “Parametric Control of Familywise Error Rates with Dependent /P/-Values,” 10 a.m. July 28, Room 109 Parran Hall.

Jeffrey C. Murphy, School of Education, “Effects of Acute Dynamic Stretching on Maximal Muscular Power in a Sample of College-Age Recreational Athletes,” noon, July 28, Room 129 Trees Hall.

Karen Frost-Arnold, Department of Philosophy, “The Epistemological Importance of Trust in Science,” 10 a.m. July 29, 1001B Cathedral of Learning.

Melinda R. Bolgar, School of Education, “Effects of Training Status, Exercise Mode and Intensity on Differentiated Ratings of Perceived Exertion,” 1 p.m., July 30, Petersen Events Center Conference Room.

Lauren M. Broyles, School of Nursing, “Alcohol Use, HIV Infection, and Antiretroviral Adherence,” 2 p.m. July 30, Room 451 Victoria Building.

Keon L. Gilbert, Graduate School of Public Health, “A Meta-Analytic Review of Social Capital’s Role in Health Promotion,” 1 p.m. July 30, Room 111 Graduate School of Public Health.

Sherrianne Gleason, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, “Characterization of Dendritic Cell Handling of Cell-Associated Membrane and Cytoplasmic Proteins From Live and Apoptotic Cells,” 9 a.m. July 31, A719 Crabtree Hall.

Yongyun Zhao, Graduate School of Public Health, “Summary Functions for Data in the Presence of Competing Risks,” 10 a.m. July 31, 109 Parran Hall.

Adam Joseph Carter, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, “Quantitative Thermal Infrared Analyses of Volcanic Processes and Products: Application to Bezymianny Volcano, Russia,” 1 p.m. Aug. 1, Room 214 Space Research Coordination Center.

Daniel A. Lao-Davilla, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, “Serpentinite Emplacement and Deformation in Western Puerto Rico and Their Implications for the Caribbean-North America Plate Boundary Tectonic History,” 2 p.m. Aug. 4, Room 214 Space Research Coordination Center.

Christa E. Bartos, School of Medicine, “Perceptions of Personal Power and Their Relationship to Clinicians’ Resistance to the Introduction of Computerized Physician Order Entry,” 9 a.m. Aug. 6, M184 Parkvale Building.

Christine Mahady, Department of English, “Corporeality in Turn-of-the-Century American Fiction,” 2:30 p.m. Aug. 7, Room 527 Cathedral of Learning.

John Scott, Department of Biostatistics, “Spatio-Temporal Mixed Models for Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” 1:15 p.m. Aug. 8, Room 109 Parran Hall.

Workshops

“The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business,” 7:30-10 a.m. Aug. 8, Mervis Hall; 8-10 a.m Aug. 20, Comfort Inn Hotel, Washington, Pa., Pitt’s Small Business Development Center, no fee, registration required, 724-627-9054, ieeregistration@katz.pitt.edu.

“The Second Step: Business Planning Workshop,” 7:30-10 a.m. Aug. 22, Mervis Hall, Pitt’s Small Business Development Center, $25 fee, registration required, 412-648-1542, ieeregistration@katz.pitt.edu.