Happenings

Concerts

Etta Cox, Pittsburgh vocalist, 8 p.m. Sept. 16, Firehouse Lounge, 2216 Penn Ave., Strip District, 412-434-1230, www.firehouselounge.com.

Great Big Sea, folk-rock band, 8 p.m. Sept. 18, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

A Golden Gala, Manfred Honeck, conductor, Lang Lang, piano, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4200, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Ionsound Project, Pitt Department of Music Ensemble in Residence, 8 p.m. Sept. 20, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

The Swell Season, musical performance, 7 p.m. Sept. 21, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Exhibitions

RAD Day at the American Jewish Museum, Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh, free admission, 6:45 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 5738 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, Allegheny County Regional Asset District RADical Days 2008, www.jccpgh.org/museum.asp.

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, reception for opening of Born of Fire Oktoberfest Lagerbier, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 20, reservations required; Painting in the United States, through Oct. 19, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500 ext. 33, www.wmuseumaa.org.

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

Carnegie Museum of Art, Abstract Art Before 1950: Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, and Photographs, through Oct. 18; 55th Carnegie International, through Jan. 11, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Insects, Ink, & Inklings: Illustrations by Jane Hyland, through Nov. 1; Exploring the Arctic Seafloor: Photographs by Chris Linder, through Jan. 25, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemnh.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

Address by the French Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Pierre Vimont, 1 p.m. Sept. 15, William Pitt Union Lower Lounge, Pitt’s European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center, kal70@pitt.edu, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce.

“Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace: What Color Is Peace? Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Beyond,” public lecture by Ronni Alexander, professor in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Japan, 4 p.m. Sept. 15, 3911 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 412-471-8919, www.rememberinghiroshima.org.

“Anticancer: A New Way of Life,” physician and author David Servan-Schreiber discusses his book, reception at 6 p.m., lecture at 7 p.m. Sept. 15, Herberman Conference Center, UPMC Shadyside, Center for Integrative Medicine, 412-623-3023, integrativemedicine.upmc.com.

“The Dutch Presidency and Turkish Accession,” Michael Wright, doctoral student in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, noon Sept. 16, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pizza and Politics Series, Pitt’s European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center, 412-648-7422, slund@pitt.edu, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce.

“Mechanistic Explanation in Top-down Systems Biology,” Ulrich Krohs, University of Hamburg visiting fellow, 12:05 p.m. Sept. 16, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

“Great Products That Create Tremendous Impact: Choosing Fair Trade,” Carmen K. Iezzi, executive director, Fair Trade Federation, 5 p.m. Sept. 16, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Global Issues Lecture Series, 412-624-2918, www.ucis.pitt.edu/global.

“The Cold War and Its Hot Consequences,” Frank Wilson, Pitt-Greensburg assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice, 7 p.m. Sept. 16, Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center, Pitt-Greensburg, La Cultura Lecture Series, 724-836-7741, www.upg.pitt.edu.

“Betwixt and Between: Conceptions of Hybridity in Ancient China,” Leslie Wallace, Pitt doctoral student in the history of art and architecture, noon Sept. 17, Room 203 Frick Fine Arts Building, History of Art and Architecture Colloquium, 412-648-2400, www.haa.pitt.edu.

“Important (but Little-Noticed) Supreme Court Constitutional Cases,” panel discussion, noon Sept. 17, Room 113 Barco Law Building, Pitt’s School of Law, www.law.pitt.edu.

“The Caribbean and Its Borderlands: Revolution and Aftermath,” panel discussion, 1 p.m. Sept. 17, Walnut Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland, Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies, 412-648-2199, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“Microbes, Metals and Minerals: Over 3.5 Billion Years of ‘Geobiological’ Interactions,” John Stolz, Duquesne professor of biological sciences, 4 p.m. Sept. 18, 203 Thaw Hall, Pitt’s Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences Colloquium Series, 412-624-8873, www.geology.pitt.edu/colloquium.html.

“Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership,” Alice Eagly, Northwestern University professor of psychology, 4:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Schenley Lounge, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland, Pitt’s Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership, preregistration requested, 412-648-1336, ethics@gspia.pitt.edu.

“Maintaining Good Health With Self-shiatsu,” Stephanie Ulmer, Pitt Center for Integrative Medicine shiatsu therapist, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Center for Integrative Medicine, Suite 310, 580 S. Aiken Ave., Shadyside, 412-623-3023, integrativemedicine.upmc.com.

“The Reality of Group Agency,” Philip Pettit, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

“The Prose of Sharon F. McDermott and Barbara Edelman,” free admission, 2-3 p.m. Sept. 21, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Allegheny County Regional Asset District RADical Days, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Miscellaneous

Free salsa lessons, 9:15 p.m. Sept. 18 and 25, Galleria, First Floor, Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies, 412-648-7394, lavst12@pitt.edu.

National Society for Histotechnolgy Annual Symposium, through Sept. 18, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh, www.nsh.org.

PITT ARTS Annual Arts Fair, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sept. 17, William Pitt Union Ballroom, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.org.

11th Annual Shadyside Art Festival, free outdoor art festival, Sept. 20-21, Walnut Street between South Aiken and South Negley Avenues, Shadyside, www.artfestival.com.

RAD Day at the Carnegie Science Center, free admission, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 21, One Allegheny Ave., North Shore, Allegheny County Regional Asset District RADical Days 2008, www.carnegiesciencecenter.org.

RAD Day With Venture Outdoors, free admission to kayaking around Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.-dusk Sept. 21, below Clemente Bridge at PNC Park, North Shore, Allegheny County Regional Asset District RADical Days 2008, www.ventureoutdoors.org.

RAD Day With RiverQuest, free dockside tours of the Explorer and Discovery ships, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 21, One Allegheny Ave., North Shore, Allegheny County Regional Asset District RADical Days 2008, www.riverquest.org.

Opera/Theater/Dance

High Kings of Dublin, theatrical performance, 8 p.m. Sept. 16, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

The Chief by Rob Zellers and Gene Collier, Sept. 16-21, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, directed by playwright’s son, Robert Miller, through Sept. 21, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

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.

Wicked, through Oct. 5, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America, 412-456-6666, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com.