Happenings

Concerts

Caleb Lovely, pop rock, 6 p.m. Nov. 2, The Cup & Chaucer Cafe, Hillman Library ground floor, University of Pittsburgh Library System, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org.

Warsaw Village Band, folk music from Poland, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Oakland, Polish Cultural Council, 412-871-3347, www.polishculturalcouncil.org.

Osso Performs Sufjan Stevens, musical performance, 8 p.m. Nov. 3, Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, Andy Warhol Museum Sound Series, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Classical Favorites, Marek Janowski, conductor, and violinist Chee-Yun, featuring works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Dvorak, Nov. 5-7, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Jill Sobule and Kelly Joe Phelps, musical performance, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Calliope Concerts, 2009-10 series, 412-394-3353, www.calliopehouse.com.

39th Annual University of Pittsburgh Jazz Concert, 8 p.m. Nov. 7, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program, tickets available from William Pitt Union box office, 412-648-7814, or from ProArts, www.proartstickets.org.

Mediterranean Nights: Sultry Songs & Passionate Dances From Italy and Spain, musical performance by Apollo’s Fire, 8 p.m. Nov. 7, Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Oakland, Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, 412-361-2048, www.rbsp.org.

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, musical performance, Nov.7-8, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., Manchester, MCG Jazz 2009-2010 Season, www.mcgjazz.org.

Harlan Twins, musical performance, 2 p.m. Nov. 8, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Sunday Afternoon Music Series, 412-622-3151, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Exhibitions

Carnegie Museum of Art, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Member Exhibit, through Nov. 8; Digital to Daguerreotype: Photographs of People, through Jan. 31, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3309, www.cmoa.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center, Forbes Field: Celebrating 100 Years, through Nov. 8; and Lincoln: The Constitution and the  Civil War, through Jan. 15, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

Hillman Library, Selected Prints Exhibit from the Barry Rosensteel Japanese Prints Collection, through Dec. 19, Special Collections Department, third floor, Hillman Library,  412-648-8190.

University Art Gallery, Making Face: Depictions of Women in Japan From Edo to Today, Japanese woodblock prints from the 18th and 19th centuries and new works by Japanese contemporary artist Hiroki Otsuka, through Dec. 12, Frick Fine Arts Building, 412-648-2410.

Frick Art & Historical Center, Icons of American Photography, A Century of Photographs From the Cleveland Museum of Art, through Jan. 3, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickarts.org.

Mattress Factory Museum, Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-specific Works, through Jan. 10, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Pittsburgh Glass Center, Sheila Klein’s The Return, through Jan. 20, 5472 Penn Ave., Garfield, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, Unnatural Rubber; Super Trash; Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand, all through Jan. 31, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art, the Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton Collection, art exhibition, through June 30, Carnegie Mellon University, 5th floor, Hunt Library, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, www.huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Thucydides Rector: Pericles’ Speech in Indirect Discourse,” Edith Foster, assistant professor of history, Ashland University, 4 p.m. Nov. 2, 208B Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of Classics, 412-624-4494, www.classics.pitt.edu.

Tom Wolfe, author, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lecture Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

“The Idea of France in the Middle Ages and Renaissance,” Colloquium with lectures from Daisy Delogu, assistant professor of French, University of Chicago, and Katherine Crawford, associate professor in Vanderbilt University’s Department of History, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 501 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Pitt Humanities Center, 412-624-5221, www.frenchanditalian.pitt.edu.

“Eating Habits: An Ethnographic Study of Social Food in Female Catholic Religious Life,” Emily Bailey, graduate student in Pitt’s Department of Religious Studies, noon Nov. 4, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu.

“The Masaryk Papers,” Cynthia Maleski, attorney, 1 p.m. Nov. 4, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt Center for Russian and East European Studies, Pitt Nationality Rooms, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“Gender and the Medieval/Renaissance French Nation,” Colloquium led by Daisy Delogu, assistant professor of French, University of Chicago, and Katherine Crawford, associate professor in Vanderbilt University’s Department of History, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Babcock Room, 40th floor, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Humanities Center, 412-624-5221, www.frenchanditalian.pitt.edu.

“Dendritic Macromolecules for Energy and Environmental Issues,” Takuzo Aida, professor, University of Tokyo’s Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, 4 p.m. Nov. 4, 169 Crawford Hall, 30th Annual Bayer Lectures, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

“Macro-Histories: Two Bridges for Two Gaps,” Diego Olstein, World History Center Visiting Scholar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 4 p.m. Nov. 4, 3703 Posvar Hall, Pitt Department of History, www.history.pitt.edu.

“Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing,” Gail Javitt, counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, and research scholar, Johns Hopkins University’s Berman Institute of Bioethics, noon Nov. 5, Teplitz Courtroom, ground floor, Barco Law Building, Mark A. Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine, and Psychiatry, Pitt School of Law, Center for Bioethnics and Health Law, 412-647-5700.

“Unlearning Racism in School,” faculty/staff workshop session with Lee Mun Wah, filmmaker, author, educator, and diversity trainer, 1 p.m. Nov. 5, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt Office of Cross-Cultural and Leadership Development, 412-648-0124, hallt@pitt.edu.

“Inside the Business of Music,” Charlie Fishman, president and executive producer of the DC Jazz Festival, 7 p.m. Nov. 5, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland, Pitt’s 39th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

C.D. Wright, interview with poet and a reading, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 5, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, 412-624-6506, or www.english.pitt.edu.

“A Tribute to Bud Powell, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock,” George Cables, pianist, 10 a.m. Nov. 6, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s 39th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“Interior Monologues,” Norbert Wiesneth, Berlin photographer, noon Nov. 6, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt Departments of History and Germanic Languages and Literature, Center for Russian and East European Studies, European Union Center for Excellence, and European Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“A Salute to Max Roach,” Terri Lyne Carrington, drummer, 2 p.m. Nov. 6, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s 39th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“The Genius of Wes Montgomery,” Yotam Silberstein, guitarist, 3 p.m. Nov. 6, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s 39th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“Trumpet Kings: The Music of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, and Miles Davis,” Lew Soloff, trumpeter, 10 a.m. Nov. 7, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s 39th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“A Tribute to Jazz in Film: The Terminal,” Benny Golson, saxophonist, 11:30 a.m. Nov. 7, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s 39th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

Opera/Theater/ Dance

Koresh Dance Company, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, Bromely Family Theater, Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, 814-362-5113, www.upb.pitt.edu.

Attack Theatre, dance performance, noon Nov. 4, Nordy’s Place, William Pitt Union, Pitt Arts Artful Wednesdays, 412-624-4462, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Candide, theatrical performance based on Voltaire’s raucous satire, Nov. 5-22, Former Don Allen City Auto, 5315 Baum Blvd., Bloomfield, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

Brundibàr, one-act opera by Hans Krasa, Nov. 6-8, CAPA Theater, 111 Ninth St., Downtown, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh,  412-621-1499, www.operatheaterpittsburgh.org.

Store, theatrical performance, Nov. 6-7, Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty, 412-363-3000, www.kelly-strayhorn.org.

Carousel, theatrical performance, Nov. 6-15, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, Point Park University, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

One Man Lord of the Rings, theatrical performance featuring Charles Ross, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 7, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Forever Plaid, musical theater, through March 28, Theater Square Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, CLO Cabaret, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Miscellaneous

“Grants Over Lunch,” workshop about obtaining funding from government and private agencies, noon Nov. 2, S100 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Brown Bag Luncheon Series: Grants Over Lunch, Pitt Survival Skills and Ethics Program, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu.

“Teaching,” part of workshop series to provide graduate and professional students, postdocs, residents, and junior faculty with training in professional development and ethics, 10 a.m. Nov. 7, Lecture Room 2, Scaife Hall, Survival Skills and Ethics Program, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu.

A Gourmet Steeler Tailgate Party, 4 p.m. Nov. 8, Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle Irish Pub, 2329 Penn Ave., Strip District, The Pittsburgh Camerata, 412-421-5884, www.pittsburghcamerata.org.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Jolene Valentin, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, “Macrophage Involvement in the Remodeling of an Extracellular Matrix Scaffold,” 10 a.m. Nov. 2, Conference Room A, Suite 300, Bridgeside Point Building 2, 450 Technology Dr., South Oakland.