Happenings

Concerts

Honeck & Mutter, Manfred Honeck, conductor, Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, featuring works by Brahms and Beethoven, 8 p.m. Feb. 5-6 with PITT ARTS Night on Feb. 5, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available at 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Daniel Bernard Roumain: Etudes4violin&electronix, Haitian violinist and bandleader, 8 p.m. Feb. 6, August Wilson Center Theater, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, www.augustwilsoncenter.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available at 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Wind Quintet Program, musical performance by the Renaissance City Winds, 3 p.m. Feb. 7, Kresge Theater, Grace Library, Carlow University, 3333 Fifth Ave., Oakland, Renaissance City Wind Music Society, Carlow University, 412-681-7111, www.renaissancecitywinds.org.

Exhibitions

Phipps Conservatory, Orchid Fever: The Exquisite Expedition of the Orchid, through Feb. 28, 1 Schenley Park Dr., Oakland, 412-622-6914, www.phipps.conservatory.org.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers Gallery, The City Within, through Feb. 28, 477 Melwood Ave., Oakland, 412-682-4111, www.pghfilmmakers.org.

Pittsburgh Glass Center, Behind the Lens, featuring photographs of Pittsburgh’s Glass Center by Nathan J. Shaulis, Feb. 5-28, Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., Garfield, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Mattress Factory, Likeness, art exhibition, through March 21, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Frick Art & Historical Center, 1934: A New Deal for Artists, art exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration’s Public Works of Art Program, through April 25, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Whales/Tohora, through May 2, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemnh.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Forum 64: Cecil Balmond, through May 30; Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries at Carnegie Museum of Art, through June 13; Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Film

L’Auberge Espagnole (Cedric Klapisch, 2002), 1 p.m. Feb. 5, 3610 Posvar Hall, Pitt European Studies Center, European Union of Excellence, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (Frederick Wiseman, 2009), time TBA, Feb. 5, Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 412-682-4111, www.pghfilmmakers.org.

Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007), Indian Film Series, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 5, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Arts and Sciences Graduate Dean’s Office, Film Studies Program, Indo-Pacific Area Council, 412-624-5578, neepamajumdar@gmail.com.

Kaagaz Ke Phool (Guru Dutt, 1959), Indian Film Series, 7 p.m. Feb. 6, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Arts and Sciences Graduate Dean’s Office, Film Studies Program, Indo-Pacific Area Council, 412-624-5578, neepamajumdar@gmail.com.

China Unreeled, documentary film screening of Please Vote for Me (Weijun Chen, 2007), 2 p.m. Feb. 6, Winchester Thurston School, 555 Morewood Ave., Shadyside, Asia Unreeled Documentary Film Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Confucius Institute, 412-578-7523, www.winchesterthurston.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Subversive Vermin: Marcos Zapatismo, Anti-Neoliberal Discourse, and Cold War Anxiety,” John Ochoa, author, 3 p.m. Feb.1, 602 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Latin American Studies, Humanities Center, jkl7@pitt.edu.

“The Establishment of the European External Action Service: An Administrative Reform Driven by a Political Ambition,” featuring Eric Remacle, professor of political science, Universitie Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and Edoardo Ongaro, professor of public management, Bocconi Univeristy, Italy, noon Feb. 2, 211 David Lawrence Hall, Pitt European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

Lunchtime talk on stress management, Emily Levinson, Pitt Life Solutions account manager, noon Feb. 2, Dining Room A, William Pitt Union, Brown Bag Lunch program, Pitt Staff Association Council, 412-624-4234, sac@pitt.edu.

“Fate, Fortune, and Risk Control: A New Interpretation of the High Rate of Cesarean Section in Taiwan,” Shih-Hsiang Sung, graduate student, Pitt Department of Anthropology, noon Feb. 4, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt.edu.

“Limpopo: The Case of Tatyana Tolstaya’s African Woman,” Jennifer Wilson, professor, Russian studies, Princeton University, noon Feb. 4, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt African Studies Program, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Center for Russian and East European Studies, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“Understanding, Formal Verification, and the Philosophy of Mathematics,” Jeremy Avigad, professor, Carnegie Mellon University’s Departments of Philosophy and Mathematical Sciences, 3:30 p.m. Feb. 5, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

Miscellaneous

Workshop, on Sandra Mitchell’s Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy (2009, University of Chicago Press), 4:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

Opera/Theater/Dance

In the Heights, musical theater, Feb. 2-7, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America, 412-456-2697, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available at 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Rape of Lucretia, by Benjamin Britten, opera performance, Feb. 2, 5, 7, CAPA Theater, 111 Ninth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Opera, 412-281-0912, www.pittsburghopera.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available at 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Scapin, adapted from Moliere by Bill Irwin and Mark O’Donnell, Feb. 3-14, Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Repertory Theater, www.play.pitt.edu.

Buried Child, theatrical performance, Feb. 5-21, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, Point Park University, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

Raisin, musical based on Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, through Feb. 6, Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theater, Seventh-floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

Rent, musical theater, through Feb. 7, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, 412-539-0999, www.pittsburghmusicals.com.

The Clockmaker, theatrical performance, through Feb. 14, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, theatrical performance, through Feb. 21, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available at 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pitt/PhD Dissertation Defense

Amanda Midboe, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, 11:30 a.m. Feb. 3, “Worry and Health Decision-Making: The Moderating Role of Social Support,” 4127 Sennott Square.