Happenings

CONCERTS

Giada Valenti, Italian singer and songwriter, 7:30 p.m. May 17, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

Jasper Lewis, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, 5 p.m. May 19, Backstage Bar at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

Boilermaker Jazz Band, musical performance, 5 p.m. May 27, Backstage Bar at Theater Square, Jazz Live Series, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

Charles Wallace, Pittsburgh-based trio, 5 p.m. May 29, Backstage Bar at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-471-6070, www.pgharts.org.

Ode to Joy, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Manfred Honeck, conductor, June 4-6, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

It’s De-lightful! It’s De-licious! It’s Cole Porter, musical performance, 10:30 p.m. June 5, Late Night Cabaret, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-471-6070, www.pgharts.org.

EXHIBITIONS

SPACE, Artist Image Resource, and Fe Arts Gallery, Rock, Paper, Scissors, through May 23, one exhibition at three locations, comprising work ranging from video to installation art; featuring pieces by three Pitt Studio Arts faculty; SPACE, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown; Artists Image Resource, 518 Foreland St., North Side; Fe Arts Gallery, 4102 Butler St., Lawrenceville, 412-624-4364.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Forum 64: Cecil Balmond, through May 30; Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries at Carnegie Museum of Art, through June 13; Imagining Home: Selections From the Heinz Architectural Center, through May 30; Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design, ongoing; Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper From the 18th Through 20th Centuries, ongoing; 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Pittsburgh Glass Center, From the Earth to the Fire and Back, through June 13, Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., Garfield, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, Bunny Yeager: The Legendary Queen of the Pin-Up, through June 19; Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny, through June 20; Rufino: Blots & Figments, through July 18; 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

709 Penn Gallery, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Photographs by Abelardo Morell, through June 25, 709 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-471-6070, www.pgharts.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center, Discover the Real George Washington: New Views From Mount Vernon, through July 18; Ben Franklin: In Search of a Better World, ongoing; 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

Frick Art and Historical Center, Small But Sublime: Intimate 19th-Century American Landscapes, through Sept. 5, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0606, www.frickart.org.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/READINGS

“Chemical Approaches to Understanding Redox Biology in the Brain,” Christopher J. Chang, chemistry professor at the University of California, Berkeley, 14th Annual Paul Dowd Lectures, 5 p.m. May 20; also “Metals on the Brain: Probing Their Chemistry With Molecular Imaging,” 2:30 p.m. May 21, both lectures held in 157 Benedum Hall, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

MISCELLANEOUS

Vanessa German, Root, spoken-word performance, 8 p.m. May 20, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, First Voice: A Pittsburgh International Black Arts Festival, 412-258-2700, www.pgharts.org.

Pittsburgh Improv Jam, 10 p.m. May 20, 27, and June 3, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

Shadyside Art Festival on Walnut Street, featuring works by an eclectic mix of established artists and emerging talents, May 22-23, 954-472-3755, info@artfestival.com.

OPERA/THEATER/DANCE

Regional Dance America’s Northeast Festival 2010, three performances featuring 11 dance companies, 7 p.m. May 20-22, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-1350, www.pgharts.org.

The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, by Robert Hewett, through May 30, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

Nunsense, musical theater, through June 6, CLO Cabaret Theater, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-456-666, www.pittsburghclo.org, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

West Side Story, musical based on book by Arthur Laurents, score by Bernstein and Sondheim, May 17-22, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, PNC Broadway Across America Series, 412-471-6070, www.pgharts.org.

Othello, by Shakespeare, May 20-June 12, Henry Heymann Theatre inside Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue off Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, www.picttheater.org, 412-561-6000, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Rennie Harris Puremovement, Philadelphia-based dance company known as international hip-hop ambassadors, 8 p.m. May 21, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, part of First Voice: A Pittsburgh International Black Arts Festival, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Seussical, musical by Ahrens and Flaherty based on works of Dr. Seuss, May 22-23, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

The Dark Side of Zylo’s Moon, play written and directed by Yoli, May 22-23, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble/Greer Reed-Jones The Journey Begins … inaugural performance of ensemble led by founding artistic director Reed-Jones, 6 p.m. May 23, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, part of First Voice: A Pittsburgh International Black Arts Festival, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Art, by Yasmina Reza, May 27-June 27, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School 2010 Spring Performance, 7 p.m. May 28, Byham Theater, 101 6th St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

A Confluence of Dreaming, play written by Tammy Ryan, May 28-June 13, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

Oliver, music, lyrics, and book by Lionel Bart, June 1-6, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghclo.org, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

PITT/PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Haya Al-Khatlan, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 10 a.m. May 17, “Evaluation of Young Adults’ Preferences, Needs, and the Understandability of the Personal Health Record Data Contents,” 6053 Forbes Tower.

Judith Carroll, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, 2 p.m. May 17, “The Association of Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Components of Hostility With Telomere Length, a Marker of Biological Aging,” 4127 Sennott Square.

Zhongyu Yang, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, 1 p.m. May 18, “Copper Ion-Based Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopic Rulers,” 715 Chevron Science Center.

Meghan Solomon, School of Education’s Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, 11 a.m. May 19, “The Influence of Faculty Gender on Student-Centered Pedagogical Approaches to Instructional Technology,” 5702 Posvar Hall.

Reena Bajpai, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, 10 a.m. May 21, “Mixture Synthesis and Spectroscopic Analysis of a Stereoisomer Library of the Phytophthora Mating Hormone Alpha1 and the Corresponding bis-MTPA Esters,” 307 Eberly Hall.

Eva Martinez, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology, 3 p.m. May 24, “Prehispanic Social Organization in the Jamastran Valley, Southeastern Honduras,” 3107 Posvar Hall.

Michael Thompson, School of Medicine’s Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, 2 p.m. May 25, “b-Catenin: A Friend or Foe in Liver Pathobiology?” S123 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

Aaron Secrest, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, 3 p.m. May 25, “Mortality Trends in a Population-Based Type 1 Diabetes Cohort,” 2nd-Floor Conference Room, Diabetes and Lipids Research Building.

Bradley Impink, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, noon May 27, “The Relationship Between Ultrasonographic Median Nerve Characteristics, Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Wheelchair Propulsion Techniques Amongst Manual Wheelchair Users,” 5047 Forbes Tower.

Okan Umit Elci, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, 2 p.m. May 27, “A Wilcoxon-Type Statistic for Repeated Binary Measures with Multiple Outcomes,” Biostatistics Seminar Room, Parran Hall.

Penelope Morrison, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology, 2 p.m. May 28, “Democracy at Risk? ECA, ‘At-Risk’ Youth, and Organizational Programming in Juiz de Fora, Brazil,” 3106 Posvar Hall.