April 27, 2003 Issue

april 27
Studio Arts Graduation Reception, 10 a.m.-noon, Frick Fine Arts Building, University Art Gallery, 412-648-2423, http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.

Lecture, Terry Gross, host of “Fresh Air,” 4 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/performances.

Musical Performance, Censored, 4 p.m., Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., Renaissance City Choirs, 412-362-9484, www.rccpittsburgh.org.

Musical Performance, An American Opera Celebration, 7 p.m., Bellefield Auditorium, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, 412-624-3500, www.operatheaterpittsburgh.org.

Art Exhibition James Turrell: Into the Light, through April 30, Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Photography Exhibitions, The Year in Pictures: Images from the “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,” through April 30; Pane e Lavoro: A History of Western Pennsylvania’s Italian Americans, through May; Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

Art Exhibitions, Windshield: Richard Neutra’s House for the John Nicholas Brown Family, through May 11; Panopticon: An Art Spectacular, through Aug. 17; and It’s Not Just Mud! Centuries of Ceramics, through summer 2003; Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Theater Performance, Birdie Blue, Where Are You? by Cheryl L. West, through May 11, City Theatre, Bingham and 13th streets, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

Art Exhibition, The Trial of Harmony and Invention and The Adventures of Blacky by Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse, through May 11, Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ New Gallery, 477 Melwood Ave., 412-681-5449, www.pghfilmmakers.org.

Art Exhibition, Critical Conditions, through May 17, Wood Street Galleries, Wood Street and Sixth Avenue, 412-471-5605, www.pgharts.org/art/woodstreet.cfm.

Art Exhibition, Millet to Matisse: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century French Painting from Kelvingrove Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, through May 25, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., 412-371-0600.

Photography Exhibition, Jungles by Frans Lanting, through May 25, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemuseums.org.

Children’s Exhibition, Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? through June 1, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, 10 Children’s Way, 412-322-5058, www.pittsburghkids.org.

Art Exhibition, Mary Culbertson-Stark: A Scattering of Forces, through June 8, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 North Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

Art Exhibition, Basketry and Sculpture by Dorothy Gill Barnes; Melody by Keiko Miyamori; both through June 28, Strip District Gallery, 2100 Smallman St., Society for Contemporary Craft, 412-261-7003, www.contemporarycraft.org.

History Exhibition, Eye of the Storm: Unknown Stories of the Civil War, through Sept. 30, Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

april 28
Health Benefit Fair, noon-2 p.m., also noon-2 p.m. April 29, Assembly Room, William Pitt Union, Pitt Office of Human Resources, 412-624-8160, www.hr.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Kevin Burke, Irish fiddler, 8 p.m., Swope Recital Hall, Slippery Rock University, 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock, Pa., 800-778-9111, www.sru.edu.

april 29
Eat ‘n’ Meet, intercultural bag lunch, noon, Dining Room A, William Pitt Union, Office of International Services, jbrayman@pitt.edu.

Volunteer Opportunity, Global Links Medical Supplies, packing surplus supplies for distribution, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Pitt Volunteer Pool, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.

“The Basic Course in Subdivision Review,” 6 p.m., also 6:30 p.m. May 6 and May 13, Chambers Hall, Pitt-Greensburg, Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County, register at 800-232-7722, www.smartgrowthpa.org.

Musical Performance, to Cabaret…Claudia Hommel, 7:30 p.m., Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Rey-nolds St., 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Musical Performance, Hersch by Hersch, 7:30 p.m., Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project, 412-237-8300, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Musical Performance, Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m., Miller Auditorium, Slippery Rock University, 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock, Pa., 800-778-9111, www.sru.edu.

Theater Performance, La Boheme by Puccini, through May 4, Benedum Center, Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh Opera, 412-456-6666.

Theater Performance, Tick, tick…BOOM! by Jonathan Larson, through May 11, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh 412-456-1390, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/pittsburgh.

april 30
Health Benefit Education Session, noon-2 p.m., 2P56 Posvar Hall, Pitt Office of Human Resources, 412-624-8160, www.hr.pitt.edu.

Volunteer Opportunity, stuffing packets for Pittsburgh Marathon, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Pitt Volunteer Pool, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.

Jazz Night, Jazz Workshop Inc., 6 p.m., Holy Rosary School, 7120 Kelly St., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Homewood, 412-731-3080, www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/homewood.

Book Club Discussion, Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, 6:30 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Mt. Washington, 315 Grandview Ave., 412-381-3380, http://151.201.61.20/locations/mtwashington.

Lecture, Jill Fromelius, “Feng Shui Basics,” 7 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Squirrel Hill, 5801 Forbes Ave., 412-422-9650, http://151.201.61.20/locations/squirrelhill.

Theater Performance, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, 8 p.m., through May 18, Katz Auditorium, Jewish Community Center, Murray and Forbes avenues, Jewish Theater of Pittsburgh, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

may 1
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Steven M. Quevedo, Pitt Department of Philosophy, “Causal Slack and the Necessity of Natures: Aristotle on Sublunary Causation,” 1:30 p.m., 1001B Cathedral of Learning.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Angela Farkas, Pitt Department of English, “Sensational Tales and Working-Girl Melodrama: Popular Story Paper Fiction and Its Readers in Late Nineteenth-Century America,” 2- 4 p.m., 526 Cathedral of Learning.

NAACP Human Rights Dinner, keynote speaker Greg Mathis, television courtroom judge of Judge Mathis, 5 p.m., Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, Gateway Center, NAACP Pittsburgh Branch, 412-471-1024.

Awards Dinner, keynote speaker Dennis Yablonksy, Pennsylvania Secretary of Community and Economic Development, 6 p.m., Chambers Hall, Pitt-Greensburg, Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County, 724-836-7048, www.smartgrowthpa.org.

Art Exhibition Opening Reception, Matter by Jill Reynolds, 6-8 p.m., Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., exhibition continues through Sept. 19, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Political Forum, Bradford city council and mayoral candidates, 7 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Fisher Hall, Pitt-Bradford, University Communications, 814-362-7505, www.upb.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Marcus Miller, electric bassist, through May 4, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., 412-323-4000, www.manchesterguild.org

Theater Performance, Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell, through June 8, City Theatre, Bingham and 13th streets, City Theatre Company, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

may 2
Lecture, Georgian Ambassador Levan Mikeladze, “The Republic of Georgia: From the Soviet Break-up to the Invasion of Iraq and Beyond,” 10:30 a.m., 4E51 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s University Center for International Studies, 412-648-2113, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Lara Homsey, Pitt Department of Geology and Planetary Science, “Geochemical Characterization of Archaeological Sedimens at Dust Cave, Alabama,” 1-3 p.m., 214 Space Research Coordination Center Conference Room.

may 3
Lecture, Tomie Depaola, children’s author and illustrator, 10:30 a.m., Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Black, White & Read All Over Lecture Series, 412-622-8866, http://trfn.clpgh.org/pal/DHLpage.html.

Musical Performance, Music Through the Generations, Lucas Richman, conductor, 11:15 a.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh’s Fiddlesticks Family Concerts, 412-392-4900

Marathon Training Seminar, final preparations, 2-4 p.m., Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, 112 Washington Place, UPMC and City of Pittsburgh Marathon, 412-647-7866, www.pittsburghmarathon.org.

Seniors Dance, “Ball of Memories,” 5 p.m., McKeesport Palisades, 501 Water St., McKeesport, UPMC McKeesport and Pitt Center for Healthy Aging, 412-664-2822, www.healthyaging.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Mellon Grand Classics Series, Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violinist, also May 4, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Theater Performance, The Elves and the Shoemaker and Winnie-the-Pooh: The Musical, both through June 1, Pittsburgh Playhouse of Point Park College, 222 Craft Ave., Playhouse Junior, 412-621-4445, www.ppc.edu/playhouse.

may 4
Children’s Mini Marathon, 1-3:30 p.m., Heinz Field, UPMC and City of Pittsburgh Marathon, register at 412-647-7866, www.pittsburghmarathon.org.

Musical Performance, Helen Clay Frick Scholarship Winners Concert, 4 p.m., Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Tuesday Musical Club, 412-682-0439, http://trfn.clpgh.org/tuesmc.

Theater Performance, Cirque, with Neil Goldberg, 7 p.m., Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, Mainstage Series, 800-846-2787, www2.upj.pitt.edu/events/.

Musical Performance, High-Spirited Brass, through May 17, various locations, River City Brass Band, 412-322-7222 or 800-292-7222, www.rcbb.com.

may 6
Eat ‘n’ Meet, intercultural bag lunch, noon, Dining Room A, William Pitt Union, Office of International Services, jbrayman@pitt.edu.

Health Benefit Education Session, noon-2 p.m., 100 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Human Resources, 412-624-8160, www.hr.pitt.edu.

may 7
Health Benefit Education Session, noon-2 p.m., 2K56 Posvar Hall, Pitt Office of Human Resources, 412-624-8160, www.hr.pitt.edu.

may 8
Brazil Business Briefing, 7:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (For details, see page 9.)

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Aline Pinto, Pitt Department of Neuroscience, “Ultrastructural Interactions Between the Rat Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala: Modulation by Dopamine Afferents,” noon, A224 Langley Hall.

Political Forum, Bradford Area School Board candidates, 7 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Fisher Hall, Pitt-Bradford, University Communications, 814-362-7505, www.upb.pitt.edu.

Theater Performance, Cleopatra, through May 11, Benedum Center, Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh Ballet, 412-456-6666, www.artsnet.org/pbt.

may 9
Conference, Exploring Boundaries: Life Encountering Death, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., with Keynote Speaker Christina Puchalski, founder and director, Gorge Washington Institute for Spirituality and Healing, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 412-362-5610, www.pts.edu/brusel.html.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Thomas D. Nolin, Pitt School of Pharmacy, “Characterization of the Effect of Chronic Kidney Disease on Cytochrome P450 Activity in Humans,” 9 a.m., 456 Salk Hall.

Musical Performance, From Sea to Shining Sea: A Retrospective of Great American Music, 8 p.m., Pittsburgh Concert Chorale with River City Youth Chorale, North Hills Junior High School, 55 Rochester Road, also May 10 at West Allegheny High School, Pittsburgh Concert Chorale, 412-635-7654, www.pghconcertchorale.org.

Musical Performance, Mellon Grand Classics Series, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor, through May 18, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Theater Performance, Hamlet by Shakespeare, through June 1, Playhouse of Point Park College, 222 Craft Ave., Pittsburgh Playhouse Repertory Company, 412-621-4445, www.ppc.edu/playhouse.

may 10
Asian Stories for Young Children, featuring Japan, 11 a.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 412-648-7370, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc.

may 12
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Elena Prokhorova, Pitt Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, “Fragmented Mythologies: Soviet Adventure Mini-Series of the 1970s,” 11 a.m., 1401 Cathedral of Learning.

may 13
Eat ‘n’ Meet, intercultural bag lunch, noon, Dining Room A, William Pitt Union, Office of International Services, jbrayman@pitt.edu.

Health Benefit Education Session, noon-2 p.m., Kurtzman Room, William Pitt Union, Pitt Office of Human Resources, 412-624-8160, www.hr.pitt.edu.

may 14
Workshop, “The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business,” 7:30-9:50 a.m., free, 1K56 Posvar Hall, Pitt Small Business Development Center, 412-648-1542, http://iee.katz.pitt.edu/sbdc.

Workshop, “Retaining Key Talent and Working with Multiple Generations in Your Family Business,” with Keynote Speaker Beverly Kay, founder and president, Career Systems International, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., University Club, Pitt Family Enterprise Center, 412-648-1544, http://iee.katz.pitt.edu/fec.

Health Benefit Education Session, noon-2 p.m., 100 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Human Resources, 412-624-8160, www.hr.pitt.edu.

Workshop, “MIT Enterprises Forum: Sales is Not a Dirty Word,” 5:30-8 p.m., University Club, Pitt Small Business Development Center, 412-648-1542, http://iee.katz.pitt.edu/sbdc.

Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival, through May 18, West Park and Allegheny Center, 412-321-5520, www.pghkids.org.