October 11, 2004 Issue

oct. 18
Open House for Prospective Students, Graduate School of Public Health, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m, 412-624-5200, www.publichealth.pitt.edu/admissions/open_house.html,.

Family Health F-O-C-U-S Series, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Room 134, Blackington Hall, Pitt-Johnstown, 814-269-2080, www.upj.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “The War You Won’t See on TV”, Lorna Tychostup, senior editor, Chronogram magazine, 7 p.m., Ferguson Theater, Pitt-Greensburg campus, www.lornatychostup.com.

Musical Performance, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, 8 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, 412-624-4129, www.pittsburghchambermusic.org/.

Rare Book Exhibition, First, Unique, or Special Editions from the University Library System’s Rare Book Collections, exhibits change biweekly, 271 and 363 Hillman Library, 412-648-8190

Photography Exhibition, Keith Carter: Poet of the Ordinary, through Oct. 23, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Chuck-will’s Widow, through Oct. 25, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-3330, www.library.pitt.edu.

Art Exhibition, Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, through Jan. 2, Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Art Exhibition, Perchance to Dream, through Jan. 15, Society for Contemporary Craft Gallery, 2100 Smallman St., 412-261-7003, www.contemporarycraft.org.

Art Exhibition, Out of Time, Out of Place, Out of China: Reinventing Chinese Tradition in a New Century, through Feb. 25, University Art Gallery, 412-648-2423, http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag/.

oct. 19
Lunchtime Talk, “Can Any Description of Reality Be Completed?” Tomasz Placek, Jagellion University, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/Events.htm.

Fall Reception, University of Pittsburgh Women’s Association, 4-6 p.m., Schenley Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 412-781-4190, cainjs@earthlink.net.

UPMC South Side Diabetes Self-Management Classes, 6-8 p.m., also Oct. 20, UPMC South Side, 2000 Mary St., Ellen Bowlin, 412-488-5415.

oct. 20
Brown Bag Lunch Talk, “It’s Part of the Job: Definitions and Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in Care and Service Labor,” Lisa Huebner, teaching fellow, Pitt Department of Sociology, noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

Recital, Kate Scott, Heinz Chapel Student Recital Series, noon, Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.discover.pitt.edu/chapel.

Teaching Excellence Workshop, “Understanding Student Stressors,” noon-1 p.m., 4060 Forbes Tower, Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education, 412-624-2896, fox@cidde.pitt.edu.

Workshop, Building Your Interpersonal Skills through Networking, 3-5 p.m., S123 Biomedical Science Tower, Postdoctoral Professionalism Series, Office of Career Development, www.health.pitt.edu/oacd.

Theatrical Performance, Magnetism of the Heart by Teatr Rozmaitosci, 7 p.m., through Oct. 24, CAPA Mainstage, 111 Ninth St., Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/PIFOF.

Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, poet and novelist Dionne Brand, 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, www.english.pitt.edu/events/pcws_schedule.

Theatrical Performance, Akhe Group, 8 p.m., through Oct. 24, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., International Festival of Firsts, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/PIFOF.

oct. 21
Conference, Regional Coalition of Community Builders, 1 p.m., through Oct. 23, Linden Hall USWA Conference Center, Route 51 South, Dawson, Pa., Pitt School of Social Work, 412-624-3711.

Symposium, “Good, Bad or Somewhere in Between? Outsourcing to India and China,” 3-6 p.m., (For details, see page 7.)

Seminar, Jeanne Kowalski, assistant professor, Division of Oncology Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, 3:30 p.m.,A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, www.publichealth.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Showtime! Daniel Meyer, conductor, 5 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony with a Splash, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Networking Event, “Pathways to Professions: A Career Networking Event,” 6-8 p.m., Connolly Ballroom, Alumni Hall, cohosted by Pitt’s Career Services Office and Alumni Association, reservations required by Oct. 14, www.alumni.pitt.edu/career.

Musical Performance, Lisa Ferraro, 7:30 p.m., Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, Westmoreland Jazz Society, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

Performance, Sophisticated Ladies, music by Duke Ellington, book by Donald McKayle, 8 p.m., through Nov. 6, seventh-floor auditorium, Alumni Hall, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

Musical Performance, Chava Alberstein, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Musical Performance, Yellowjackets and Kevyn Lettau, through Oct. 24, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., 412-322-0800, www.manchesterguild.org.

oct. 22
Video Conference, “Counterterrorism & Emergency Preparedness,” 8:30 a.m., Forbes-Allies Center, Suite 210, 3109 Forbes Ave., Pitt’s Center for Rural Health Practice, Center for Public Health Preparedness, 412-383-2400, www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp.

Lecture, “Visualizing Diagnostic Knowledge: Representation and Reification in a Medical Intelligent Tutoring System,” Rebecca Crowley, Center for Pathology Informatics, Pitt School of Medicine, Meet the Speaker Coffee, 10:40-11 a.m., fifth-floor commons room; colloquium, 11a.m.-noon, Room 501; Information Sciences Building, 412-624-5230, www2.sis.pitt.edu.

Lunchtime Talk, “Spuntar lo scoglio piu duro: Did Galileo Ever Think the Most Beautiful Thought Experiment...” Paolo Palmiere, Pitt philosophy of science professor, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/Events.htm, 412-624-1052.

Teaching Excellence Workshop, “Making Learning Active for You and Your Students,” 1-2:30 p.m., 815 Alumni Hall, Pitt’s Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education, 412-624-2896,fox@cidde.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “Petrarch and Ronsard as ‘Economic Men’: Interest and Growth in the Rime sparse and the Futures of Later Petrarchism,” William Kennedy, Cornell University, 4 p.m., Room 501, Cathedral of Learning, Center for West European Studies, www.pitt.edu./~medren/events, 412-624-5404.

Readings, Paola Corso and Tom Noyes, 7:30 p.m., Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown Writing Program, 814-269-7138, schwerer@pitt.edu.

Shakespeare-in-the-Schools Theatrical Performance, Hamlet, 7:30 p.m., Henry Heymann Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts, 412-624-6568.

oct. 23
Seniors Town Meeting, UPMC Senior Care, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Herberman Conference Center, Shadyside Hospital, 5200 Centre Ave., 412-623-6396.

Musical Performance, Musical Travels and Everyday Life, Lucas Richman, conductor, 11:15 a.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Fiddlesticks Family Concerts, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.
Musical Performance, Edgewood Symphony, Carl Iezzi, conductor, 2:30 p.m., Community College of Allegheny College Boyce Campus, 595 Beatty Rd., Monroeville, 412-473-8880, www.edgewoodsymphony.org.

Musical Performance, In the Fields in Frost and Snow, Chris Norman Ensemble, 8 p.m., Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Renaissance Baroque Society, 412-682-7262, www.rbsp.org.

Musical Performance, English Concert with Andrew Manze, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Art Exhibition, Master Drawings from Pittsburgh Collections, through Jan. 2, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Literary Day on the South Side, 1:30 p.m. Poetry Workshop, 5:30 theatrical performance, Outlying Island, by Davis Greig, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

oct. 24
Botanical Exhibition, Botanical Art and Illustration, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., through Feb 28, Hunt Library Building, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 412-268-2434, huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu.

Musical Performance, From Russia with Love, Daniel Meyer, conductor, 2:30 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Popular Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Musical Performance, A Night in Naples, 4 p.m., Calvary United Methodist Church, 971 Beech Ave., North Side, Allegheny Historic Preservation Society, 412-323-1070.

oct. 25
Drue Heinz Lecture Series, author John Irving, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-8866, trfn.clpgh.org/pal/.

oct. 26
Audubon Print Exhibition, Painted Finch, through Nov. 8, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections. 412-648-8191, www.library.pitt.edu.
Distinguished Lecture Series, “Pharmacogenomics of Membrane Transporters: Implications for Drug Response,” Kathleen M. Giacomini, professor and chair, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California at San Francisco, noon, 456 Salk Hall, School of Pharmacy, Laraine Kuchma, 412-648-3304, kuchma@pitt.edu.

Lunchtime Talk, “Statistical Inference in Quantum Mechanics,” Jos Uffink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/Events.htm.

Musical Performance, Lauren Pelon, ethnomusicologist and performer, 8 p.m., Bromeley Family Theater, Pitt-Bradford, 814-362-7505, www.upb.pitt.edu.

Music on the Edge Series, Paul Moravec, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

oct. 27
Teaching Excellence Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Alumni Hall, Connolly Ballroom, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence, and the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education at Pitt, 412-624-2896, fox@cidde.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “The Consequence of Uninsurance,” Wilhelmine Miller, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Medicine, 4:30 p.m., Room A115, Crabtree Hall, Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Institute, 412-624-6104, www.healthpolicyinstitute.pitt.edu.

Reading, “An Evening with Jonathan Lethem,” author of Motherless Brooklyn, 7 p.m., Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-8866, www.americanshorts.org.

Musical Performance, Vienna Choir Boys, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.