November 1, 2004 Issue

nov. 1
Reading, Last Mountain Dancer: Hard-Earned Lessons in Love, Loss, and Honky-Tonk Outlaw Life by Chuck Kinder, associate professor, Pitt Department of English, 8:30 p.m., Book Center, Pitt Department of English, www.english.pitt.edu.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Painted Finch, through Nov. 8, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-8191, www.library.pitt.edu.
Theatrical Performance, Baby’s Blues by Tammy Ryan, through Nov. 14, Point Park University Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Pittsburgh Playhouse Repertory Company, 412-621-4445, www.ppc.edu/playhouse/.

Theatrical Performance, Moonlight Room by Tristine Skyler, 8 p.m., through Dec. 12, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

History Exhibition, September 11: Bearing Witness to History, through Jan. 1, Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

Art Exhibitions, Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands, through Jan. 2; Lebbeus Woods: Experimental Architecture, through Jan. 16; and Carnegie International, through March 20; Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

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/.

nov. 2
Lecture, “Othering the Other: Polemic Images of Christianity and Islam in Medieval Kabbalah,” Elliot Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, 4 p.m., William Pitt Union Dining Room A, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~jsp.

Musical Performance, Music for Exhibitions: Master Class with Pittsburgh Musicians, 7:30 p.m., Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Theatrical Performance, Forever Plaid, 7:30 p.m., through Dec. 31, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave.,Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 412-456-6666, www.clocabaret.com.

nov. 3
Brown Bag Lunch Discussion, “Women in Leadership: A Roundtable on University Service,” noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485.

Brown Bag Lunch Discussion, Robin Simpson, Pitt-Titusville physical therapy assistant major, “Campus Ergonomics,” 12:15-12:45 p.m., Broadhurst Science Center, Room G05, Pitt-Titusville, 814-827-4429.

Jazz Film Screening, A Great Day in Harlem, 7 p.m. (For details, click here.)

Pittsburgh Speakers Series, James Carville, 8 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghspeakerseries.org/.

Musical Performance, “Wynonna Judd…Her Story: Scenes From a Lifetime,” 8 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Musical Performance, Pitt Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab, conductor, 8 p.m., free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, 8:30 p.m., (For details, see Briefly Noted.)

Photography Exhibition, Shinichiro Kobayashi and Fumimasa Hosokawa: Unspoken Ground: Two Views of Japan, through Jan. 29, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

nov. 4
Seminar, “Simulating, Refining, and Modeling Protein Structures at Multiresolution and Multilength Scales,” Jianpeng Ma, assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College, noon, 520EE Eye and Ear Board Room, Pitt Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 412-648-3333, www.ccbb.pitt.edu.

Video Lecture, The First Lesson of History: The Good of Evil by Joan Chittister, founder, Benetvision: A Resource and Research Center for Contemporary Spirituality, noon, 138 Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, Common Concepts Project, www.pitt.edu/~ulin/namingevil.html.

2004 Senior Vice Chancellor’s Laureate Lecture Series, noon-1 p.m. (For details, see Briefly Noted.)

3rd Annual Hillman Cancer Center Gala, Hope Takes Flight: A Future Without Cancer, PGA golfer Greg Norman, celebrity chair, Mr. And Mrs. Henry Hillman, honorary chairs, 5:30 p.m., Fixed Base Operations Aviation Center, Pittsburgh International Airport, Moon Township, 412-624-3184.

Annual Sylvan E. Stool History of Medicine Lecture, “Quarantining Prostitutes: VD Rapid Treatment Centers in World War II,” John Parascandola, historian, U.S. Public Health Service, 6 p.m., Scaife Hall, Auditorium 5, 412-648-8927, erlen@pitt.edu.

Jazz Lecture, Paul Silverthorn, 7 p.m. (For details, click here.)

Theatrical Performance, Amazones: The Women Master Drummers of Guinea, 7:30 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Music on the Edge Series, All-Feldman Concert, Ted Mook, cellist, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

Theatrical Performance, Sophisticated Ladies, 8 p.m., through Nov. 6, seventh-floor auditorium, Alumni Hall, Pitt Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7298.

Theatrical Performance, Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, through Dec. 5, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

nov. 5
Jazz Lectures, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 1 p.m. (For details, click here.)

Opera Performance, The Soldier’s Tale by Igor Stravinsky, 8 p.m., through Nov. 7, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Opera Theater of Pittsburgh with Pittsburgh Symphony and Attack Theater, 412-392-4900, www.operatheaterpittsburgh.org.

nov. 6
Jazz Lectures, 10 and 11:30 a.m. (For details, click here.)

Survival Skills and Ethics Workshop, “Making Research Presentations,” 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 4th Floor Scaife Hall, Lecture Room 2, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu, survival.pitt.edu.

Pitt Jazz Concert, 8 p.m. (For details, click here.)

nov. 7
Performance, Tim Conway and Harvey Korman: Together Again, 2 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Musical Performance, Bach and Baroque Series, Rebecca Humphrey, violoncello and piccolo, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

Musical Performance, Pipedreams Live!, 4 p.m. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Place, Music in a Great Space Series, Organ Artists Series, 412-682-4300, www.shadysidepres.org.
nov. 8
Science Presentation, program on the International Space Station, Kimberly Doering, NASA engineer, 7:30 p.m., Pitt-Greensburg, Ferguson Theater, 724-836-7741.

Film Screening, A Foreign Affair, directed by Billy Wilder, 6:30 p.m., 105 David Lawrence Hall, Pitt Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and the Film Studies Program, www.pitt.edu/~germanic.

Music Monday, student recitals, 8 p.m., free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

Musical Performance, Flamenco Fiesta, 8 p.m., Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., also 5 p.m. Nov. 9, Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Guitar Society of Fine Arts, 412-396-5486, www.gsfapittsburgh.org.

Creative Nonfiction Literary Festival, readings, workshops, panels, and parties, various venues throughout Pittsburgh, through Nov. 14, 412-688-0304, www.creativenonfiction.org.

nov. 9
Documentary Film Screening, Development Flows from the Barrel of the Gun, Hunting Down Water, 6:30 p.m., and The 18th Elephant: Three Monologues, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10, part of Traveling Film South Asia: A Festival of Documentaries from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, Carnegie Mellon University, 100 Porter Hall, www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jsharma/.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Rice Bird, through Nov. 22, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-3330, www.library.pitt.edu.
nov. 10
Health Policy Institute Governance Briefing, “Rewriting the Social Contract Between Physicians and Boards,” James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., 8-9:30 a.m., Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., register by Nov. 8, friede@pitt.edu, 412-624-6104.

Global Issues Lecture Series, “Caring for Victims, War Zone to War Zone: The Work of Emergency,” Alberto Colombi, adjunct assistant professor, Pitt Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, 1 p.m., 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt Global Studies Program, Citizens for Global Solutions Pittsburgh, 412-624-2918, thomay@ucis.pitt.edu.

Dance Performance, Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, 8 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Dance Council, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Musical Performance, Samite and David Cullen, 8 p.m., Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., Guitar Society of Fine Arts, 412-396-5486, www.gsfapittsburgh.org.

Musical Performance, The Golden Age of the Chapel Royal, 8 p.m., Church of the Ascension, 4729 Ellsworth Ave., Pittsburgh Camerata, 412-421-5884, www.pittsburghcamerata.org.

nov. 11
Mark A. Nordenberg Lecture in Law and Psychiatry, “The Human Rights of a Person with Mental Disabilities: A Global Perspective,” Lawrence Gostin, professor of law, Georgetown University, professor of public health, Johns Hopkins University, noon, Teplitz Court Room, Barco Law Building, Pitt Center for Bioethics and Health Law, 412-648-1305.

Teaching for Excellence Workshop, “Developing a Course,” 1 p.m., 815 Alumni Hall, Pitt Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education, 412-624-2896.

Graduate School of Public Health 2004 Seminar Series, Zhiqiang Tan, assistant professor, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, 3:30 p.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, 412-624-3002.

Women’s Studies Lecture-Response Session, “On the Move: Women and Girls with Disabilities Negotiate with the Mainstream Society,” Katherine Seelman, associate dean for disability programs, Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 5 p.m., Forbes Tower, Atwood and Sennot streets, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.

Marshall S. Levy Memorial Lecture, “Gaucher Disease: Good Answers to an Old Problem,” Henry J. Mankin, chief of orthopaedic service, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Edith M. Ashley, professor of orthopaedic surgery, Harvard Medical School, 5 p.m., reception, 6 p.m., lecture, UPMC Shadyside, West Wing Auditorium, Pitt School of Medicine, RSVP by Nov. 4, 412-647-4256, snancy@pmhsf.org.

Reading, Dream Season: A Professor Joins America’s Oldest Semi-Pro Football Team by Bob Cowser, associate professor of English, St. Lawrence University, 5 p.m., 138 Blackington Hall, Pitt-Johnstown, 814-269-7147.

Performance, “Behind the Broken Words,” by Roscoe Lee Brown and Anthony Zerbe, 8 p.m., also Nov. 12, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, 814-269-2028, www.upj.pitt.edu.

Theatrical Performance, Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw, 8 p.m., through Nov. 21, Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7529, www.pitt.edu/~play.