January 18, 2005 Issue

jan. 18
Lunch Time Talk, “Action Explanation, Weakness of the Will, and Bounded Rationality,” Antonio Zilhao, lecturer, University of Lisbon, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/, 412-624-1052.

Lecture, “Shrinking the Achievement Gap: Academics and Social Intervention,” noon-1:30 p.m. (For details, see Briefly Noted.)

Pittsburgh Bioterrorism Lecture Series, “Public Health: Drafted to Protect America?” Elin Gursky, senior fellow, Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense, 4-6 p.m., Room 6, Scaife Hall, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp, 412-383-2400.

Wine-Tasting Seminar, 8:30 p.m., William Pitt Union Ballroom, must have valid I.D., Pitt Program Council, www.pitt.edu/~ppc, 412-648-7900.

Audubon Print Exhibition, The Hermit Thrush, through Jan. 31, Hillman Library, ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-3330, www.library.pitt.edu.
Art Exhibition, Kawase Hasui: Landscapes of Modern Japan, through Feb. 27; Carnegie International, through March 20; Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., www.cnoa.org, 412-622-3131.

Garden Railroad Exhibition, through Feb. 20, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Dr., 412-622-6914, www.phipps.conservatory.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, http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag, 412-648-2423.

Botanical Exhibition, Medicinal Plants, through April 3, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Park Dr., www.phipps.conservatory.org, 412-622-6914.


jan. 19
Musical Performance, Charles Wilson, Heinz Chapel Student Recital Series, noon, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, www.discover.pitt.edu/chapel, 412-624-4157.

Brown Bag Lunch, “Careers in Grants Program Management,” Todd Sherer, scientific manager, research programs, Michael J. Fox Foundation, noon-1:30 p.m., 219 Victoria Building, Pitt Survival Skills and Ethics Program, www.survival.pitt.edu.

Asia Over Lunch, “Japanese Traditional Arts and Animé Revive the World’s Oldest Theater,” Mae Smethurst, professor, Pitt Department of Classics, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall,Asian Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/, 412-648-7370.

Postdoctoral Professionalism Series, “Constructing an Individual Development Plan to Achieve Your Career Goals,” 3-5 p.m., S120 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, www.health.pitt.edu/oacd.

A. Julio Martinez Memorial Lecture, “Dr. Julio Martinez and His Love/Hate Relationship with the Pathogenic and Opportunistic Amebas,” Govinda Visvesvara, research microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4-5 p.m., S100 Biomedical Science Tower South, Pitt School of Medicine, www.calendar.pitt.health.edu.

Global Pittsburgh Network Event, “The State of Our Region,” 5:30-8 p.m., Rivers Club, One Oxford Centre, Downtown Pittsburgh, $15 per person, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, 412-391-5227.

La Cultura Lecture Series, “Imperial Boredom,” Jeffrey Auerbach, assistant professor of history, California State University, Northridge, 7 p.m., Ferguson Theater, Smith Hall, part of the Victorian England: Empire, Evolution and Expectations Lecture Series, Pitt-Greensburg, 724-836-9942, www.upg.pitt.edu/_UPGWebSite/index.htm.
Dance Performance, Tony Waag’s Tap City, 8-10 p.m., Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, www.upj.pitt.edu/events, 1-800-846-2787.

Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, Tomaz Salamun, poet, 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Department of English, 412-624-6506, www.english.pitt.edu.

jan. 20
Eat ‘n’ Meet Intercultural Bag Lunch, noon-1:15 p.m., William Pitt Union Dining Room B, Pitt Office of International Services, www.ois.pitt.edu, 412-624-7120.

Art Discussion, “ A Public Discussion with Wenda Gu and Art Historian David Cateforis,” 4 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, part of the exhibition Out of Time, Out of Place, Out of China: Reinventing Chinese Traditions in a New Century, University Art Gallery, http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag, 412-648-2423.

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

Musical Performance, Tribute to Irving Berlin, Marvin Hamlisch, conductor, 7:30 p.m., through Jan. 23, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, 412-392-4900.

Theatrical Performance, Ain’t Misbehavin,’ through Feb. 20, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Public Theater, www.ppt.org, 412-316-4900.


jan. 21
NanoScience and Engineering Seminar, “Coherent, Nonlinear, and Active Nanoplasmonics,” Mark Stockman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, noon, Kresge Conference Center, 1175 Benedum Hall, Pitt Institute of NanoScience and Engineering, www.nano.pitt.edu.

Religious Studies Colloquium, Lara Putnam, Pitt assistant professor in the Department of History, “Afro-Caribbean Missionaries in the Salvation Army, ca. 1900-1940,” noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning, 412-624-5990, www.pitt.edu/~relgst/.

Lecture, “Is Natural Selection a Mechanism?” Roberta Millstein, Department of Philosophy, California State University, Hayward, 3:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/, 412-624-1052.

Lecture, “De cura feminarum: Augustine the Bishop, North African Women, and the Development of a Theology of Female Nature,” Ann Matter, professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 4 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Medievaland Renaissance Studies Program, www.pitt.edu/~medren.

Opera Recital, Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano, 8 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh Opera, www.pittsburghopera.org, 412-456-6666.


jan. 22
Black, White, and Read All Over Series, Katherine Paterson, author, 10:30 a.m., Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., www.pittsburghlectures.org, 412-622-8866.

Musical Performance, Sheila Kay Adams, folk musician, 8 p.m., Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Calliope Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.com, 412-394-3353.

Musical Performance, The Romantic Flute, Yee-ha Chiu, piano, Barbara O’Brien, flute, 8:30 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, www.discover.pitt.edu/~chapel, 412-624-4157.

Theatrical Performance, Grease, also Jan. 23, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Musical Theater, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-1390.

Art Exhibition, Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1800-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co., through March 26, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., www.frickart.org, 412-371-0600.

Art Exhibition, Marvels of Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics from the Corcoran Gallery of Art Collection, though April 3, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St.,www.frickart.org, 412-371-0600.


jan. 24
Lecture, “How to Lead During Bioattacks with the Public’s Trust and Help,” Monica Schoch-Spana, senior fellow, UPMC Center for Biosecurity, 4 p.m., Scaife Hall, Room 6, Pitt School of Medicine, 412-647-3555, mcgaffinme@upmc.edu.

Drue Heinz Lecture Series, Margaret Atwood, author, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., www.pittsburghlectures.org, 412-622-8866.

jan. 25
GSPIA Policy Forum, “Tsunami: Causes, Impact, and Response,” 4-6 p.m. (For details, see Briefly Noted.)

Theatrical Performance, The Producers by Mel Brooks, through Jan. 30, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Broadway in Pittsburgh, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-1390.

jan. 26
Health Disparities Journal Club, noon-1 p.m., 109 Parran Hall, Pitt’s Center for Minority Health and Graduate School of Public Health, www.cmh.pitt.edu, 412-624-5665.

Lecture Series in Health Policy and Management, “The Trust Prescription for Healthcare: Building a Reputation People Really Know and Trust,” David A. Shore, director, Trust Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, 4:30 p.m., A-115. Crabtree Hall, Pitt’s Center for Bioethics, www.publichealth.pitt.edu/calendar/index.html, 412-648-7120.

Theatrical Performance, Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire, through Feb. 13, Pittsburgh Playhouse Repertory Company, 222 Craft Ave., www.pittsburghplayhouse.com, 412-621-4445.

jan. 27
Asia Over Lunch, “Searching for Our Distant Ancestors in Asia,” Chris Beard, curator and head, Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asian Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/, 412-648-7370.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Gina D’Angelo, Pitt Department of Biostatistics, “Application of Semiparametric Methods for Regression Models with Missing Covariate Information,” 3 p.m., A215 Crabtree Hall.

Theatrical Performance, Bubbling Brown Sugar, book by Loften Mitchell, 8 p.m., through Feb. 12, Alumni Hall, seventh-floor auditorium, Pitt Kuntu Repertory Theatre, www.kuntu.org, 412-624-7298.

jan. 28
Musical Performance, Bright Baroque, Nicholas McGegan, conductor, 8 p.m., also Jan. 29, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave.,www.pittsburghsymphony.org, 412-392-4900.


jan. 29
Opera Performance, Faye Robinson, soprano, 7:30 p.m., Bromeley Family Theater, Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, www.upb.pitt.edu/visitors/Faye_Robinson/index.htm, 814-362-7540.

Folk Music Performance, Mindy Simmons, 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Ave., Shadyside, Calliope Pittsburgh Folk Music Society Legends Series, www.calliopehouse.com, 412-394-3353.

Dance Performance, DanceBrazil, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Dance Council, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-6666.

Musical Performance, American Baroque by L’Europe Galante, 8 p.m., Synod Hall, Fifth Avenue and North Craig Street, Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, www.rbsp.org, 412-682-7262.