February 21, 2005 Issue

feb. 21
Drue Heinz Lecture Series, Mariane Pearl, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., www.pittsburghlectures.org, 412-622-8866.

Music Monday, performance by Pitt students, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

Theatrical Performance, Eden Court by Murphey Guyre, 8 p.m., Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, through Feb. 26, Pitt-Johnstown, UPJ Department of Theater, 1-800-846-ARTS.

Theatrical Performance, The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, 8 p.m., Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, through Feb. 27, Pitt-Johnstown, UPJ Department of Theater, 1-800-846-ARTS.

Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, poets Eric Pankey and Jennifer Atkinson, 8:30 p.m., 501 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of English, www.english.pitt.edu/events/pcws_schedule.html, 412-624-6506.

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.

Theatrical Performance, Rashomon, by Faye and Michael Kanin, through Feb. 27, Stephen Foster Memorial’s Charity Randall Theatre, Pitt Repertory Theatre, www.pitt.edu/~play, 412-624-PLAY (7529).

Art Exhibitions, Kawase Hasui: Landscapes of Modern Japan, through Feb. 27; Carnegie International, through March 20; Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., www.cmoa.org, 412-622-3131.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Carbonated Warbler, through Feb. 28, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, www.library.pitt.edu, 412-648-3330.

Theatrical Performance, Chaplin by Simon Bradbury, through March 12, Stephen Foster Memorial’s Henry Heymann Theater, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, www.picttheatre.org, 412-561-6000.

Theatrical Performance, Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck, through March 26, Pittsburgh City Theater, 1300 Bingham St., www.citytheatrecompany.org, 412-431-2489.

Art Exhibitions, Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1800-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co., through March 26; 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.
Botanical Exhibition, Medicinal Plants, through April 3, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Park Dr., www.phipps.conservatory.org, 412-622-6914.


feb. 22
Lecture, “Islam Within an African American Context,” Abdul Dardery, assistant professor, South Valley University, Egypt, noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Global Studies Program, 412-624-2918.

Lecture, “William Harvey’s ‘Conceptual’ Teleology: Goal-directed Causation in De conceptione,” Jim Lennox, Pitt Department of History of Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

Musical Performance, Jabali Afrika, 8 p.m., Antonian Theater, Carlow University, 3333 Fifth Ave., 412-578-6069.

feb. 23
Brown Bag Lunch, “Gender Research in the Archive: Navigating Sources,” Kate Colligan, Pitt’s Archival Service Center, noon, 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies, 412-624-6485.

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.

Nanotechnology Seminar, “The ABCs of Nanotechnology: Atoms, Bits and Civilization,” Arthur B. Ellis, chemistry division director, National Science Foundation,5:30 p.m., Room 12, Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, 412-624-8200.

Cancer Symposium, “A Reason to Hope: New Advances in Drug Therapies,” 6-7:30 p.m., UPMC Passavant, 3100 Babcock Blvd., Dining Room 2, newsbureau.upmc.com, 1-800-533-8762.

Theatrical Performance, Hangin’ Up My Heart by Michael Schwartz, through Feb. 27, Pitt Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning basement, Pitt Department of Theatre Arts Laboratory Productions, www.pitt.edu/~play, 412-624-7529.

Theatrical Performance, A Flea in Her Ear by George Feydeau, through Feb. 27, also March 9-13, Pittsburgh Playhouse Repertory Company, 222 Craft Ave., www.pittsburghplayhouse.com, 412-621-4445.
feb. 24
Intercultural Bag Lunch, noon, William Pitt Union Dining Room B, Pitt’s Office of International Services, www.oic.pitt.edu, 412-624-7120.

Asia Over Lunch, “Metamorphosis of a Sourcebook: Three Modern Plays Drawn from The Tale of The Heike,” J. Thomas Rimer, professor, Pitt Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asian Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/, 412-648-7370.

Pizza & Politics, “Freedom of Speech on the Internet: A Clash of European and American Legal Cultures, Sarah Gordon, 2004 FLAS Fellowship recipient and J.D. candidate, Pitt School of Law, noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Center for West European Studies and European Union Center, salas@ucis.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “Faith Matters: Race/Ethnicity, Religiosity, and Drugs,” John Wallace, associate professor, Pitt School of Social Work, noon, William Pitt Union Kurtzman Room, Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems, www.pitt.edu/~pittssw/crsp.html.

Lecture, “Protein Structure Determination via EPR of Endogenous and Introduced Electron Spins,” Gary Gerfen, associate professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, 4 p.m., 12B, Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, 412-624-8200.

Lecture, “Thermotaxis: On Air, Heat, and Culture,” Steven Connor, professor, Birkbeck College, 5:30 p.m., 324 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Department of English and Program for Cultural Studies, 412-624-7232.

2005 Tucci Lecture, “Translating Humor: Equivalence, Compensation, Discourse,” Lawrence Venuti, professor, Temple University, 5:30 p.m., 144 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, a reception will follow in156 Cathedral of Learning, frit@pitt.edu, 412-624-5220.

Lecture, 13th Annual McLean Lecture on World Law, 6 p.m. (For details, see page 2.)

Book Signing, Front-Page Pittsburgh: Two Hundred Years of the Post-Gazette by Clarke M. Thomas, 7 p.m., Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2705 E. Carson St., University of Pittsburgh Press, www.josephbeth.com, 412-381-3600.

Film Screening, Heart of Glass, directed by Werner Herzog, 7:30 p.m., Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Films at the Frick, www.frickart.org, 412-371-0600.

Musical Performance, Tribute to Ella and Louis, Daniel Meyer, conductor, through Feb. 27, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, 412-392-4900.

Theatrical Performance, Fiction by Steven Dietz, through March 20, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., www.citytheatrecompany.org, 412-431-2489.


feb. 25
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Janet M. Catov, Pitt Department of Epidemiology, 9 a.m., “Association Between Infant Birth Weight and Maternal Cardiovascular Risk: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study,” Room A523 Crabtree Hall.

Lecture, “First Order Classical Modal Logic,” Horacio Arlo-Costa, professor, Carnegie Mellon University, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Timucin Taner, Pitt School of Medicine’s Immunology Graduate Program, “Dendritic Cells, Rapamycin and Transplant Tolerance,” 2 p.m., S120 Biomedical Science Tower.

Mathematics 2005 Colloquium, lecture by Jean-Luc Guermond, professor, Texas A&M University, 4 p.m., 704 Thackeray Hall, Pitt Department of Mathematics, www.math.pitt.edu/seminarss.html. wjl@pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, San Jose Taiko, drummer, 7:30 p.m., also 2 p.m. Feb. 26, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-6666.

Musical Performance, Directions in Music: Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, and Roy Hargrove, 8 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-6666.


feb. 26
Lecture, “A Conversation with Bill Russell,” 10:30-11:30 a.m., The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum at the History Center, 1212 Smallman St., part of the exhibition Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers, running through May, www.pghhistory.org, 412-454-6411.
Symposium on Florence Cathedral, Professor Frank Toker, Pitt Department of History of Art and Architecture, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2-5 p.m., 202 Frick Fine Arts Building, 412-648-2419.

Opera Performance, The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten, 8 p.m., through March 6, CAPA Theater, 111 Ninth St., Pittsburgh Opera, www.pittsburghopera.org, 412-456-6666.

Musical Performance, Anna Vidovic, solo guitar recital, 8 p.m., PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Guitar Society of Fine Art Concert Series, www.gsfapittsburgh.org, 412-396-5486.

Musical Performance, Lionheart by El Siglo D’oro, 8 p.m., Synod Hall, Fifth Avenue and North Craig Street, Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, www.rbsp.org, 412-682-7262.

feb. 27
Musical Performance, Takacs Quartet, The Bartok Cycle, 3 p.m., also 8 p.m. Feb. 28, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, www.pittsburghchambermusic.org, 412-624-4129.

Art Exhibition, Man-Made Quilts, through, April 17, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, www.wmuseumaa.org.

feb. 28
Frick Fine Arts Colloquium, “In and Out of Time and Space: Kumano Mandara as Visual Constructs of the Transcendent and Worldly Power of Lineage,” Sue Ziterbart, teaching fellow, Pitt Department of History of Art and Architecture, noon- 1 p.m., 203 Frick Fine Arts Building, www.pitt.edu/~arthome/events.html.march 1

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Nathan Crick, Pitt Department of Communication, “John Dewey on the Art of Communication,” 9:30 a.m., 1128 Cathedral of Learning.

Audubon Print Exhibition, The Great Horned Owl, through March 14, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, www.library.pitt.edu, 412-648-3330.

march 2
Brown Bag Lunch, “How Courts Misapprehend the Dynamics of Workplace Sexual Harassment,” Theresa Beiner, visiting professor, Pitt School of Law, noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies, 412-624-6485.

Brown Bag Lecture, “Mennonites to Magnates: An American Story at West Overton Village,” Grant Gerlich, executive director, West Overton Museums, noon, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, www.wmuseumaa.org.

march 3
Intercultural Bag Lunch, noon, William Pitt Union Dining Room B, Pitt’s Office of International Services, www.ois.pitt.edu, 412-624-7120.

Pitt’s Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series, “Bio-composite Materials for Selective Chemosensors,” Pelagia-Irene Gouma, assistant professor, SUNY Stony Brook, 3:30 p.m., 823 Benedum Hall, Pitt Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 412-624-9720.

Lecture, “Stimulations of Chaperonin-Mediated Protein Folding,” Joan-Emma Shea, professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 4 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, 412-624-8200.

Poetry Reading by Desmond Egan, 8 p.m., Kresge Theater, Carlow University, 3333 Fifth Ave., 412-578-6346.