Events Calendar
January

January 9, 2006 Issue

January 9 • Emigrant Lake by Jeff Krolick • Silver Eye Center for Photography (Emigrant Lake 1-22-05 1 © Jeff Krolick, 2005, Chromogenic Print)

9 The Phantom of the Opera, through Jan. 29, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series, 412-456-1390, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/PNCBroadway.aspx.

 

Frank Lloyd Wright: Renewing the Legacy, through Jan. 15, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

 

The Mysterious Bog People, through Jan. 22, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/info/calendar.htm

 

Emigrant Lake by Jeff Krolick, through Feb. 4,
Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org/Exhibitions.html.

 

Luke Swank: Modernist Photographer, through Feb. 5, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

 

Witness to the Fifties: The Pittsburgh Photographic Library, 1950-53, through Feb. 26, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

 

10 Late Night Catechism  by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan, 7 p.m., continues through
Feb. 12, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

The Breaks, open mic’ night, Brillo Box,
7:30 p.m., Penn Avenue and Main Street,
Lawrenceville, 412-969-7689.

 

12 Gladys Knight, 8 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

Forever Plaid, 7:30 p.m., continues through
Feb. 12, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghclo.org.

 

13 Ahmad Jamal, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Mellon Jazz Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/MellonJazz2005.aspx.

 

Christina Cataldo, singer, 9:30 p.m., Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn. Ave., 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

14 The Gong Show, 9:30 p.m., Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn. Ave., 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

Walter Greenwood, 3 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Organ Concert Series, 412-624-4157, www.discover.pitt.edu/chapel.

 

“Young Artists,” piano recitals, 3 p.m., Trombino Piano Gallery, 944 Penn Ave., Downtown, Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania, 412-227-3000.

 

18 Gallery Talk, Edward Powell and Delanie Jenkins, noon, Pitt Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition, exhibition continues through Feb. 10, University Art Gallery, Pitt Department of Studio Arts, vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.

 

19 La Cultura Lecture, “Encounters With the Divine in Greece and the Hellenistic World,” Anne Weis, professor, Pitt-Greensburg Department of the History of Art and Architecture, 7 p.m., Ferguson Theatre, Pitt-Greensburg, www.pitt.edu/~upg.

 

Joshua Bayer Jazz, 7:30 p.m., Westmoreland Museum of American Art,  221 N. Main. St., Greensburg, Westmoreland Jazz Society, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org/museum/jazz.cfm.

 

Neil Sedaka, 7:30 p.m., continues through
Jan. 22, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn. Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburgh
symphony.org.

 

Mike Tomaro Quintet, “American Popular Song: From Gershwin to Sting,” 8 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

Miss Saigon, through Jan. 29, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s Broadway at the Byham Series, 412-456-1390, www.pittsburgh
musicals.com.

 

The Human Chair, adapted by Karla Boos from a short story by Edogawa Rampo, through Feb. 4, Quantum Theatre, 10 Bedford Square, 412-431-5314, www.quantum
theatre.com.

 

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Ted Pappas, through
Feb. 19, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, 621 Penn Ave., 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

 

20 Meet and Greet with Joe Goode, 6:30 p.m.,
5530 Penn Ave., Dance Alloy’s Behind the Curtain Series, 412-363-4378, www.dancealloy.org/performances.htm.

 

Adam Halpin, singer, 9:30 p.m., Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn. Ave., 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

21 Odetta, folk musician, 8 p.m., Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, 412-432-0333, www.calliopehouse.org.

 

Red Priest, “Pirates of the Baroque,” 8 p.m., Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Renaissance and Baroque Society, 412-682-7262, www.rbsp.org.

 

Boilermaker Jazz Band, 9:30 p.m., Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn. Ave., 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

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

 

24 Black Watch and the Bands of the Welsh Guards, 7:30 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

The Civil War Experience, 7:30 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Musical Theater, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghmusicals.com.

 

The Breaks, open mic’ night, Brillo Box,
7:30 p.m., Penn Avenue and Main Street,
Lawrenceville, 412-969-7689.

 

25 Gallery Talk, Bovey Lee and Barbara Weissberger, noon, Pitt Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition, exhibition continues through Feb. 10, University Art Gallery, Pitt Department of Studio Arts, vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.

 

26 Mozart’s Birthday Celebration, 1:30 p.m., also 8 p.m. Jan. 27 and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 29, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Mellon Grand Classics, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

Mahalia Jackson: Standing on Holy Ground by Vernell A. Lillie, 8 p.m., through Feb. 11, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 7th-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

 

27 Mozart’s Birthday Celebration, 1:30 p.m.,
also 8 p.m. Jan. 27 and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 29, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Mellon Grand Classics, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburgh
symphony.org.

 

Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana, from the collection of Ernie
Wolfe III, through April 1, 209 9th St. Gallery, African American Cultural Center’s A Celebration of African American Expression! 412-258-2700, www.africanaculture.org.

 

Hearts Are Wild by George Griggs, book by Darrah Cloud, 8 p.m., continues through
Feb. 19, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St.,
412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

28 The Boston Modern Orchestra Project,
8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music’s Music on the Edge Series, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

Chris Laitta, singer, 9:30 p.m., Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn. Ave., 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.