Events Calendar
February

January 9, 2006 Issue

February 8 • Tales of the Lost Formicans directed by Robert C. T. Steele • Pitt Repertory Theatre

1 Gallery Talk, Joanna Commandaros and Bryan Lauch, noon, Pitt Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition, exhibition continues through Feb. 10, University Art Gallery, Pitt Department of Studio Arts, vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.

 

3 Two For One, 8 p.m., also 8 p.m. Feb. 4, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

4 Barns of Western Pennsylvania: Vernacular to Spectacular, photography exhibition, through May 28, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org/exhibitions/upcoming.asp.

 

1964 . . . The Tribute, musical performance, 8 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

5 The Three Musketeers, directed by Penny Metropulos, 4 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666,
www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

6 Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright and author,
7:30 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Drue Heinz Lecture Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

 

8 Gallery Talk, Stephen Hankin, noon, Pitt Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition, exhibition continues through Feb. 10, University Art Gallery, Pitt Department of Studio Arts, vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.

 

Pitt Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

Tales of the Lost Formicans, directed by Robert C. T. Steele, through Feb. 19, Charity Randall Theatre, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7529, www.pitt.edu/~play/current_season.html.

 

David Berman, poet, 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Room 125, Pittsburgh Contemporary Writer’s Series, 412-624-6506, www.english.pitt.edu.

 

9 Coppelia, 7:30 p.m., continues through
Feb. 12, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 412-456-6666, www.pbt.org/.

 

10 Evening of Romance, 8 p.m., continues through Feb. 12, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

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

 

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

 

Heesun Kim, kayagum, Korean musical performance, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

11 Thacher Hurd, children’s author, 10:30 a.m.
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Black, White & Read All Over Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

 

The Creative Spark, Lucas Richman, conductor, 11:15 a.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

The Robin Hood Project, accompanied by film screening of Robin Hood (1922), directed by Douglas Fairbanks, 7 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

12 “Young Artists,” piano recitals, 3 p.m., Kresge Theatre, Carnegie Mellon University, Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania, 412-227-3000.

 

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

 

Daphne Alderson, “Daphne at the Movies: Mercer, Mancini, Gershwin, and Even Morricone,” 8 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

15 August in February, works of playwright August Wilson, 7:30 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

There Is No Eye: Photographs by John Cohen, through April 8, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org/Exhibitions.html.

                                                     

16 West Side Story, 1:30 p.m., also 8 p.m.
Feb. 17 and 18, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666,
www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

Scott Anderson and Friends, 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.

 

Ursula Oppens and the MOTE Chamber Orchestra, 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.

 

Spike Lee, film director, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., African American Cultural Center’s A Celebration of African American Expression! 412-258-2700, www.africanaculture.org.

 

17 An Arcadian Amusement, Chris Norman, playing the wooden flute, bagpipes, and musette, Sewickley United Methodist Church, 337 Broad St., also Feb. 18, Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., and Feb. 19, Laughlin Music Center, Chatham College,  Chatham Baroque Concert Series, 412-687-1788,   www.chatham
baroque.org/season.html.

 

18 Xerxes, by George Frederick Handel,
8 p.m., also 7 p.m. Feb. 22 and 2 p.m. Feb. 26,
CAPA Theater, 111 Ninth St., Pittsburgh Opera, 412-281-0912, www.pittsburghopera.org.

 

Danzahoy, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Dance Council, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/DanceCouncil.aspx.

 

Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project, Part Two, photography exhibition, through May 28, Carnegie Museum of Art Forum Gallery, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org/exhibitions/upcoming.asp.

 

20 Daniel C. Dennet, author and philosopher, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Drue Heinz Lecture Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

 

22 Wicked, through March 5, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/PNCBroadway.aspx.

 

23 Cole Porter, 7:30 p.m., continues through Feb. 26, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

Cobetto Lecture Series in Ethics, “How to Be Good,” New York Times columnist Randy Cohen, 7 p.m., Ferguson Theater, Pitt-Greensburg, www.pitt.edu/~upg.

 

Jesus Christ Superstar, through March 5,
Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s Broadway at the Byham Series, 412-456-1390, www.pittsburghmusicals.com.

 

25 Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, blues performance, 8 p.m., Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, 412-432-0333, www.calliope
house.org.

 

26 Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh,
4 p.m., Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Pl., Music in a Great Space Series, 412-682-4300, www.shadysidepres.org.

 

Choir Chamber Choir Festival, 8 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/
calendar/index.html.

 

27 Music Monday, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

28 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.