Events Calendar
March

January 9, 2006 Issue

March 11 • Tero Saarinen Company • Pittsburgh Dance CouncilPhoto: Marita Liulia

2 Pyretown, 8 p.m., continues through April 2, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

Completely Hollywood, performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, through April 2,Pittsburgh Public Theatre, 621 Penn Ave., 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

3 Friday Evening Music Club Performance, 7 p.m., Millstein Library, Pitt-Greensburg, 724-837-1850, www.pitt.edu/~upg.

 

4 Ashley Bryan, 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.

 

Richard Egarr, “Goldberg Variations,” 8 p.m., Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Renaissance and Baroque Society, 412-682-7262, www.rbsp.org.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

7 Resurrection Reading Series, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction readings, 7-9 p.m.,
Village Hall Exchange, Pitt-Greensburg, 724-787-8088, www.pitt.edu/~upg.

 

Natalie MacMaster, musical performance, 7:30 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

9 Swingin’ It, 7:30 p.m., celebrating the music of Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter, continues through March 12, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, 412-456-6666, www.pbt.org.

 

11 The Romantic Style, featuring David Premo, cello, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood, Swissvale Avenue, Edgewood Symphony Orchestra, 412-473-8880, www.edgewoodsymphony.org.

 

CeCe Winans, musician, 8 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., African American Cultural Center’s A Celebration of African American Expression! 412-258-2700, www.africanaculture.org.

 

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

 

12 Opera’s Greatest Choral Hits, presented by the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh with the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, 3 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh Opera, 412-281-0912, www.pittsburgh
opera.org.

 

Hamlet, performed by the Aquila Theatre Company, 4 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

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

 

15 Dora’s Pirate Adventure, continues through March 19, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

16 Harold Betters, 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.

 

Pitt Symphony Orchestra with organist Robert Sutherland Lord, 8 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4157, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

17The Voluptuous Tango, by Dominick Muldowney, through April 2, Quantum Theatre,
10 Bedford Square, 412-431-5314, www.quantumtheatre.com.

 

Opus, directed by Michael Hollinger, through April 9, Pittsburgh City Theater, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org/season.html.

 

Naive and Sentimental Music, 8 p.m., also 8 p.m. March 18, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

18 DoublePlay, marimba duo, 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.

 

Flook, Irish folk music band, 8 p.m., Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, 412-432-0333, www.calliopehouse.org.

 

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

 

Bill and Ben, guitar duo, 4 p.m., Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Pl., Music in a Great Space Series, 412-6824300, www.shadysidepres.org.

 

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

 

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

 

21 Stan Won’t Dance, dance performance featuring Liam Steel and Rob Tannion, 7:30 p.m.,
Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

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

 

22 La Cultura Lecture, “Searching for Pythagoras,” Walter Orange, Pitt-Greensburg assistant professor, 7 p.m., Chambers Hall, Hempfield Room, Pitt-Greensburg, www.pitt.edu/~upg.

 

23 Steal Away by Ramona King, 8 p.m., through April 8, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 7th-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

 

24 Universes’ Slanguage, theatrical performance, 8 p.m., also March 25, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5491 Penn Ave., East Liberty, African American Cultural Center’s A Celebration of African American Expression! copresented with The Andy Warhol Museum, 412-258-2700, www.africana
culture.org.

 

Star Power, 8 p.m., also 8 p.m. March 25 and 2:30 p.m. March 26, featuring Marek Janowski, conductor, and Sarah Chang, violin, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

25 Patricia Polacco, children’s author, 10:30 a.m. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Black, White & Read All Over Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburgh
lectures.org.

 

A Soulful Celebration, featuring cellist Nicole Myers, 7:30 p.m., Rodef Shalom Levy Hall, 4905 Fifth Ave., Edgewood Symphony Orchestra, 412-473-8880, www.edgewoodsymphony.org.

 

Trio Medieval, “Songs of Praise and Honor,”
8 p.m., Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Renaissance and Baroque Society, 412-682-7262, www.rbsp.org.

 

Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company, 8 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Dance Council, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/DanceCouncil.aspx.

 

26 Bach and Baroque, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

Soweto Gospel Choir, African gospel music, 7 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., part of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

27 Ann Carson, poet, 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pittsburgh Contemporary Writer’s Series, 412-624-6506, www.english.pitt.edu.

 

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

 

31 University Gamelan, musical performance,8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, also April 1, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

Dancing at Lughnasa, directed by Holly Thuma, through April 9, Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7529, www.pitt.edu/~play/current_season.html.