Events Calendar
April

January 9, 2006 Issue

April 21 • Heavenly Concert • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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

 

Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini, 8 p.m., also 7 p.m. April 4, 8 p.m. April 7, and 2 p.m. April 9, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Opera, 412-281-0912, www.pittsburghopera.org.

 

Golden Age of Television, Jack Everly, conductor, 8 p.m., also 2:30 p.m. April 2, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

Looking Forward: Photographs of Children and Youth Culture by Charles “Teenie” Harris, through July 31, 209 9th St. Gallery, African American Cultural Center’s A Celebration of African American Expression! 412-258-2700, www.africanaculture.org.

 

2 Pitt Men’s Glee Club, 7:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, corner of North Bellefield and Bayard streets, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

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

 

4 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.

 

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

 

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

 

Song of the Earth, 8 p.m., also 8 p.m. April 8, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

8 Bodiography Innovation, “rock” ballet performance, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.culturaldistrict.org.

 

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

                                   

Pitt Women’s Choral Ensemble, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, corner of North Bellefield and Bayard streets, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

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

 

Plena Libre, musical performance, 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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Cesaria Evora, musical performance, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Trust Presents Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

13 I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright, through May 14, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, 621 Penn Ave., 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

 

Talking Heads, directed by Alan Bennett, through May 28, Pittsburgh City Theater, 1300 Bing-ham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org/season.html.  

 

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

 

19 Benefit Auction 2006, photography exhibition, through May 20, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org/Exhibitions.html.

 

20 Trio Bravo, 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 Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert, 8 p.m., William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

21 Heavenly Concert, 8 p.m., also 8 p.m. April 22 and 2:30 p.m. April 23, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

Le Jazz Hot by Imani Woods, wind quintet, featuring Rene Marie, 8 p.m., also April 22, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5491 Penn Ave., East Liberty, African American Cultural Center’s A Celebration of African American Expression! 412-258-2700, www.africanaculture.org.

 

Now—An Evening of Masters and Legends, dance performance, through April 24, Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Dance Alloy, 412-363-4378, www.dancealloy.org/performances.htm.

 

22 Megan McDonald, 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.

You Are the Composer, Lucas Richman, conductor, 11:15 a.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Doulce Memoire, “Paradis d’Amour,” 8 p.m., Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Renaissance and Baroque Society, 412-682-7262, www.rbsp.org.

 

23 Heinz Chapel Choir Spring Concert, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts/calendar/index.html.

 

Peter Conte, organist, 4 p.m., Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Pl., Music in a Great Space Series, 412-6824300, www.shadysidepres.org.

 

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

 

Golda’s Balcony, through May 7, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/PNCBroadway.aspx.

 

27 Emanuel Ax Returns, 1:30 p.m., also 8 p.m. April 28 and 29, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

 

28 Bruce Dickey, cornetto performance, Fanfare for the Uncommon Cornetto, 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.chathambaroque.org/season.html.