January 23, 2006 Issue

Jan. 23

CRSP Lecture Series, “Employment Trends for Young Black Men: Causes and Policy Implications,” Harry J. Holzer, professor, Georgetown University, noon, School of Social Work Conference Center, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, 412-624-7382, www.crsp.pitt.edu.

 

Academic Computing Seminar, “High Performance Networking in Support of Research and Education, or How to Download 8 GB in Less Than 10 Seconds,” Wendy Huntoon, National LambdaRail’s director of operations, 3 p.m., 531 Alumni Hall, Pitt’s Office of the Provost and Council on Academic Computing and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, lyroncw@pitt.edu.

 

Pittsburgh Foreign Film Series, Im Juli (In July),
7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 412-624-5713, www.pitt.edu/~sorc/yinzling/PFFS.html.

 

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

 

Theatrical Performance, The Phantom of the Opera,
7:30 p.m., continues through Jan. 29, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series, www.pghart.org/broadway, 412-456-6666.

 

Theatrical Performance, Miss Saigon, 7:30 p.m., continues through Jan. 29, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., 412-456-1390, www.pittsburghmusicals.com.

 

Theatrical Performance, Late Night Catechism, 7 p.m., performances continue through Feb. 12, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

 

Theatrical Performance, 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.

 

Theatrical Performance, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Ted Pappas, 7:30 p.m., continues through Feb. 19, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, 621 Penn Ave., 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

 

Theatrical Performance, The Human Chair, adapted by Karla Boos from a short story by Edogawa Rampo, 8 p.m., continues through Feb. 4, Quantum Theatre, 10 Bedford Square, 412-431-5314, www.quantumtheatre.com.

 

Audubon Print Exhibition, House Wren, through Jan. 30, Hillman Library, ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu.

 

Photography Exhibition, 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.

 

Photography Exhibitions, Luke Swank: Modernist Photographer, through Feb. 5; 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.

 

Pitt Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition, through Feb. 10, University Art Gallery, Pitt Department of Studio Arts, vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.

 

Jan. 24

Pitt Office of Research Workshop, “National Council of University Research Administrators Video Workshop on Post-Award Issues for the Pre-Award and Departmental Administrator,” 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., S100A Biomedical Science Tower, 412-624-7417, www.pitt.edu/~offres/alerts/ncura_post-awd-issues.html.

 

Lunchtime Talk, “Bias Is O.K.,” Jason Grossman, University of Sydney and University of Queensland, Australia, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

 

Lecture, “Designing for Democracy: A Third Century National Mall,” Judy Scott Feldman, art historian and chair of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall,
6:30 p.m. (For details, see p. 2.)

 

Musical Performance, Black Watch and the Bands of the Welsh Guards, 7:30 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/trust/performingarts/TrustPresents.aspx.

 

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

 

Open Mic’ Night, The Breaks, 7:30 p.m., Brillo Box, Penn Avenue and Main Street, Lawrenceville, 412-969-7689.

 

 

Jan. 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.

 

Health Disparity Journal Club, noon, Graduate School of Public Health, Room 109, Pitt’s Center for Minority Health, 412-624-5665, www.cmh.pitt.edu.

 

Immigration Law Program, “PASSPORT to U.S. Immigration Laws and Regulations,” noon-1:30 p.m., William Pitt Union’s Dining Room A, Pitt’s Office of International Services, 412-624-7621, ois.pitt.edu.

 

Lecture, “Learning from the Leaders: The Rise of the Cleveland Housing Network,” Norman Krumholz, professor, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, noon-1:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Community Outreach Partnership Center, www.pitt.edu/~copc, hirth@gro.pitt.edu.

 

Law Forum, “The Bad Apple Theory of Sexual Harassment Law,” Ann Lawton, Pitt associate professor of law, 6-7:30 p.m., room 107, Barco Law Building, Pitt’s School of Law and Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

 

 

Jan. 26

Musical Performance, 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.

 

Policy, Ethics, and Accountability Lecture Series, “Are the Archives Doomed?” Rick Prelinger, founder, Prelinger Archives, 4:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 412-624-2677, www.sis.pitt.edu.

 

Theatrical Performance, 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.

 

 

Jan. 27

Lecture, “Wiring Up Single Molecules,” Nongjian Tao, Arizona State University professor of engineering, noon, Room 1175, Benedum Hall’s Kresge Conference Center, Pitt Institute of NanoScience and Engineering, www.nano.pitt.edu.

 

Lunchtime Talk, “Defending Realism on the Proper Ground,” Athanasios Raftopoulos, University of Cyprus, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

 

Jan. 28

Survival Skills and Ethics Workshop, “Writing Research Articles,” 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., Lecture Room 2, 4th floor, Scaife Hall, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu.

 

UPMC Children’s Ball, “A Night in the Movies,”
6-9 p.m., Carnegie Science Center, Allegheny Avenue, North Side, proceeds benefit UPMC Braddock Summer Camp, 412-647-0523, www.childrensball.upmc.com.

 

African American Arts Project Program, “Bridgespotters Collective’s Midnight Espresso: August Wilson and Rob Penny,” 7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Arts, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.org.

 

Music on the Edge Concert, The Boston Modern Orchestra Project, directed by Gil Rose, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

 

Exhibition, From Colored Orphans to Youth Development, a Pitt-sponsored exhibition celebrating the 125th anniversary of Three Rivers Youth, John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., downtown, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

 

 

Jan. 30

Lecture, “Sephardic Women’s Songs,” Henrietta Yurchenco, professor emerita, City College of New York,
4 p.m., 123 Music Building, Pitt’s Department of Music and Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485,
www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

 

Musical Performance, Inca Rose Duo, singer Annelise Skovmand and guitarist Pablo Gonzalez Jazey, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

 

 

Jan. 31

Lunchtime Talk, “Unification and Evidence,” Malcolm Forster, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

 

Postdoctoral Professionalism Series, “Maximizing Your Postdoctoral Success: An Orientation to a Full Academic and Social Life in Pittsburgh,” 2-5 p.m., S100 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu.

 

Audubon Print Exhibition, Bluegrey Flycatcher, through Feb. 13, Hillman Library, ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu.

 

Feb. 1

Brownbag Lunch, “Midwife Center of Pittsburgh: Women’s Health Issues,” noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

 

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.

 

2006 Bernard Fisher Lecture, “The Scientific Method and Progress Against Breast Cancer: Continuing the Fisherian Revolution,” Larry Norton, deputy physician-in-chief of the breast cancer program, New York Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium 6, Scaife Hall, 412-383-7768, calendar.health.pitt.edu.

 

Mental Health and Wellness Lecture Series, “A Healthy Heart Is a Happy Heart: Depression and Wellness,” Ellen Frank, director, WPIC’s Depression Prevention Program, 6-8 p.m., 1st-Floor Quiet Reading Room, Carnegie Library, 4400 Forbes Ave., UPMC Depression Prevention Program, 412-622-3151.

 

Feb. 2

Asia Over Lunch, “An Alliance for Violence: The Slaughter of Indonesian Communists, 1965-66,” Christian Gerlach, assistant professor, Pitt Department of History, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt Asian Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc.