April 17, 2006 Issue

April 17

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Gergana Noutcheva, Pitt Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, “EU Conditionality and Balkan Compliance: Does Sovereignty Matter?” 9 a.m., 3430 Posvar Hall.

 

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by James Christopher Reed, Pitt Department of Anthropology, “A Re-evaluation of Human Biodistance Using Nonmetric Traits,” 2 p.m., 3106 Posvar Hall.

 

Audubon Print Exhibition, Nashville Warbler, through April 24, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu.

 

Art Exhibition, Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism and Its Response in Pennsylvania Painting, 1900—1950, through May 21, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

 

Art Exhibitions, Barns of Western Pennsylvania: Vernacular to Spectacular, through May 28; The Impressionist Era: Works on Paper from the Collection, through June 18;  Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project, Part Two, through July 30, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3131,www.cmoa.org.

 

Student Studio Arts Exhibition, continues through April 30, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt’s Department of Studio Arts, 412-648-2430, www.pitt.edu/~studio.

Literary Exhibition, first editions of author Richard Wright’s major works, through April 30, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu.

Photography Exhibition, 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.

 

 

April 18

Postdoctoral Professionalism Series, “Achieving Success With Promotion and Tenure,” 7:30-9:30 a.m., S120 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu.

 

Health Policy Institute Governance Briefing, “Board Leadership Development and Board Succession Planning,” Barry S. Bader, president, Bader and Associates, 8-9:30 a.m.,
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., 412-624-6104, www.healthpolicyinstitute.pitt.edu.

 

Lunchtime Talk, “Francis Crick as Neuroscientist,” Robert Olby, professor, Pitt Department of the History of Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

 

Lecture, “Price Discrimination Under Copyright Law: Evidence from the Introduction of DVDs,” Julie Mortimer, associate professor of economics, Harvard University, 3:30 p.m. (For details, see page 2.)

 

Inaugural Lecture, “The Future of Anesthesiology,” John P. Williams, professor, Pitt School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, 412-647-2994, www.anes.upmc.edu.

 

Diabetes Self Management Classes, 6-8:30 p.m., UPMC Southside Hospital, 2000 Mary St., also April 20, 24, and 26,
412-488-5687, http://classesandevents.upmc.com/.

 

Theatrical Performance, Talking Heads, directed by Alan Bennett, 7 p.m., continues through May 28, Pittsburgh City Theater, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org/season.html. 

 

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

 

Theatrical Performance, I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright, 8 p.m., continues through May 14, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

 

April 19

Spring 2006 Colloquium, “A Gendered Reading of the Rothschild Canticles: Investigating Male Identification with the Sponsa,” Sarah Bromberg, graduate student, Pitt Department of History of Art and Architecture, noon-1 p.m., 203 Frick Fine Arts Building, 412-648-2400, www.pitt.edu/~arthome.

 

Lunchtime Opera Recital Series, performed by Pittsburgh’s Opera Theater, 12:30-1 p.m., Stephen Foster Community Center, 286 Main St., Lawrenceville, 412-512-0589, www.operatheaterpittsburgh.org.

 

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Hazel L. Breland, Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Living With Fibromyalgia (FM) Triggers, Clinical Subgroups, and the Effects of a Self-Monitored Cognitive-Behaviorial and Interactive Technology Based Intervention on Clinical Subgroups,” 1:30 p.m., 4017 Forbes Tower.

 

Book Signing and Lecture, Ron Hira, author of Outsourcing America: What’s Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs, 6 p.m. (For details, see page 2.)

 

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

 

April 20

Staff Association 2006 Spring Assembly, “Taking Charge of Your Health Care,” 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Staff Association Council, 412-624-4236, sac@pitt.edu.

 

Lecture, “The Development of the Middle Class in Contemporary Russia,” Woo-Seung Kim, assistant professor in the Department of Russian Area Studies at South Korea’s Paichai University, noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt Center for Russian and East European Studies, 412-648-7407, crees@ucis.pitt.edu.

 

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Daniel Wild, Pitt Department of English, “The Writing on the Screen: Images of Text in the German Cinema from 1920 to 1949,” 1-3 p.m., 526 Cathedral of Learning.

 

Technical Tutorial, “Functional Relativity of Quantum Mechanics,” Alexy Kryukov, University of Wisconsin, 2:30-4 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

 

Postdoctoral Professionalism Series, “Writing a Robust Research Plan,” 3-5 p.m., S120 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu.

 

Policy, Ethics, and Accountability Lecture Series, “The Paradox of Preservation,” Michele V. Cloonan, dean and professor, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 4:30-6 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 412-624-2677, www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org/events.

 

Frank J. and Sylvia T. Pasquerilla Lecture Series, British historian, author, and journalist Sir Max Hastings, 7 p.m., Living/Learning Center, Pitt-Johnstown, 814-269-2080, www.upj.pitt.edu.

 

Jazz Performance, 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.

 

April 21

Health Classes for Seniors, 9-11 a.m., CCAC North Hills Campus, 8701 Perry Highway, also 1-3 p.m at CCAC’s Bethel Park Center, 5851 Keystone Dr., Pitt Graduate School of Public Health’s Center for Healthy Aging, 412-383-1312, www.healthyaging.pitt.edu.

 

Lecture, “Non-Rising Sons of Japan—A Problem of Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori),” Dorota Krysinska, M.F.A. candidate in Pitt’s East Asian Studies Center,
2 p.m., 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt Asian Studies Center and Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, plocante@pitt.edu.

 

Lecture, “Actively Aging in China: The Cultivation of Health and the Management of Aging with Traditional Chinese Medicine,” Xiao-Hui Yang, Ph.D. candidate in Pitt’s Department of Anthropology, 3 p.m., 3106 Posvar Hall, Pitt Asian Studies Center and Department of Anthropology, plocante@pitt.edu.

 

Lecture, “Unification and Explanation: A Case Study from Real Algebraic Geometry,” Paolo Mancosu, University of California at Berkeley, 3:30 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

 

Dance Performance, Now—An Evening of Masters and Legends, 7 p.m., continues through April 24, Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Dance Alloy, 412-363-4378, www.dancealloy.org/performances.htm.

 

Poetry Readings, “A Night of Finishing Line Poets,” featuring poets Julia Lisella and Amy Small-McKinney, 7:30 p.m., Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, Readings by Writers Lecture Series, 814-269-2080, www.upj.pitt.edu.

 

Musical Performance, Le Jazz Hot, wind quintet Imani Woods 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.

 

Musical Performance, 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.

 

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

 

 

April 22

Robert and Sarah Boote Conference in Reductions and Anti-Reductionism in Physics, 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m., also 9:30 a.m. April 23. (For details, see page 2.)

 

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

 

Musical Performance, 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.

 

Film Screening, No Te Mueras Sin Decirme Adonde Vas (1995), directed by Eliseo Subiela, 3:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building’s 1st-Floor Auditorium, 412-648-7394, lavst12@ucis.pitt.edu.

 

Theatrical Performance, Mrs. Shakespeare: Will’s First and Last Love, one-woman show by Yvonne Hudson,
4 p.m. and 7 p.m., also 4 p.m. April 23, 144 Cathedral of Learning, www.pitt.edu/~natrooms.

 

Dance Performance, Tony Award-winning choreographer, performer, director, and tap dancer Savion Glover, 7 p.m., Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, 814-269-2080, www.upj.pitt.edu.

 

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

 

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

 

Dance Performance, 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.

 

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

 

 

April 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.

 

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

 

April 24

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Robert Tamburo, Pitt School of Engineering, “Feature-Based Correspondences to Infer the Location of Anatomical Landmarks,” 9 a.m., 761 Benedum Hall.

 

Lecture, “The Arguments in the Figure: Rhetorical Roots in Science,” Jeanne Fahnestock, professor, University of Maryland, 3:30 p.m., 501 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of English, 412-624-6506, www.english.pitt.edu.

 

April 25

 

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Kai-Hung Fang, Pitt Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, “Taiwan’s Officials’ Perceptions of Fiscal Decentralization: An Analysis Using Q Methodology,” 1 p.m., 3600 Posvar Hall.

 

Open Mic’ Night, The Breaks, 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.