April 24, 2006 Issue

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.

 

2006 Benefits Fair for Pitt Faculty and Staff,
11 a.m.-2 p.m., also 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 25, Alumni Hall Ballroom, Office of Human Resources’ Benefits Department, 412-624-8150, www.hr.pitt.edu.

 

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.

 

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

 

Film Screening, I Am a Sex Addict, directed by Caveh Zahedi, 7:30 p.m., through April 27, Pittsburgh Filmmaker’s Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., 412-682-4111, www.pghfilmmakers.org.

 

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

 

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

 

Student Studio Arts Exhibition, 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.

 

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 Exhibition, 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.

 

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! 412-458-2700, www.africanaculture.org.

 

 

April 25

Spring Blood Drive, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., William Pitt Union’s Lower Lounge, Pitt’s Office of Community and Governmental Relations, 412-624-7702, Watkins@gro.pitt.edu, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/community/blood
drive.html.

 

School of Pharmacy Distinguished Lecture Series, “Nuclear Receptor Control of Lipid Metabolism,” David J. Mangelsdorf, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, noon, 456 Salk Hall, www.pharmacy.pitt.edu/calendar.lasso.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Theatrical Performance, 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.

 

Audubon Print Exhibition, Black and White Creeper, through May 8, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu.

 

April 26

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.

 

 

April 27

Musical Performance, Emanuel Ax Returns, featuring pianist Emanuel Ax,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.

Ballet Performance, Romance and Reverie, gala performance 7:30 p.m., continues through April 30, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, 412-456-6666, www.pbt.org.

 

 

April 28

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jaime Donoso, Pitt’s Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, “Narrativas en Post Dictadura: Experiencia, Comunidad y Narración,” noon-2 p.m., 1309 Cathedral of Learning.

 

3rd Annual C.C. Li Memorial Lecture, “Artificial Neural Networks: Applications to Problems in Genetics,” Catherine T. Falk, Emeritus Member of The New York Blood Center and adjunct professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 3 p.m., WPIC’s 2nd Floor Auditorium, Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Human Genetics, 412-624-3018, www.hgen.pitt.edu.

 

Jazz Performance, Kenny Blake, 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., part of the After Wordz series, 412-622-8872, www.carnegielibrary.org.

 

Film Screening, Sophie Scholl: The Last Days, directed by Marc Rothemund, 7:30 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., Edgewood, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 412-682-4111, www.pghfilmmakers.org.

 

Film Screening, The Beauty Academy of Kabul, directed by Liz Mermin, 7:30 p.m., Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 412-682-4111, www.pghfilmmakers.org.

 

Musical Performance, cornetto performer Bruce Dickey, Fanfare for the Uncommon Cornetto, 8 p.m., Sewickley United Methodist Church, 337 Broad St., also April 29,
Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., and April 30, Laughlin Music Center, Chatham College, Chatham Baroque Concert Series, 412-687-1788, www.chathambaroque.org/season.html.

 

 

April 29

Volunteer Pool Activity, Infant Mortality Walk,
8-10 a.m., East End location TBA, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.

Annual Pitt Med Golf Outing, 8:30 a.m., Quicksilver Golf Club, Midway, Pa., 412-648-9090, klune.john@medstudent.pitt.edu, www.pittmedgolfouting.org.

Volunteer Pool Activity, Schenley Park Restoration,
9 a.m.-1 p.m., Schenley Park, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.

 

Actor’s Workshop, conducted by Charles Dumas, associate professor, Penn State University School of Theatre, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Alumni Hall’s 7th-Floor Auditorium, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

 

Tuesday Musical Club Opera Performance, Puccini’s Suor Angelica, 2 p.m., Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie, 412-822-8078, www.carnegiecarnegie.com.

 

 

April 30

2006 Pitt Commencement Ceremony with featured speaker Judith Rodin, president, Rockefeller Foundation, 1 p.m., Petersen Events Center.

 

May 1

Russian Film Symposium, “White Russian-Black Russian: Race and Ethnicity in Russian Cinema,” 10 a.m., screenings continue through May 6, various Pitt campus locations and Pittsburgh Filmmaker’s Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., 412-521-1327, www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2006.

 

Film Screening, My Motherland, directed by Aleksander Zarkiri and Isosif Kheifits, 10 a.m., 208-B Cathedral of Learning, part of the 8th Annual Russian Film Symposium sponsored by Pitt and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2006, 412-521-1327.

 

 

May 2

Film Screening, The Elusive Avengers, directed by Edmond Keosaian, 10 a.m., 208-B Cathedral of Learning, part of the 8th Annual Russian Film Symposium sponsored by Pitt and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2006, 412-521-1327.

 

Film Screenings, Heir of Genghis Khan, directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, a silent film accompanied by the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts’ ensemble, Antithesis, 2 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium; The Gypsy Camp Rolls Into the Sky, directed by Emil Lotianu, 2 p.m., 208-B Cathedral of Learning; part of the 8th Annual Russian Film Symposium sponsored by Pitt and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2006, 412-521-1327.

 

 

May 3

Annual Simmons Lecture in Surgery, “Reparative and Regenerative Medicine: A Surgeon’s Perspective,” Michael T. Longaker, professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, 8-9 a.m., S100 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt School of Medicine, 412-647-1749, caricatotl@upmc.edu.

 

Film Screenings, Tale of How Tsar Peter Married Off His Negro, directed by Aleksandr Mitta, 10 a.m., 208-B Cathedral of Learning; Seekers of Happiness, directed by Vladimir Korsh-Sablin, 7:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave.; part of the 8th Annual Russian Film Symposium sponsored by Pitt and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2006, 412-521-1327.

 

4th Annual Gala to Benefit Hillman Cancer Center, “Seasons of Hope: A Future Without Cancer,” hosted by Arnold Palmer, 5:30 p.m., UPMC Sports Performance Complex, 3200 S. Water St., Southside, 412-624-2607, newsbureau.
upmc.com.

 

 

May 4

NIH Career Development Award Workshop, “Know Your K,” Special Topic: “K Awards for Clinicians: Applying for K-08 and K-23 Awards,” 7-9 a.m., S100 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt’s Office of Academic Career Development, www.health.pitt.edu/oacd.

 

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Margarita Jara-Yupanqui, Pitt’s Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, “The Use of the Preterite and the Present Perfect in the Spanish of Lima,” 1-3 p.m., 4407 Posvar Hall.

 

Theatrical Performance, Honus and Me by Steven Dietz, 7 p.m., continues through May 28, Pittsburgh City Theater, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org/season.html.

 

Jazz Performance, featuring pianist Bob James, bassist Al Turner, drummer Ron Otis, guitarist Perry Hughes, and saxophonist David McMurray, 7:30 p.m., Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., North Side, continues through May 7, 412-322-0800, www.mcgjazz.org.

Theatrical Performance, The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh, 8 p.m., Stephen Foster Memorial’s Henry Heymann Theatre, continues through May 28, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, 412-561-6000, www.picttheatre.org.

 

Musical Performance, Timeless Television Tunes, River City Brass Band, 8 p.m., Gateway Middle School, 4450 Old William Penn Highway, Monroeville, also at six other Pittsburgh-area locations through May 14, 1-800-292-7222, www.rcbb.com.

 

May 5

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Mindi Styn, Pitt’s Department of Epidemiology, “Genetic Determinants of Smoking Cessation,” 10 a.m., A523 Crabtree Hall.

 

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Mark Porrovecchio, Pitt’s Department of Communication, “F.C.S. Schiller and the Style of Pragmatic Humanism,” 3 p.m., 1128 Cathedral of Learning.

 

Musical Performance, Birds in the Wind: A Spring, ‘Harmoniemusik’ Sampler, 8 p.m., Renaissance City Winds’ Parlor Concert in Aspinwall, Pa., 412-681-7111, www.rcwinds.org.