May 15, 2006 Issue
May 15
Film Screening, Punching at the Sun, directed by Tanuj Chopra, 7:30 p.m., Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, Electric Shadows, directed by Xiao Jiang, 8 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, Slow Jam King, directed by Steven E. Mallorca, 8 p.m., Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Audubon Print Exhibition, Broad-winged Hawk, through May 22, 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 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.
Art Exhibition, works by Kate Bazis (Side I Gallery) and Print X Four (Side II Gallery), continues through June 3,
Digging Pitt Gallery, 4417 Butler St., Lawrenceville, 412-605-0450, diggingpittgallery@yahoo.com.
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.
May 16
Osteoporosis Prevention Classes, “Maintaining Healthy Bones,” 7-9 p.m., continues Tuesdays through May 23, Zero Level Conference Room, Magee Womens Hospital, 412-488-5687, http://classesandevents.upmc.com.
Theatrical Performance, Honus and Me by Steven Dietz, 7 p.m., continues through May 28, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org/season.html.
Film Screening, Yek Shab (One Night), directed by Niki Karimi, 7:30 p.m., Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, Cell Phone, directed by Feng Xiaogang, 8 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, Buffalo Boy, directed by Minh Nguyen-Vo, 8 p.m., Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.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.
May 17
20th International Children’s Festival, hands-on cultural and educational activities, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., located at a three-block area on Pittsburgh’s North Side around West Park, through May 21, Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater, 412-321-5520, www.pghkids.org.
Senior Vice Chancellor’s Laureate Lecture, “Hedgehog Signaling in Development and Disease,” Philip A. Beachy, professor of molecular biology and genetics and of oncology, Johns Hopkins University, noon. (For details, see page 2.)
Film Screening, Eve and the Fire Horse, directed by Julia Kwan, 7:30 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, It’s Only Talk, directed by Ryuichi Hiroki, 7:30 p.m., Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, La Visa Loca, directed by Mark Meily, 8 p.m., Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Theatrical Performance, Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Rod Carter, 8 p.m., continues through May 21, Katz Theatre at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, 5738 Darlington Rd., Jewish Theatre of Pittsburgh, 412-394-3353, www.jewishtheatrepittsburgh.org.
May 18
Inaugural Lecture, “Reconstructive Spinal Neurosurgery,” William C. Welch, Peter E. Sheptak Chair in Neurological Surgery, 4:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, www.pitt.edu/~provost/.
Film Screenings, Being Cyrus, directed by Homi Adajania, 7:30 p.m.; Iqbal, directed by Nagesh Kukunoor,
9:15 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, Quiet Summer, directed by Shuhei Fujita, 7:30 p.m., Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Theatrical Performance, Forbidden Broadway, 7:30 p.m., continues through June 30, Cabaret Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.clocabaret.com.
Film Screening, Grain in Ear, directed by Lu Zhang, 8 p.m., Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Theatrical Performance, Seven Guitars by August Wilson, 8 p.m., continues through June 3, Alumni Hall's 7th-Floor Auditorium, Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Alumni Hall, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.
May 19
Medical Alumni Weekend, through May 22, location TBA, Medical Alumni Association, 412-648-9090, medalum@medschool.pitt.edu.
Lecture, “Technological, Organizational, and Institutional Safeguards for Authentic Electronic Records,” Albert Jacob Meijer, associate professor, Utrecht School of Governance, the Netherlands; noon, 501 Information Sciences Building, part of the Pitt School of Information Sciences’ Policy, Ethics, and Accountability Lecture Series, 412-624-2677, kschaffer@mail.sis.pitt.edu.
Film Screenings, Mapado, directed by Chang-min Choo, 7 p.m.; Man Push Cart, directed by Ramin Bahrani,
9:15 p.m., Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screenings, The Motel, directed by Michael Kang, 7:30 p.m.; Arahan Janpun, directed by Ryu Seungwan, 9:30 p.m., Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screening, Red Doors, directed by Georgia Lee,
7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Theatrical Performance, The Sound of Music, 7:30 p.m., continues through May 21, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Musical Theater, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org/events/venues.aspx?venue_id=10016.
May 20
Pitt School of Dental Medicine Diploma Ceremony,
1 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-648-8422, rlm33@pitt.edu.
Musical Performance, works by Bach and Brahms,
2 p.m., St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 5801 Hampton St., Highland Park, Tuesday Musical Club, 412-682-0439.
Film Screenings, Iqbal, directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, 4 p.m.; Water, directed by Deepa Mehta, 7 p.m.; Being Cyrus, directed by Homi Adajania, 9:30 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screenings, Gilaneh, directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab, 4 p.m.; La Visa Loca, directed by Mark Meily, 7 p.m., Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
Film Screenings, Grain in Ear, directed by Lu Zhang,
7 p.m.; Mapado, directed by Chang-min Choo, 9:30 p.m.,
Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., part of Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, 724-969-2565, www.silkscreenfestival.org.
May 21
Volunteer Pool Activity, Pedal Pittsburgh, bicycling event benefiting the Pittsburgh Design Center; volunteers needed to staff 6-9 a.m., 9 a.m.-1 p.m., and
1-4 p.m. shifts, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.
Girls on the Run 5K Race benefiting Magee-Womens Hospital’s Girls on the Run program promoting healthy lifestyles and body images among girls, 9 a.m., Sandcastle Riverplex in Homestead; to register, visit www.girlsontherun.magee.edu/events.html.
Musical Performance, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, Shadyside Choral Society,
4 p.m., Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Pl., Music in a Great Space Series, 412-648-4300, www.shadysidepres.org.
Film Screening, All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Lewis Milestone; followed by speaker Tanine Allison, a Pitt film studies Ph.D. candidate, 7:30 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of the “Visions of War” series presented by The Physicians for Social Responsibility—Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 412-681-5449, www.pghfilmmakers.org.
May 22
Pitt School of Medicine Diploma Day Ceremony,
10 a.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-648-8935, Joanne@medschool.pitt.edu.
Golf Outing benefiting Metro Pittsburgh Pitt Club’s scholarship fund, 11 a.m. golf, 6 p.m. banquet, Alcoma Golf Club in Penn Hills, 412-821-6087, www.alumni.pitt.edu/clubs/metropitt.
May 23
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Michael Bannon, Pitt Department of Communication, “The Battle of Deer Creek Crossing: A Case Study of Rhetorical Exigence and Environmental Controversy,” 4 p.m., 1109 Cathedral of Learning.
May 24
Entrepreneur Boot Camp for U.S. military veterans and their family members interested in starting or expanding a small business, 8-11 a.m., Riverside Center for Innovation training room, 700 River Ave., presented by the University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center; to register, call 412-648-1544 or visit ieeregistration@katz.pitt.edu.
May 27
Pitt School of Law Commencement Ceremony and Reception, 11 a.m., Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave., reception immediately following in Cathedral of Learning Commons Room, 412-648-1373, mcgregor@law.pitt.edu.
May 28
Film Screening, Dr. Strangelove, directed by Stanley Kubrick; followed by speaker Joseph White, Pitt associate professor of history, 7:30 p.m., Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., part of the “Visions of War” series presented by The Physicians for Social Responsibility—Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 412-681-5449, www.pghfilmmakers.org.
May 31
13th Annual Family Support Conference,
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown. (For details, see page 2.)
