May 30, 2006 Issue
May 30
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Charlene Bryan, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “The Association of Diabetes Mellitus With Response to Depression Treatment,” 10 a.m., Epidemiology Data Center, Conference Room 101.
Theatrical Performance, Forbidden Broadway, 7:30 p.m., continues through Dec. 30, Cabaret Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., downtown; Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.clocabaret.com.
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, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.
Omnimax Film Screenings, Magnificent Desolation, through May 31; Everest, through July 30; Roar: Lions of the Kalahari, June 2 through Aug. 31; Mystery of the Nile, June 11-30; Carnegie Science Center’s Rangos Omnimax Theater, 1 Allegheny Ave., Northside; for screening times, call 412-2237-3400 or visit www.carnegiesciencecenter.org.
Art Exhibition, works by Kate Bazis (Side I Gallery) and Print X Four (Side II Gallery), through June 3,
Digging Pitt Gallery, 4417 Butler St., Lawrenceville, 412-605-0450, diggingpittgallery@yahoo.com.
Art Exhibitions, Youth Invasion (juried exhibition of original artwork by Pittsburgh-area teenagers), through June 4; The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984, through Sept. 3; The “F” Word (recent work by 10 contemporary feminist artists), through Sept. 3; Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., Northside, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.
Audubon Print Exhibition, Pigeon Hawk, through June 5, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu.
Art/Photography Exhibitions, Art Of Steel: The Work of Jess Hager, through June 18; The Great Flood of 1936, through June 18; Afterimage: Mill Life Remembered, through June 30; Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., downtown, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.
Art/Photography Exhibitions, Urban Dreams: The Search for a Better Life in Bolivia, through June 18; Wild at Heart: National Museum of Wildlife Art, through Aug. 13; Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland; 412-622-3131, www.Carnegie
MNH.org.
Art/Photography Exhibitions, 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; Fierce Friends: Artists and Animals, 1750-1900, through Aug. 27; Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland; 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.
Theatrical Performance, Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson, 8 p.m., continues through June 25, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.
Art Exhibitions, Factory InStalled, installations by Natascha Ampunant, Kristine Marx, Karyn Olivier, and Jason Peters, through July 9; In the Dwelling-House, an installation by Ruth Stanford, through
Oct. 22; Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, Northside, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.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.
Art Exhibition, Malvina and Mortality, through Aug. 12,
Frick Fine Arts Building lobby area and library, University Art Gallery, 412-648-2423, http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.
May 31
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jocelyne Matar, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “Genetics of Insulin Resistance in Families with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome,” 3 p.m., A523 Crabtree Hall.
June 1
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Christina L. Wilds, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Behavioral and Community Health Services, “Assessment of Fun to Be Fit: A School-based Approach to Childhood Obesity,” 12:30 p.m., A724 Crabtree Hall.
Theatrical Performance, Proof by David Auburn, 8 p.m. June 1-3 and June 8-10, Pitt-Johnstown Department of Theatre, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center’s Studio Theatre, 1-800-846-ARTS (2787).
Theatrical Performance, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, 8 p.m., continues through June 10, The Summer Company, Duquesne University’s Peter Mills Theater, 412-396-5813.
June 2
Small Business Development Programs, “The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business” (June 2, no fee) and “The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan”
(June 23, $25 fee), both programs 7:30-10 a.m. in 104 Mervis Hall; Pitt’s Small Business Development Center, 412-648-1542.
2006 Three Rivers Arts Festival through June 18, downtown; includes 7:30 p.m. performances on the Point State Park Festival Stage by Raul Malo (June 2), Buckwheat Zydeco (June 3), Soulive (June 4), Attack Theatre (June 5), Mason Jennings (June 6), Andrew Bird (June 7), Gov’t Mule (June 8), Bettye LaVette (June 9), Tom Verlaine (June 10), moe (June 11), Modey Lemon, Vale and Year, and Great Ants (June 12), Alejandro Escovedo (June 13), Steel Pulse (June 14), The English Beat (June 15), The Tragically Hip (June 16), Rosanne Cash (June 17), and The Yellowjackets (June 18), www.artsfestival.net.
Musical Performance, A Grand Finale! Sir Andrew Davis conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in works by Brahms and Chopin, 8 p.m., continues through June 4,
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.
Video Screenings by Clayton Patterson, culled from his video archive depicting artists and artistic cultures of New York’s Lower East Side from 1986 to 2000, 8 p.m., Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., Northside, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.
June 3
Volunteer Pool Activity, volunteers needed to staff the Project Bundle-Up Auction to be broadcast live,
3:30-9 p.m., from the WTAE-TV studios, Parkway East, Forest Hills, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.
Theatrical Performance, The Belle of Amherst, one-person play featuring actress/musician Yvonne Hudson as poet Emily Dickinson, 7 p.m., Calvary United Methodist Church, 971 Beech and Allegheny, Northside; also 2 p.m. June 4, 412-512-0589.
June 6
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Suzanne E. Goldman, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “Sleep Effects on Daytime Function in Older Adults,” 8:30 a.m., Bellefield Professional Building’s 5th-floor small conference room, 130 N. Bellefield Ave.
Theatrical Performance, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,
8 p.m., continues through June 18, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghclo.org.
June 7
Global Studies Lecture by Gillian Sorensen, former United Nations Assistant Secretary General, 5:30 p.m., Reed Smith LLP’s 9th-floor conference room, 435 Sixth Ave., downtown, Pitt’s Global Studies Program and the United Nations Association of Pittsburgh, 412-288-3197.
Nature Walk in Schenley Park, 6:30 p.m., begins at the Schenley Park Visitors Center, part of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s Weekly Walks in the Woods series, 412-682-7275.
Musical Performance, Marvin, the Movies, and More, Pittsburgh Symphony Pops conducted by Marvin Hamlisch, 8 p.m., Scottish Rite Cathedral, 110 E. Lincoln Ave., New Castle, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.
Film Screening, King Kong, directed by Peter Jackson,
9 p.m., Schenley Park’s Flagstaff Hill, CitiParks’ Cinema in the Park series, 412-937-3039.
June 8
Schenley Plaza Grand Opening, featuring live music, acrobatics, dance, a trapeze performance, and audience involvement to celebrate the reclamation of what was originally designed to be the grand entrance to Schenley Park; 8:15 a.m.-8 p.m., Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, 412-682-7275.
Dr.PH Dissertation Defense by Mary Beth Simon, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “Study of Sputum Collection and Evaluation in the Pittsburgh Lung Screening Study (PLuSS),” 1 p.m., UPMC Cancer Pavilion’s 4 West Conference Room.
June 9
Musical Performance, R&B/soul/funk band No Bad Ju Ju, 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s outdoor deck, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-8872, www.carnegielibrary.org.
Musical Performance, Dave Matthews Band, 6 p.m., Post-Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, 412-323-1919, LiveNation.com.
Musical Performance, Ben Vereen Sings Sammy Davis Jr.
with Marvin Hamlisch conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops, 7:30 p.m., continues through June 11, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., downtown, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.
June 10
Volunteer Pool Activity, volunteers needed to help clients of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Produce to the People program to select fresh fruits and vegetables at a farmer’s market setting in Pittsburgh’s East End, 8 a.m.-noon, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.
June 11
Children’s Reading Event, 6th Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza, featuring readings, crafts, and free food and games; noon-5 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh lawn, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland; 412-622-3122, www.carnegielibrary.org/kids.
Pitt Nationality Rooms 80th Anniversary Celebration, 2 p.m., Cathedral of Learning Commons Room. (For details, see pages 4 and 5.)
Film Screening, Nanny McPhee, directed by Kirk Jones, 9 p.m., Schenley Park’s Flagstaff Hill, CitiParks’ Cinema in the Park series, 412-937-3039.
June 12
Pitt School of Information Sciences Information Session, 5:30 p.m., Information Sciences Building’s fifth-floor commons room, 412-624-3988, www.sis.pitt.edu.
June 14
Book Event, a conversation with Monto Ho, professor emeritus in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health and author of Several Worlds: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Chinese-American Physician, 12:30 p.m., University of Pittsburgh Book Center, 412-648-1453.
Volunteer Pool Activity, volunteers needed to work in Bloomfield at Global Links, an international aid organization that collects and repackages surplus medical supplies for distribution to clinics worldwide, 5:30-7:30 p.m., 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.
June 18
Volunteer Pool Activity, volunteers needed to staff the Prostate Cancer Run and Walk at Heinz Field, 6-10 a.m.; volunteers will receive free parking, souvenir t-shirts, refreshments, and (for male volunteers) free prostate cancer screenings; 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.
June 19
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Gerald M. McCausland, Pitt Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, “The Post-Soviet Condition: Cultural Reconfigurations of Russian Identity,” 2 p.m., 1401 Cathedral of Learning.
