Happenings

CONCERT

Cuidado, tango band, 2 p.m. July 25, Quiet Reading Room, First Floor, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave, Oakland, World Kaleidoscope Series, 412-622-3114, www.carnegielibrary.org.

EXHIBITIONS

707 Penn Gallery, Slush Puppies, through July 25, 707 Penn Ave., Downtown, www.pgharts.org.

Space, Congo Women, through July 25, photography exhibition depicting gender-based violence against women of the Congo in West Africa, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-325-7723, www.pgharts.org.

The Mattress Factory, David Beattie: Old Light, New Darkness; Nothing Is Impossible, both through Aug. 8, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Frick Art and Historical Center, Small But Sublime: Intimate 19th-Century American Landscapes, through Sept. 5, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0606, www.frickart.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, Rufino: Blots & Figments, through July 18; Twisted Pair: Marcel Duchamp/Andy Warhol, through Sept 6; 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater, through Aug. 22; Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design, ongoing; Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper From the 18th Through 20th Centuries, ongoing; 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center, Ben Franklin: In Search of a Better World, ongoing; 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/READINGS

Juliette Jones, education specialist of Sustainable Programs at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, a discussion about water conservation, 3 p.m. July 17, 4400 Forbes Ave, Oakland, Mind Your Water: Lecture Series About Water Conservation, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 412-622-3114, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Davka, poet, 2 p.m. July 18, Quiet Reading Room, First Floor, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave, Oakland, Sunday Poetry and Reading Series, 412-622-3114, www.carnegielibrary.org.

MISCELLANEOUS

Carnegie Knits & Reads, knitting sessions at the library, 4:40 p.m. July 21, Large Print Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave, Oakland, 412-622-3114, www.carnegielibrary.org.

THEATER

The Producers, musical based on Mel Brooks’ Academy Award-winning film, through July 18, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Hairspray, Broadway hit musical, July 20-Aug. 1, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, celebration of music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin, through Sept. 5, Theater Square Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

PITT/PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Elizabeth Hile, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Measuring Perceived Change in Mobility and Balance in Older Adults: A Mixed-Methods Approach,” 1 p.m. July 13, 4060 Forbes Tower.

Yoon-Myung Kim, School of Education’s Department of Health and Physical Activity, “Role of Regular Exercise in the Treatment of Abdominal Obesity in Adolescent Boys,” 9 a.m. July 14, Conference Room, Petersen Events Center.

­­Bryan N. Brown, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bionengineering, “Constructive Remodeling of Biologic Scaffolds: A Phenomenon Associated With Scaffold Characteristics and Distinctive Macrophage Phenotypes,” 1 p.m. July 14, Fourth-Floor Conference Room, Bridgeside Point II Building.

Vijay K. Venkatraman, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, “MRI Measures of Brain Integrity and Their Relation to Processing Speed in the Elderly,” 9 a.m. July 19, Room 244, Sterling Plaza.

Carl Johnson, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, “Preclinical Biocompatibility Assessment of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices,” 2 p.m. July 19, Second-Floor Conference Room, Suite 237, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Building, South Side.

Yeol Yong Sung, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Economics, “Three Essays on Information Transmission in Asymmetric Information Games,” 3 p.m. July 19, 4716 Posvar Hall.

Peera Pacharintanakul, School of Information Sciences’ Telecommunications and Networking Program, “Crosslayer Survivability in Overlay-IP-WDM Networks,” 10 a.m. July 20, 522 Information Sciences Building.

Laura McClure, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines Following Acute Spinal Cord Injury,” 3 p.m. July 20, 5047 Forbes Tower.

Maha Mohammad, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “The Gaze Stabilization Test: Reliability, Performance Characteristics of Normal Subjects, Performance of Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” 8:30 a.m. July 21, 4060 Forbes Tower.

Brett L. Allen, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, “Novel Carbon Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Applications,” 1 p.m. July 21, 307 Eberly Hall.

Allyson Tessin, School of Arts and Sciences’ Departments of Geology and Planetary Science and Environmental Studies, “A Recent Pollution History of the Mygdonian Basin in Northern Greece,” 2 p.m. July 21, 214 Space Research Coordination Center.

Matthew B. Fisher, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, 3 p.m. July 21, “Functional Tissue Engineering of the Healing Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A Combined Experimental and Computational Approach,” Second-Floor Conference Room, Center for Bioengineering, Hazelwood.

Amlan Kumar Basak, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy, “Ultrafast Carrier and Lattice Dynamics Studies in GaAs with Intense Optical Excitation,” 10 a.m. July 22, 319 Allen Hall.