Happenings

CONCERTS

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, works by David Lang and others, 8 p.m. July 30 and 31, City Theatre Main Stage, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.pnme.org.

North Suburban Big Band Concert, featuring music and arrangements by Count Basie, Stan Kenton, and others, 7:30 p.m. July 31, St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland, 311 Cumberland Rd., McCandless Township, 412-366-1983, www.nssband.org.

Brandon Meeks Trio, jazz, 2 p.m. Aug. 8, First Floor Quiet Reading Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Sunday Afternoon Recital Series, 412-622-3151, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Herbie Hancock, jazz, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/BNY Mellon Jazz, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

EXHIBITIONS

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, 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; Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 100th Annual Exhibition, through Sept. 19; 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.

MISCELLANEOUS

Alpen Schuhplattler und Trachten Verein D’Pittsburgh, Bavarian dance, costume, and traditions, 2 p.m. Aug. 22, First Floor Quiet Reading Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, World Kaleidoscope! Series, 412-622-3151, www.carnegielibrary.org.

OPERA/THEATER/DANCE

The Howling Miller, play based on the novel by Arto Paasilinna, July 29-Aug. 22, Frick Environmental Center, 2005 Beechwood Blvd.  Squirrel Hill, Quantum Theatre, 412-697-2929. www.quantumtheatre.com, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Hearing Noise in the Silence: A Celebration of the Life and Theatre of Harold Pinter, celebration of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and actor, July 30-Aug. 21, Stephen Foster Memorial, Charity Randall Theatre, 4301 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, 412-561-6000, www.picttheatre.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Hairspray, musical theater, through 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.

The Student Prince, music by Sigmund Romberg, Aug. 3-8, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave, Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghclo.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.

The Phantom of the Opera, musical theater, Aug. 25-Sept. 15, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave, Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America, 412-456-2697, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

PITT PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Jin Hui Ko, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Inference on Median Residual Life Function in Sequentially Randomized Trials,” 10 a.m. July 26, 109 Parran Hall.

Folefac Desiré Atem, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Rationale for Choosing Explicit Correlation Structure in a Multilevel Analysis With Bivariate Outcomes,” 10 a.m. July 28, 308 Parran Hall.

Yi-Ting Tzen, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Effectiveness of Local Cooling on Enhancing Tissue Ischemia Tolerance in People With Spinal Cord Injury,” 1 p.m. July 28, 4060 Forbes Tower.

Stephanie Shook, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “The Randomized Placebo-Phase Design: Evaluation, Interim Monitoring, and Analysis,” noon July 29, A622 Crabtree Hall.

Jing Wang, School of Nursing, “Social Problem Solving and Adherence to Self-Monitoring in Association With Changes in Weight and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Behavioral Weight-Loss Trial,” 10 a.m. July 30, Room 446, Victoria Building.

Tanxing Cui, School of Medicine’s Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Graduate Program, “Investigations of Structures and Dynamics of Transmembrane Proteins and Implications in the Action of Inhalational Anesthetics,” 2 p.m. July 30, 1018 Biomedical Science Tower 3.

Pengrong Yan, School of Medicine’s Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, “Regulation of  HTLV-I Oncoprotein Tax by PDLIM2,” 1 p.m. Aug. 5, Ground Floor Conference Room, Hillman Cancer Center.

Amy Kwon, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “An Imputation Method Under a Pseudo- Likelihood Method for Analysis of Multivariate Missing Data,” 10 a.m. Aug. 10, 3rd-Floor Conference Room, Parran Hall.

Tonya M. Brubaker, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology and Planetary Science, “Strontium Isotope Systematics of Coal Utilization Byproducts and Their Interaction with Environmental Waters,” 11 a.m. Aug. 10, 214 Space Research Coordination Center.

Diane Miller, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, “Dipole Moments and Non-Covalent Bonding in Gas Phase Molecules via Rotationally Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy: Beyond the Rigid Rotor,” 1 p.m. Aug. 12, 102 Eberly Hall.

Yvonne Mburu, School of Medicine’s Immunology Graduate Program, “Inflammatory Mechanisms of Chemokine Receptor 7 Expression in Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck,” 2 p.m. Aug. 18, S123 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

Shelley K. Cockrell, School of Medicine’s Molecular Virology and Microbiology Graduate Program, “Investigation of the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 UL25 Protein in DNA Packaging and Virion Assembly,” 10 a.m. Aug. 23, 503 Bridgeside Point II.