Happenings

CONCERTS

Guaracha, 5-piece Salsa band, free, noon Nov. 3, Nordy’s Place, Lower Level, William Pitt Union, PITT ARTS Artful Wednesdays, 412-624-4498, www.Pittarts.pitt.edu.

University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, free musical performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, OP. 67, 8 p.m. Nov. 3, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

Violin Superstar Leila Josefowicz & Finlandia, with Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki and violinist Leila Josefowicz, 8 p.m. Nov. 5; also Nov. 6; Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

40th Annual Pitt Jazz Concert, musical performance with jazz greats, 8 p.m. Nov. 6, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Pitt Jazz Studies Program, 412-624-4187, www.pitt.edu/~pittjazz/index.html.

Manuel Barrueco, internationally renowned guitarist, 8 p.m. Nov. 6, PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Uptown, Guitar Society of Fine Art, 412-396-5486, www.gsfapittsburgh.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

EXHIBITIONS

University Art Gallery, Slag: What’s Left After Industry?, paintings, photographs, and contemporary perceptions of Pittsburgh’s transformation from its industrial era, through Nov. 29, Frick Fine Arts Building, 412-648-2400, www.theslagexperience.info.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, features 110 watercolors, drawings, and prints, through Dec. 17, 5th floor, Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu.

Frick Art & Historical Center, For My Best Beloved Sister Mia: An Album of Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, works by one of the Victorian Era’s best-known master photographers, through Jan. 2, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend, through Jan. 2, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Ordinary Madness, through Jan. 9; Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design at Carnegie Museum of Art, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center, Vatican Splendors: A Journey Through Faith and Art, through Jan. 9, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

Mattress Factory, Queloids: Race and Racism in Cuban Contemporary Art, through Feb. 27, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, Pitt’s University Center for International Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, 412-322-2231, www.mattress.org.

August Wilson Center for African American Culture, In My Father’s House, mixed-media exhibition about how African Americans collect and preserve their culture, through June 2011, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/READINGS

Madhur Jaffrey, actress, cookbook author, and world authority on Indian food, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lectures, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

“Over Ten Million Served: Gender and Academic Service,” Katie J. Hogan, professor of English and director of Women’s Studies, Carlow University, noon Nov. 3, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Women’s Studies Program Lecture Series, www.wstudies.pitt.edu.

“How Jesus Celebrated Passover: Renaissance Scholarship and the Jewish Origins of Christianity,” Anthony Grafton, president-elect of the American Historical Association and the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, 5 p.m. Nov. 3, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Humanities Center, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, www.medren.pitt.edu.

Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Committed and Eat, Pray, Love, 8 p.m. Nov. 3, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Robert Morris University’s Pittsburgh Speakers Series, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghspeakersseries.org.

“The Visual Presentation of Western Music in China During the Nineteenth Century,” Liangyu Fu, doctoral candidate, Pitt Department of Communication, noon Nov. 4, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370 or asia@pitt.edu.

Thornburgh Family Lecture Series in Disability Law and Policy, Andrew J. Imaparato, president and CEO, American Association of People With Disabilities, 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Ballroom B, University Club, 412-648-1418, kac14@pitt.edu.

“Gender and the Medieval/Renaissance French Nation,” a discussion around French primary texts led by Daisy Delogu and Katherine Crawford, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Babcock Room, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Humanities Center Colloquium Series, humctr@pitt.edu, www.humcenter.pitt.edu.

“The Itinerant Artist as Explorer in Yoruba Culture,” Rowland Abiodun, the John C. Newton Professor of Art History and Black Studies at Amherst College, 4 p.m. Nov. 4, Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt’s Departments of the History of Art and Architecture, History, and Religious Studies, African Heritage Classroom Committee, www.haa.pitt.edu.

“Inside Edition: The Author Discusses His Books on Miles Davis and John Coltrane,” Bill Cole, founder and director, Untempered Ensemble, 7 p.m. Nov. 4, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

Kimiko Hahn, author of several poetry collections, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, Pitt Department of English, oaks@pitt.edu, www.english.pitt.edu.

“I Remember Monk,” George Cables, international jazz pianist, 10 a.m. Nov. 5, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“Artistry in Rhythm: Dedicated to Kenny Clarke,” Winard Harper, international jazz drummer, 2 p.m. Nov. 5, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“’Bags’ Meets ‘Wes”: A Salute to Milt Jackson and Wes Mongomery,” international jazz artists Dave Pike (vibraphone) and Bobby Broom (guitar), 3 p.m. Nov. 5, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“Cartographic Dante,” Theodore J. Cachey Jr., professor and chair, University of Notre Dame’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 3 p.m. Nov. 5, 144 Cathedral of Learning, 2010 Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture, Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, www.frenchanditalian.pitt.edu.

“Nominalization and Relativization—The Japanese and the Rest of the World,” Masayoshi Shibatani, the Deedee McMurty Professor of Humanities, Rice University, 3 p.m. Nov. 5, 332 Cathedral of Learning, Japanese Speakers Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Department of Linguistics, 412-648-7426, ebenvin@pit.edu.

“Classics in the 21st Century: Radical Change and Deep Traditions,” Gregory Crane, professor and chair, Tufts University’s Department of Classics, 4 p.m. Nov. 5, 244R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of Classics, classics@pitt.edu.

“A boundary 2 Symposium,” one-day event, 9:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 6, 602 Cathedral of Learning, boundary 2 and Paul Bové, Pitt Distinguished Professor of English and editor, boundary 2, 412-624-6523.

“From ‘Bird’ to ‘Trane’ With Love,” international jazz saxophonists Peter King and Javon Jackson, 10 a.m. Nov. 6, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

“A Salute to Louis ‘Pops’ Armstrong,” international jazz trumpeters Randy Brecker and Jon Faddis, noon Nov. 6, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

Drummer Winard Harper presents free lecture and demonstration, 11 a.m. Nov. 6, Hill House Senior Citizen Center, 2038 Bedford Ave., Hill District, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187.

MISCELLANEOUS

Women’s Studies Undergraduate Information Expo, an opportunity to meet internship providers, learn about service-learning options, and talk to Women’s Studies graduate students, 1 p.m. Nov. 4, Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu.

Careers in Science Law, workshop with Deborah Parish, director, Parish Law Offices, noon Nov. 4, 1105 Scaife Conference Center, Careers Over Lunch Series, Pitt Survival Skills and Ethics Program, 412-578-3716, survival@pitt.edu.

The Shot Felt ‘Round the World (2010, Tjardus Greidanus), documentary produced by Pitt Film Studies Program faculty member Carl Kurlander that tells story of the Pitt research team that conquered polio, 1:45 p.m. Nov. 7, Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., East Liberty, Three Rivers Film Festival, 412-681-5449, www.3rff.com.

OPERA/THEATER/DANCE

South Pacific, Rogers and Hammerstein’s classic, Nov. 2-7, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, PNC Broadway Across America, 412-471-6070, www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

FreeFall, studio dance concert featuring jazz, hip-hop, ballet, tap, and others, 7 p.m. Nov. 4 and 5, Trees Hall Dance Studio, Pitt Dance Ensemble, $3 donation, 412-648-8262, gillis@pitt.edu.

Harriet Tubman Loved Somebody, theatrical performance, Nov. 4-20, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, 542 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-8498.

Girls Night: The Musical, feel-good comedy at a karaoke bar, Nov. 5-6, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman, inspired by true story that rocked the classical music world, Nov. 6-Dec. 12, City Theater, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovel, through Nov. 21, Iron City Brewery, 3340 Liberty Ave., Lawrenceville, Quantum Theatre, www.quantumtheatre.com, 1-888-718-4253, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Slasher, theatrical performance, through Nov. 7, Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-0933, www.play.pitt.edu.

Triple Espresso, story of failure-prone comedy trio trying for its big break, through Jan. 9, Cabaret at Theater Square, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

PITT PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Michael Turkovich, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, 9 a.m. Nov. 2, “The Effects of Obesity on Occupant Injury Risk in Frontal Impact: A Computer Modeling Approach,” Bakery Square Conference Room, Suite 401, 6425 Penn Ave., East Liberty.

Yue Zhang, School of Information Sciences’ Graduate Program in Information and Technology, 1 p.m. Nov. 4, “An Access Control and Trust Management Framework for Loosely Coupled Multidomain Environments,” 1A04 Information Sciences Building.

Amy L. Wolfe, School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Geology and Planetary Science, “Oxidative Dissolution of Pyrite: A Combined Experimental and Iron Isotope Investigation,” 11 a.m. Nov. 5, 214 Space Research and Coordination Center.