Happenings

CONCERTS

Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents KODO, traditional Japanese drum performance, 7:30 p.m. March 1-2, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, performing Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, 8 p.m. March 2, free concert, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

Tortelier & The Firebird, with conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier performing works by Stravinsky and Tower, and, with violinist Nicola Benedetti, works by Chausson and Ravel, March 3-5, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

T. Mitchell Bell, blues and bluegrass, noon March 4, free performance, The Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, Emerging Legends Concert Series Spring 2011, Pitt University Library System, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org.

Music on the Edge: Entelechron/Music of John Cage, 8 p.m. March 5, Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, Pitt Department of Music, Andy Warhol Museum, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

BNY Mellon Jazz Presents Hiromi, Japanese pianist and composer, 8 p.m. March 5-6, BNY Mellon Jazz, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Hall, 1815 Metropolitan St., Manchester, MCG Jazz, 412-322-0800, www.mcgjazz.org.

Marvin Does Marvin, showcase of Marvin Hamlisch’s award-winning hits and personal journey, March 10-13, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Music on the Edge: counter)induction, 8 p.m. March 13, Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, Pitt Department of Music, Andy Warhol Museum, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

EXHIBITIONS

University Art Gallery, Mind Space, Maximalism in Contrast, presented by Pitt’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture, through March 18, Frick Fine Arts Building, 412-648-2400.

Frick Art Museum, Frick Art & Historical Center, Storied Past: Four Centuries of French Drawings From the Blanton Museum of Art, featuring more than 60 drawings produced over a 400-year period, through April 17, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, American Landscapes: Treasures From the Parrish Art Museum and At the River’s Edge: Paintings by Patrick Ruane, through April 24, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective, through May 1; Andrey Avinoff: In Pursuit of Beauty, through June 5; You Are Here: Architecture and Experience, March 5-May 29; Ragnar Kjartansson: Song, March 11-Sept. 25, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.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.

Heinz History Center, America’s Best Weekly: A Century of The Pittsburgh Courier, through Oct. 2, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

FILM

Film Series About Humanitarian Issues in Sudan, the Congo, and Chad, The Greatest Silence: Rape in Congo, 7 p.m. Feb. 28, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, with an introduction before and Q&A afterward led by John Prendergast, cofounder of an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity, Pitt’s Ford Institute for Human Security, 412-648-7434, www.fordinstitute.pitt.edu.

An Evening With Video Artist Monica Enriquez-Enriquez, free film screening of un/binded desire and a director’s talk, 7-9 p.m. March 2, Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty, Contemporary Queer Cinemas Public Film Series Spring 2011, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.wstudies.pitt.edu.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/READINGS

“How to Feel as Bright and Capable as Everyone Seems to Think You Are,” Valerie Young, internationally known workshop leader and public speaker, noon Feb. 28, 102 Benedum Hall, Swanson School of Engineering’s Office of Diversity, 412-624-9842, eodadmin@pitt.edu.

“The Art of Leadership,” Pitt Trustee William Strickland, president and CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, and recently appointed member of President Obama’s Council for Community Solutions, 3 p.m. Feb. 28, Zero Level Auditorium, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 300 Halket St., Oakland, Black History Month celebration, www.upmc.com, 412-641-6700.

“Religion in India: Ancient Concepts and Current Issues,” Milica Bakic-Hayden, visiting lecturer, Pitt-Greensburg Department of Religious Studies, 7 p.m. Feb. 28, 118 Village Hall, Pitt-Greensburg La Cultura Lecture Series, www.greensburg.pitt.edu.

“Guide Principles and Explanatory Model in NS,” José Díez, visiting scholar, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m. March 1, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Colloquium, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

Wilma Subra, world-renowned green chemist and environmental activist, with introduction by Terrence J. Collins, Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 7 p.m. March 2, Kresge Theatre, Carnegie Mellon University, Carlow University’s Women’s Studies and Diversity Initiative, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-578-6391, kjhogan@carlow.edu.

“Saving Lives: Responding to the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crises,” speakers include John Prendergast, author and human rights activist, 6-8 p.m. March 2, Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown, entry fee, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh’s Political Salon, www.worldaffairspittsburgh.org, 412-281-1259.

“The Real of the Real: Kyoto Vegetables and Discourses of Authenticity,” Greg de St. Maurice, doctoral candidate, Pitt Department of Anthropology, noon March 3, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt.edu.

OPERA/THEATER/DANCE

Black Angels Over Tuskegee, Layon Gray’s historical drama based on real-life experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen—the celebrated African American air squadron during World War II, Feb. 28, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Guest Attraction, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, how a beginner’s drama workshop brings out unexpected truths, March 3-April 3, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Ballet Hispanico, performing a fusion of Latin dance with elements of classical and contemporary forms, 8 p.m. March 5, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Dance Council, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Mahalia Jackson: Standing on Holy Ground, written and directed by Vernell A. Lillie, through March 12, 7th-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-8498, www.kuntu.org.

Precious Little by Madeleine George, play about the beauty and limits of interpersonal communication, March 12-April 3, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

PITT PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Amy Kubichek, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Sociology, 1 p.m. Feb. 28, “The Effects of Economic Development, Urbanization, Women’s Rights Programs, Women’s Microcredit Programs, and Women’s Market-Oriented Programs on Gender Inequality in India,” 2431 Posvar Hall.

Nikole Patson-Huffman, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, 1 p.m. Feb. 28, “The Specification of Plurals,” Glaser Auditorium, Learning Research and Development Center.

Samuel Shin, School of Medicine’s Center for Neuroscience Graduate Program, 11 a.m. March 1, “The Effect of Nicotine on Striatal Dopamine Signaling After Traumatic Brain Injury,” Conference Room, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research.

Ting Wang, School of Medicine’s Center for Neuroscience Graduate Program, 2:30 p.m. March 1, “Neurturin’s Role in Sensory Neuron Plasticity,” 1495 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

Lei Liu, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, 3 p.m. March 2, “Structurally and Stereochemically Diverse Tetrahydropyran Synthesis via DDQ-Mediated Oxidative Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation,” Room 228 Eberly Hall.

Kelly Matthew Austin, School of Education’s Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, 2 p.m. March 3, “Parental Influences on First-Generation College Students: Case Studies of Enrollment and Persistence Among Trio Participants,” 4321 Posvar Hall.

John Maciejewski
, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, 3 p.m. March 3, “New Methods in Heterocycle Preparation,” 
307 Eberly Hall.

April Chambers, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, 2 p.m. March 10, “The Impact of Slip Exposure on Gait,” Room 229 Benedum Hall.