Happenings

Concerts

Robert Ward and Eric Moe, performances of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ward and Pitt professor Moe, 8 p.m. March 21, free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Roger Zahab conducting University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-624-4125.

Sean Jones Duets, poet Vanessa German joins trumpeter Sean Jones in an evening of lyrics, rhymes, and rhythms, 7 p.m. March 22, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Steve Gallo and Donna Occhipinti, acoustic singer-songwriters, noon March 23, free, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, Emerging Legends Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, University of Pittsburgh Library System, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm.

Sara Chang, West Side Story, Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor, and Sarah Chang, violinist, performing works by Gould and Sibelius and Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite, March 23 and 25, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Music for Three Sovereigns, performed by the 12-voice vocal ensemble Blue Heron, 8 p.m. March 24, Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., Shadyside, Renaissance & Baroque, 412-361-2048, www.rbsp.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

IonSound Project, avant-pop music, 7 p.m. March 25, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125.

Genticorum, a fixture on the world, traditional, and Celtic music circuit, 7:30 p.m. March 29, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, Roots Cellar, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.html, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Phil Smith & Steve Weber, Pitt professors of English and chemistry, respectively, and lifelong supporters of acoustic blues and folk music, noon March 30, free, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, Emerging Legends Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, University of Pittsburgh Library System, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm.

A Cinderella Suite, Leonard Slatkin conducting works by Stucky and Prokofiev and, in Saint-Saëns’ “Egyptian” Piano Concerto, soloist  Stephen Hough, March 30-April 1, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Exhibitions

Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt Studio Arts Student Exhibition, featuring creative works by graduating seniors alongside pieces by Studio Arts majors and nonmajors, April 4-28, www.studioarts.pitt.edu.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, through April 7; Maya Lin, imaginative recreations of natural forms transformed into objects of contemplation, through May 13; Hand Made: Contemporary Craft in Ceramic, Glass, and Wood, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design, includes The Jacobsen American Chair Collection, a comprehensive private collection of iconic and historic chairs from the mid-1800s to pieces from today’s studio movement, through April 8, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

The Warhol, About Face, a series of three-dimensional large-format portraits by photographer Anne Svenson; Warhol and Cars: American Icons, examining Warhol’s enduring fascination with automobiles as products of American consumer society, both through May 13; I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video, and Television, ongoing, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Hillman Library, an exhibition of first editions and significant works of famed novelist Charles Dickens, March 28-May 1, Room 363; Pitt—225 Years of Building Better Lives—1787-2012, exhibition of vintage photographs, maps, and copies of front pages of Pitt’s two original state charters, on loan from Pennsylvania’s state archives, through May 18, ground floor; also on display in glass Audubon case are actual front pages of Pitt’s original state charters, University’s 225th anniversary commemoration, through May 18, 412-953-3298, jeanann@pitt.edu.

The Frick Art & Historical Center, Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, survey of drawing styles and techniques spanning more than 100 years, including watercolors, pen drawings, and experimental combinations from artists like Randolph Caldecott, Chris van Allsburg, Ernest Shepard, and Maurice Sendak, through May 20, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk, collaborative exhibition between Hunt Institute and Carnegie Museum of Natural History, through June 29, 5th floor, Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Warhol’s Cats and Dogs Series, through June 30; M is for Museum, through Aug. 30, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, cmnhweb@carnegiemnh.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Community Practice: From Local to Global Perspectives and Back,” Marie Weil, Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, noon March 20, Pitt School of Social Work Conference Center, 20th floor, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt School of Social Work Speaker Series, World Social Work Day, 412-624-6304.

“Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh: Past, Present and a Terrific Future,” Harvey S. Borovetz, Pitt Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, 4 p.m. March 20, 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Series, www.provost.pitt.edu.

“Islamic Resurgence in Post-Colonial Malaysia,” Ya-wen Yu, Pitt postdoctoral visiting scholar in political science, noon March 22, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt.edu.

“Planning to Ensure Safety at Biological Research Facilities,” Kelly Stefano Cole, associate director, Pitt Regional Biocontainment Laboratory and professor, Pitt School of Medicine’s Department of Immunology, and Daniel J. Fisher, Pitt assistant vice chancellor for research operations within the Department of Facilities Management,
3 p.m. March 22, 532 Alumni Hall, Pitt Center for National Preparedness, www.cnp.pitt.edu.

“The Haqqani Network, Quetta Shura, Pakistan, and the End Game in Afghanistan,” Kenneth Alford, Christian Becker, Ira Guberman, Timothy Kish, and Neeti Rajput, Pitt Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students,
3 p.m. March 22, 3431 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, University Center for International Studies, www.ridgway.pitt.edu.

“Cell-Extracellular Matrix Adhesion: Molecular Basis, Signaling, and Human Diseases,” Chuanyue Wu, Lombardi and Shinozuka Experimental Pathology Research Chair, Pitt’s School of Medicine, 4 p.m.
March 22, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Pitt Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Series, www.provost.pitt.edu.

“How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts,” Arup K. Chakraborty, Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 5 p.m. March 22, 102 Benedum Hall, Bayer Distinguished Lectureship 2012, Swanson School of Engineering,
412-624-9630, che@eng.pitt.edu.

Eula Biss, artist in residence, Northwestern University, 8:30 p.m. March 22, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series 2011-12 Season, Pitt Writing Program, The Book Center, 412-624-6508, www.pghwriterseries.wordpress.com.

“Understanding Adaptive Immunology: A Crossroads of the Physical, Life, and Engineering Sciences,” Arup K. Chakraborty, Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9:30 a.m. March 23, 102 Benedum Hall, Bayer Distinguished Lectureship 2012, Swanson School of Engineering, 412-624-9630, che@eng.pitt.edu.

“New Research in Asian and American Music,” international symposium honoring Pitt Professor of Music Bell Yung for his 31 years of teaching at Pitt, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. March 24, Music Building, Pitt Department of Music and numerous other sponsors, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/conference/music/index.html.

“Japan and Its World: Late Edo Period and Today,” Constantine Vaporis, professor of history and director of the Asian Studies Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 9:30 a.m.-noon, March 24, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt World History Seminar, National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, Pitt’s Global Studies Center, hughespw@pitt.edu.

“A New Surveillance Method for International and Drug Trafficking,” Siddharth Chandra, professor and director of Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University’s James Madison College, 4 p.m. March 26, 3431 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, www.ridgway.pitt.edu.

“Disengagement and De-Radicalization From Terrorism: Current and Future Directions for Research,” John Horgan, director of International Center for the Study of Terrorism, Penn State University, 12:30 p.m. March 28, 3911 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security, University Center for International Studies, www.ridgway.pitt.edu.

Stanley McChrystal, retired four-star general and former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, 8 p.m. March 28, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Speakers Series, Robert Morris University, www.pittsburghspeakersseries.org.

“China’s America: The Chinese View the United States, 1900-2000,” Jay Jing Li, associate professor of history, Duquesne University, noon March 29, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt.edu.

“Stealing Digital Assets—Piracy and Privacy,” David H. Holtzman, author, Privacy Lost and Surviving Identity Theft, 3 p.m. March 29, Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, Sara Fine Institute Annual Lecture Series, Pitt School of Information Sciences, www.sis.pitt.edu/~fineinst/lectures.html.

“Emerging Trends in Search User Interfaces,” Marti Hearst, professor in UC Berkeley’s School of Information, 1:30 p.m. March 30, 403 Information Sciences Building, iSchool Colloquium Series, Pitt School of Information Sciences, www.ischool.pitt.edu.

“The Steel Bar: Pittsburgh Lawyers Forging America From the Frontier to the Future,” symposium presented by Pitt Law Review, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 28, University Club, course approved for CLE credits, $10 lunch fee, www.law.pitt.edu/events.

Miscellaneous

TIES Informational Luncheon for Researchers and Research Assistants, talk on Text Information Extraction System (TIES), Rebecca Crowley, director, Department of Biomedical Informatics Graduate Training Program, Pitt School of Medicine, 11 a.m. March 19, Magee-Womens Hospital Conference Room CR2131, open to Pitt and UPMC faculty, staff, and students, registration required, http://ties.upmc.com/register/index.html, 412-623-4753.

Pitt Five Campus College Fair for University Faculty and Staff and family members interested in educating a dependent at Pitt, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. March 22, Alumni Hall’s Connolly Ballroom, drupert@pitt.edu.

Harvest of Loneliness (2010, Gilbert Gonzalez, Vivian Price, Adrian Salinas), screening of the award-winning documentary about the Bracero Program, a guest workers program that brought Mexican workers to the U.S. between 1942 and 1964, 4:30 p.m. March 22, McConomy Auditorium, University Student Center, Carnegie Mellon University, 5032 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, 412-268-1895, www.harvestofloneliness.com/englishversion/english.html.

The Press and Campaign 2012, panel discussing how the press has been covering Republican primary and the Obama campaign, featuring five political reporters and moderator Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Executive Editor David Shribman, 7:30 p.m. March 22, O’Hara Student Center, Pitt Honors College, limited seating, reserve seat by contacting  www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/press-panel-2012.

Faces of Others, Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival cosponsored by Pitt, screenings of films shining a cinematic light on the human faces that reflect the themes shaping our contemporary social landscape, with a focus on the concept of “the other,” March 22-April 15, at various locations around Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, www.cmu.edu/faces.

Writing Research Articles, workshop providing an introduction to writing and publishing research articles, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 24, Lecture Room 2, Scaife Hall, Pitt Survival Skills and Ethics Program, www.skillsandethics.org, survival @pitt.edu.

12th Annual Computer Science Day, gathering of educators, students, alumni, and industry for a day of computing science, computing business, and computing fun 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 30, fifth and sixth floors, Sennott Square, Pitt Department of Computer Science, 412-624-5755, www.cs.pitt.edu/csday.

Opera/Theater/Dance

Jesus Christ Superstar, rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice, March 22-April 1, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Diespace by PIPS: lab, an innovative look at life, death, and the Internet, March 23-25,  Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Distinctively Dutch Festival 2012, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Every Tongue Confess, a blend of the secular with the spiritual, including Bible stories with everyday occurrences of newsworthy events, set in rural Alabama in the 1990s, March 23-April 1, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Tosca by Puccini, diva defies the most powerful and corrupt man in Rome, in life and in death, March 27, 30, April 1, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Opera, 412-281-0912, www.pittsburghopera.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Electric Baby by Stephanie Zadravec, the titular character is fragile, yet powerful, and his tale of urban folklore connects his Romanian mother and Nigerian father with colorful Americans in Pittsburgh, March 29-April 22, The Waldorf School, 201 S. Winebiddle St., Bloomfield, Quantum Theatre, 412-362-1713, www.quantumtheatre.com, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Freud’s Last Session, an evening of conversation between C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud about God, love, sex, and the meaning of life, through April 1, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Ruthless! The Musical, featuring crazy antics of a homicidal eight-year-old aspiring actress, through May 6, CLO Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret, www.pittsburghclo.org, 412-325-6766, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Faisal Jamalallail, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Rehabilitation Science Program, “Spatial and Multidimensional Visualization of Jeddah Health Resources: A Community Health Assessment of Jeddah City,”
11 a.m. March 19, 6053 Forbes Tower.

Mark Fromm, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music, “Pitch Symmetry in Martin Bresnick’s ‘My Twentieth Century’ and ‘Meden Agan’ for Chamber Ensemble,” 12:30 p.m. March 23, 114 Music Building.

Matthew Heap, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music, “Keep Going: Narrative Continuity in Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia and Dillinger: An American Oratorio,” 1 p.m. March 27, 114 Music Building.

Raynard Washington, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes Complications in African Americans,” 1 p.m. March 27, 2nd-Floor Conference Room, Diabetes and Lipid Research Building.

Carrie Bonilla, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Linguistics, “Testing Processibility Theory in L2 Spanish: Can Readiness or Markedness Predict Development?” 10 a.m. March 28, 2809 Cathedral of Learning.

James Moore, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music, “A Comparative Study of the Modern Jazz Trumpet Styles of Clifford Brown, Donald Byrd, and Freddie Hubbard: An Examination of Improvisational Style, 1953-1964,” 9 a.m. March 29, 114 Music Building.

Michelle W. Moore, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Communication Science and Disorders Program, “Differences Between Early-Developing and Late-Developing Phonemes in Phonological Processing,” 9 a.m. March 30, 4014 Forbes Tower.

James S. Hale, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, “Implementation of Catalytic, Asymmetric Technology Towards the Total Synthesis of Apoptolidin C,”
3 p.m. March 30, 325 Eberly Hall.