Happenings

Issue Date: 
June 8, 2009

Concerts

Hebrew Melodies From the New World, part of the 2009 Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, 7:30 p.m. June 8, Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave., Oakland, 412-394-3353,           www.pjmf.net.

Sound Series: John Vanderslice and the Tallest Man on Earth,
featuring Vanderslice, pop musician and songwriter, and Kristian Matsson, folk musician,
8 p.m. June 9, Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Andy Statman Trio,
part of the 2009 Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, 7:30 p.m. June 15, Katz Theatre, Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, 412-394-3353, www.pjmf.net.

Jazz Live Series,
music outdoors featuring Robert Klein, saxophonist, 5 p.m. June 9; Kevin Howard, keyboardist, 5 p.m. June 16, Agnes R. Katz Plaza, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Andy Bianco, jazz guitarist, 5 p.m., June 10, Backstage Bar in Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

The Resurrection Symphony by Mahler,
with Manfred Honeck, conductor; Simona Saturova, soprano; Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano; and The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. June 12, and 2:30 p.m. June 14, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Real Man in the Streets, live reggae music, 10 p.m. June 21, The New Hazlett Theater, Allegheny Square East, North Side, 412-320-4612, www.newhazletttheater.org.

Marvin, Motown, and the Music of Ray Charles,
featuring Marvin Hamlisch, conductor; Ellis Hall, pianist and vocalist, 7:30 p.m. June 18, 8 p.m. June 19-20, and 2:30 p.m. June 21, PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Exhibitions

Pittsburgh Glass Center, Neighborhood Mosaic Project, featuring work of Daviea Davis, through June 14, 5472 Penn Ave., Friendship, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Wood Street Galleries, Machine Improvisations, through June 20, 601 Wood St., Downtown, 412-471-5605, www.woodstreetgalleries.org.

707 Penn Gallery, F295 Pinhole Photography, through June 27, 707 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-325-7017, www.pgharts.org.

Silver Eye Center for Photography, The Analytical Eye: Photographs by Aaronel deRoy Gruber, retrospective exhibition featuring more than 50 prints, through June 27, 1015 E. Carson St., South Side, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History,
Forum 62: Maria Grazia Rosin, exhibition featuring 20 illuminated glass chandeliers inspired by marine and microscopic creatures, through June 28; Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: Opera for a Small Room, exhibition about quirky world of an opera-records collector, through July 19, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3309, www.cmoa.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center,
The Darkest Month: Coal Mining Disasters of December 1907, through June 28; Portrait of the Allegheny, a photo exhibition documenting recreational and industrial uses of Allegheny River, through July 31; and Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, exhibit examining life of 16th U.S. President during American Civil War, through Jan. 15, 2010, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

709 Penn Gallery, Threadline: Works by Lee Renninger, through July 18, 709 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-471-6078, www.pgharts.org.

Mattress Factory,
Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-specific Works, through June 21; Thaddeus Mosley: Sculpture (Studio/Home), through Aug. 2, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Society for Contemporary Craft,
Beyond Shared Language: Contemporary Art and the Latin American Experience, through Aug. 29, 2100 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-261-7003, www.contemporarycraft.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Get to the Forefront of the Customer Mind: Make the Most of Your Web Site With Search Engine Optimization” featuring Kristopher Jones, CEO of Pepperjam Internet marketing agency, 7:30 a.m. June 9, Pitt Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, $75, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland, 412-648-1544,  www.pittentrepreneur.com.

“Using Complementary Medicine to Advance Both Science and Professionalism in the Medical Curriculum,”
Aviad Haramati, professor in Georgetown University’s Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and Medicine, noon June 12, Pitt School of Medicine, Medical Education Grand Rounds, Lecture Room 3, 4th-floor Scaife Hall, 412-648-9000, www.megr.pitt.edu.

“Job Seekers Workshop: Your Action Plan,”
Marben Bland, professional career coach, noon June 12, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Downtown Branch, 612 Smithfield St., Downtown, 412-281-5945, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Miscellaneous

Our Rights, Your Rights, Human Rights: An ACLU Forum, presented by Pittsburgh chapter of American Civil Liberties Union, featuring legal experts on nondiscrimination, civil partnerships, tax issues, health care decisions, and other issues related to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community,
7 p.m. June 8, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Fifth Ave., Oakland, 412-681-7736, www.aclupgh.org.

Opera/Theater/Dance

Among the Best: The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays,
by Rob Penny, through June 13, 7th-floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

Harry’s Friendly Service, by Rob Zellers, through June 28, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-434-7590, www.ppt.org.

Burn This,
by Lanford Wilson, through June 28, New Hazlett Theater, Allegheny Square East, North Side, 412-320-4612, www.newhazletttheater.org.

Legally Blonde The Musical,
by Heather Hach, June 9-14, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghclo.org.

Swing,
by Paul Kelly, June 20-26, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghclo.org.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Idella Johnson, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music, “Development of the African American Gospel Piano Style (1926-1960): A Socio-Musical Analysis of Arizona Dranes and Thomas A. Dorsey,” 1 p.m. June 8, 302 Music Building.

Meredith Lotz,
Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Modeling Missing Covariate Data and Temporal Features of Time-dependent Covariates in Tree-structured Survival Analysis,” 10 a.m. June 12, 109 Parran Hall.

Sherrie J. Divito, School of Medicine’s Immunology Graduate Program, “Recipient Dendritic Cells Dictate Allograft Fate,” 2 p.m. June 12, S-100 Biomedical Science Tower.

Jennifer L. Barkin, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “The Development and Testing of a New Measure of Maternal Functioning,” 3 p.m. June 12, 130 Conference Room, Epidemiology Data Center.

Poonam Poonam, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, “Induction of Strong Cellular Immune Responses in the Gut Mucosa Against HIV-1 Using a Combination Vaccine of Recombinant Clostridium  Perfringens and HIV Virus-like Particles,” 10 a.m. June 15, A115 Crabtree Hall.

Renee Walker,
Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, “Food Desert Versus Food Oasis: An Exploration of Residents’ Perceptions of Factors Influencing Food-buying Practices,” 10 a.m. June 16, A638 Crabtree Hall.

Amol Karmarkar,
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, “Prescription, Outcomes, and Risk Assessment of Wheelchairs for Aging Population,” 1 p.m. June 18, Room 5047, Forbes Tower.

Sean O. Ryan,
School of Medicine’s Immunology Graduate Program, “Immunity and Tolerance to Tumor-associated Antigen MUC1,” 2 p.m. June 19, 1102 Scaife Conference Center.

Susan Burke,
School of Medicine’s Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, “Regulation of the L-PK and ACC Genes B4 Glucose and cAMP in Islet Beta Cells,” 1 p.m. June 22, 1295 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

Sunghee Oh,
Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Effects of Missing Value Imputation on Downstream Analyses in Microarray Data,” 1 p.m. June 19, 308 Parran Hall.