Happenings

Issue Date: 
February 8, 2010

Concerts

The St. Olaf Choir in Concert, Anton Armstrong, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Video Games Live: Bonus Round With the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Jack Wall, conductor, and The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., Feb.11-12, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.


Bob James & Keiko Matsui,
a jazz collaboration with The Musical Instrument Museum, Feb. 12-14, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., Manchester, MCG Jazz, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Ben Folds With the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, featuring vocalist and pianist Folds, 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, tickets sold out at press time, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Fugue in Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, musical performance by The Axelrod Quartet, 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Oakland, Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, 412-361-2048, www.rbsp.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Exhibitions

Phipps Conservatory, Orchid Fever: The Exquisite Expedition of the Orchid, through Feb. 28, 1 Schenley Park Dr., Oakland, 412-622-6914, www.phipps.conservatory.org.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers Gallery, The City Within, through Feb. 28, 477 Melwood Ave., Oakland, 412-682-4111, www.pghfilmmakers.org.

Pittsburgh Glass Center, Behind the Lens, featuring photographs of Pittsburgh’s Glass Center by Nathan J. Shaulis, through Feb. 28, Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., Garfield, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Mattress Factory, Likeness, art exhibition, through March 21, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Frick Art & Historical Center, 1934: A New Deal for Artists, art exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration’s Public Works of Art Program, through April 25, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Whales/Tohora, through May 2, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemnh.org.


Carnegie Museum of Art,
Forum 64: Cecil Balmond, through May 30; Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries at Carnegie Museum of Art, through June 13; Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper From the 18th Through 20th Centuries, ongoing; Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Film

Bioscopewallah (Prashant Kadam, 2006), Bollywood and Indian Film Series, 7 p.m. Feb. 12, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Arts and Sciences Graduate Dean’s Office, Film Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, Indo-Pacific Area Council, 412-624-5578.

Herbert (Suman Mukhopadhyay, 2006), Bollywood and Indian Film Series, 7 p.m. Feb. 13, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Arts and Sciences Graduate Dean’s Office, Film Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, Indo-Pacific Area Council, 412-624-5578.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

Barry Lopez, author, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lecture Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

“Tuskegee Airmen: A Model for Excellence,” Roscoe C. Brown Jr., former Army Air Force captain of Tuskegee Airmen, noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 9, Room 1175 Benedum Hall, Swanson School of Engineering, School of Education, Office of Public Affairs, RSVP requested for lunch, eodadmin@pitt.edu, 412-624-9842 (see page 2).


“Achieving Goal Five of the MGDs in Uganda: Are We Registering Success?”
Moses Katende, Heinz Fellow of Public Health, Pitt Global Studies Program, 8 p.m. Feb. 9, First-floor Lounge, Sutherland Hall, Pitt African Studies Program, Global Studies Program, 412-648-5085.

“Higher Education in Turkey,” Enes Gok, graduate student, Pitt School of Education, noon Feb. 10, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt School of Education, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, Global Studies Program, Institute for International Studies in Education, 412-648-5085.

Mia Farrow, actress and humanitarian, 8 p.m. Feb. 10, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Robert Morris University’s 2009-10 Pittsburgh Speakers Series, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghspeakersseries.org.

“The Future of the Book,” a panel discussion featuring Sven Birkerts, 2009-10 William Block Sr. Writer, and Maud Newton, literary reviewer and blogger, moderated by Pitt assistant professor of English Cathy Day, 8:30 p.m. Feb. 10, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Contemporary Writers Series, 412-624-6506, www.english.pitt.edu.

“Trajectories of Efficiency and Innovation in Teaching and Learning,” Daniel Schwartz, professor, Stanford University’s School of Education, 3 p.m. Feb. 11, 343 Alumni Hall, Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Lecture, Pitt School of Arts and Sciences’ Undergraduate Studies Program, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 412-624-6482, www.as.pitt.edu.

“Evaluation of Educational Innovations for Students and Residents: Principles to Enhance Medical Education Research,” Judy A. Shea, professor and associate dean for medical education research, University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine, noon Feb. 12, Lecture Room 3, Scaife Hall, Pitt Medical Education Grand Rounds, School of Medicine’s Office of the Vice Dean, 412-648-9000, www.megr.pitt.edu.

“Geochemical Processes Through Geomorphic Lenses: Examples From Eroding Hillslopes,” Kyungsoo Yoo, professor, University of Delaware’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and Geological Sciences, 4 p.m. Feb. 14, Room 10, Thaw Hall, Pitt Department of Geology and Planetary Science, www.geology.pitt.edu.

Opera/Theater/Dance

Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company, dance performance, Feb. 11-13, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Point Park University, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

The Love Spell, by Italo Montemezzi, opera performance, 8 p.m., Feb. 12-14, Hall of Architecture, Carnegie Museum of  Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, 412-621-1499, www.operatheaterpittsburgh.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Company B & In the Upper Room, dance performance, Feb. 12-15, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 412-281-0360, www.pbt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Scapin, adapted from Molière by Bill Irwin and Mark O’Donnell, through Feb.14, Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Repertory Theater, www.play.pitt.edu.

The Clockmaker, theatrical performance, through Feb. 14, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

Buried Child, theatrical performance, through Feb. 21, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, Point Park University, 412-621-4445, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, theatrical performance, through Feb. 21, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats available at 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pitt/PhD Dissertation Defenses

Kathleen E. Cosgrove, Center for Neuroscience, “High Affinity Group III mGluRs Regulate Mossy Fiber Input to CA3 Interneurons,” 9 a.m. Feb. 10, A219B Langley Hall.

Maressa P. Krause, School of Education’s Department of Health and Physical Activity, 9 a.m. Feb. 11, “Concurrent Validity of a Pictorial Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale for Bench Stepping Exercise,” Room 130, Trees Hall.

Vera Achvarina, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, “Recruitment of Children for Armed Conflict: Empirical Analysis,” 11 a.m. Feb. 12, 3600 Posvar Hall.