Happenings

CONCERTS

Don Aliquo Sr., jazz musician, 7 p.m., June 22, Backstage Bar at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

Boilermaker Jazz Band, American jazz, ragtime, and swing music, 5 p.m. June 24, Backstage Bar at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

Pittsburgh Symphony Community Partners Concert Featuring Gloria Gaynor; Lawrence Loh, conductor, and Gareth Johnson, violin; 7:30 p.m. June 24, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Joy Ike, R&B vocalist, 5 p.m. June 25, Backstage Bar at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

Idina Menzel With the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Tony Award- winning vocalist, 7:30 p.m. June 29, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

WYEP Presents Brandi Carlile With the PSO, vocalist and songwriter, 7:30 p.m. June 30, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

EXHIBITIONS

709 Penn Gallery, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Photographs by Abelardo Morell, through June 25, 709 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-471-6070, www.pgharts.org.

707 Penn Gallery, Slush Puppies, through July 25, 707 Penn Ave., Downtown, www.pgharts.org.

Space, Congo Women, through July 25, a photography exhibition depicting gender-based violence against women of the Congo in West Africa, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-325-7723, www.pgharts.org.

The Mattress Factory, David Beattie: Old Light, New Darkness; Nothing Is Impossible, both through Aug. 8, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Frick Art and Historical Center, Small But Sublime: Intimate 19th-Century American Landscapes, through Sept. 5, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0606, www.frickart.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, Rufino: Blots & Figments, through July 18; Twisted Pair: Marcel Duchamp/Andy Warhol, through Sept 6; 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater, through Aug. 22; Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design, ongoing; Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper From the 18th Through 20th Centuries, ongoing; 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center, Ben Franklin: In Search of a Better World, ongoing; 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

MISCELLANEOUS

The Serious Comedy Show, performances of improvisational and sketch comedy, 10:30 p.m. June 26, Late Night—Cabaret Theater, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-325-6769, www.pgharts.org.

OPERA/THEATER/DANCE

Curtains, by Rupert Holmes, June 22-27, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-281-3973, www.pittsburghclo.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Art, by Yasmina Reza, through June 27, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, celebration of music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin, through Sept. 5, Theater Square Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

PITT/PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Elisabeth Ploran, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, 2 p.m. June 22, “Dependence of Perceptual Choice on Number of Response Alternatives and Fidelity of Evidence,” Second-Floor Auditorium, Learning Research and Development Center.

Donald Reese Wilson, School of Education’s Department of Instruction and Learning, 10 a.m. June 23, “An Investigation of the Effects of Genre on Student Learning From Informational Texts,” 4301 Posvar Hall.

Arthur Ward, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Computer Science–Intelligent Systems Program, noon June 23, “Reflection and Learning Robustness in a Natural Language Conceptual Physics Tutoring System,” Ninth-Floor Conference Room, Learning Research and Development Center.

Michael L. Davies, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, 1 p.m. June 23, “An Investigation of Cellular Pathways Leading to Patterns of Lytic Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in Immortalized B Cell Lines,” A215 Crabtree Hall.

Jonathan Lafky, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Economics, 9 a.m. June 24, “Three Essays on Online Ratings and Auction Theory,” 4716 Posvar Hall.

Arthur Maxwell, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 2 p.m. June 24, “Aid and Comfort to the Enemy: International News Media, Cost Sensitivity, and Interstate War,” 3200 Posvar Hall.

Jessica Brehm, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, 2 p.m. June 29, “Novel Mechanisms of Resistance to HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase (RT) Inhibitors: Molecular and Clinical Characterization of Mutations in the Connection and RNase H Domains of RT,” A115 Graduate School of Public Health.

Ji Young Song, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, 1:30 p.m. July 1, “Estrogen Receptor-Beta Genotype, Seven Immunohistochemical Markers, and Human Lung Cancer,” Suite 4C UPMC Cancer Pavilion.

Nagarjun Konduru, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, 2 p.m. July 2, “The Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes With Biomolecules to Target Professional Phagocytes and Promote Biodegradation,” Fifth-Floor Conference Room, Bridgeside Point Building.

Leah Shilling, School of Education’s Department of Instruction and Learning, 10 a.m. July 7, “An Exploration of the Development and Modification of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Belief,” 5702 Posvar Hall.