Happenings/January 16-22, 2007

January 16

Luncheon Discussion, “Goedel, Leibniz, and a Bit of Einstein,” Nicholas Rescher, Pitt professor of philosophy, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

Lecture, “Playing Hide and Seek With the Higgs,” Patrick Fox, researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 4:30 p.m., 103 Allen Hall, Pitt-Carnegie Mellon University Physics Colloquium Series, www.phyast.pitt.edu/Events.

Theatrical Performance, Forbidden Broadway SVU, 7:30 p.m., continues through Jan. 31, Theatre Square Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., downtown, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Theatrical Performance, Late Nite Catechism, 8 p.m., continues through Jan. 28, City Theatre, 57 South 13th St., South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

Art Exhibition, Factory Installed 2006-2007, through Jan. 28, Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

Photography Exhibition, The Great Flood of 1936, through Jan. 28, Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

Art Exhibitions, Small Works, through Feb. 2, Bright and Shiny Holiday, through Feb. 3, Digging Pitt Gallery, 4417 Butler St., Lawrenceville, 412-605-0450, www.diggingpitt.com.

Art Exhibitions, Small Works Part Two and Bright and Shiny Holiday Part Two, through Feb. 3, Digging Pitt Gallery Too, 45th and Plummer streets Lawrenceville, 412-605-0450, www.diggingpitt.com.

Photography Exhibition, Multiple Entry Visa: To Vietnam and Back, through Feb. 10, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., South Side, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

Art Exhibition, Rembrandt’s Great Subjects: Prints From the Collection, through Feb. 11, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Art Exhibition, Forum 58: Jonathan Borofsky, through Feb. 18, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Poster Exhibition, Advertising a Dream: Movie Posters From Post-War Korea, through March 1, foyer of Pitt’s Hillman Library; Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and East Asian Library, 412-648-7370, turker@pitt.edu.

Photography Exhibition, Terra Incognita: Photographs of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Sabhankar Banerjee, through March 10, Michael Berger Art Gallery, 415 Gettysburg St., Point Breeze, 412-441-4282, www.mbergerart.com.

Science Exhibition, Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure, though May 1, Carnegie Science Center, 1 Allegheny Ave., North Side, 412-237-3400, www.carnegiesciencecenter.org.

January 17

Lecture, “Gendering the Natural World Through Family Talk in the Natural History Museum,” Amanda Godley, Pitt assistant professor of English education; Sasha Palmquist, graduate student researcher, Pitt Learning Research and Development Center; noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

Lecture, “Faculty Rights and Other Scholarly Communication Practices,” Denise Troll Covey, principal librarian for special projects, Carnegie Mellon University, noon, 3305 Newell Simon Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pitt’s School of Information Sciences, 412-624-3988, www.sis.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “General Nutrition,” Rachel Klick, dietitian, Dialysis Clinic, Inc., 6 p.m., 1st-Floor Quiet Reading Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh—Main, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Health and Well-Being Lecture Series; to register call 412-622-3151 or visit www.carnegielibrary.org.

Panel Discussion, “Approaches to Achieving Universal Health Coverage in America,” 6:30 p.m., Scaife Hall’s Auditorium 6, Pitt School of Medicine, 412-647-3555, rossil@upmc.edu.

Lecture, “Climbing Your Family Tree: Beginning Genealogy,” Marilyn Cocchiola Holt, president, Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 7 p.m., Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd., Monroeville, 412-372-0500, www.monroevillelibrary.org.

Book Discussion, Dissolution by Jennifer Loring, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club, 7 p.m., Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2705 E. Carson St., South Side, 412-381-3600, www.josephbeth.com.

Musical Performance, Freexchange, 7 p.m., Club Café, 56 South 12th St., South Side, 412-431-4950, www.clubcafelive.com.

Films, “Experimental, Underground, Revolutionary: Avant-garde Films From Germany, Austria, and Switzerland,” featuring Machorka Muff (1963) and Die Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1967), directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet; 7:30 p.m., 205 David Lawrence Hall, Pitt’s Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 412-648-2614, rhalle@pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, The Fray, 7:30 p.m., Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust,
412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Comedy Performance, “Best of the ’Burgh,” 7:30 p.m., Funny Bone, Station Square, Station Square Drive, South Side 412-281-3130, www.funnybonepgh.com.

January 18

Workshop, “Reality Check for Entrepreneurs,” 12:15 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh—Downtown Branch, 612 Smithfield St., downtown, 412-281-5945, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Book Discussion, “Books in the Afternoon—Contemporary Fiction Book Discussion,” Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman, 1 and 6 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh—Main Branch, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3114, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Lecture, “Professors and Mad Med: The Discovery of Notorious Nostrums and Rare Remedies,” John S. Lazlo, director of Pitt’s Drug Discovery Institute, 6 p.m., Scaife Hall’s Lecture Room 5, Pitt’s Center for Bioethics and Health Law, 412-647-5700, www.pitt.edu/~bioethic.

Art Workshop, “Potter’s Wheel,” 6:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Fifth and Shady avenues, Point Breeze, 412-361-0873, www.pittsburgharts.org.

Musical Performance, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, 7:30 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Musical Performance, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, 7:30 p.m., College of Fine Arts Building, Forbes Avenue, Carnegie Mellon University, 412-268-2000, www.cmu.edu.

Musical Theater, Cats, 7:30 p.m., continues through Jan. 28, Byham Theatre, 101 Sixth St., downtown, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghmusicals.com.

January 19

Luncheon Discussion, “Nature as Laboratory: Experiments in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,” Bradley Wilson, associate professor of philosophy, Slippery Rock University, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

Book Discussion, Under Orders by Dick Francis, Mystery Book Discussion Group, 1 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh—Main Branch, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412-622-3114, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Musical Performance, “Marcus Belgrave: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong,” jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, 7:30 p.m., Blaisdell Hall’s Bromeley Family Theater, Pitt Bradford, 814-362-2522, www.bcpac.com.

Lecture, “Digital Duo: Choosing and Using a Digital SLR Camera,” Don Lindich, national columnist, 7:30 p.m., Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., South Side, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

Musical Performance, Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Andrés Cárdenes, 8 p.m., Pitt’s Bellefield Hall Auditorium. Pitt student, faculty, and staff admission: Pitt Arts Office, 929 William Pitt Union. General admission: 412-392-4819, psotix@pittsburghsymphony.org.

Theatrical Performance, No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, 8 p.m., through Jan. 20, Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Ave., Lawrenceville, 412-334-3126, www.garfieldartworks.com.

Musical Performance, The Parlour Boys, 9:30 p.m., Brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave., Lawrenceville, 412-621-4900.

Musical Performance, After The Fall, 10 p.m., Hard Rock Café, Station Square, 230 W. Station Square Dr., South Side, 412-481-7625, www.hardrock.com.

January 20

Ethics Workshop, “Writing Research Articles,” 9 a.m., Scaife Hall’s Lecture Room 2, Pitt’s Survival Skills and Ethics Program, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Last Towne Chorus, 7 p.m., Club Café, 56 South 12th St., South Side, 412-431-4950, www.clubcafelive.com.

Musical Performance, O.A.R., 7:30 p.m., A.J. Palumbo Center, Duquesne University, 1304 Forbes Ave., downtown, 412-323-1919, www.ticketmaster.com.

Art Exhibition, Gritty Brits: New London Architecture, through June 3, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

January 21

Art Workshop, glass art, 2 p.m., Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., East Liberty, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

Musical Performance, “Sunday Night Jazz,” Pittsburgh Jazz Society student band, 7 p.m., Rhythm House Café, 3029 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, Pittsburgh Jazz Society, 412-343-9555, www.pittsburghjazz.org.

Musical Performance, Alli Gillis, 8 p.m., Hard Rock Café, Station Square, 230 W. Station Square Dr., South Side, 412-481-7625, www.hardrock.com.

January 22

Lecture, “The Problem When Race Matters,” Doris Carson Williams, president, African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania, noon, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt School of Social Work’s Center on Race and Social Problems, 412-624-7382, www.crsp.pitt.edu.

Film Screening, Capote, directed by Bennett Miller, 12:15 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh—Downtown Branch, 612 Smithfield St., downtown, 412-281-5945, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Reading, author Alice Hoffman, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lecture Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.