January Calendar

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Exploring the Arctic Seafloor, photography by Chris Linder, through Jan. 25, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemnh.org.

In Sisterhood, oral history project highlighting this region’s influential feminists, through Jan. 25, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, 412-361-0873, www.pittsburgharts.org.

Time Machines, collection of watches from the H.J. Heinz Collection, through Feb. 29, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemnh.org.

Free at Last? Slavery in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th Centuries, exhibition by the University of Pittsburgh at the Senator John Heinz History Center, through April 5, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

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Menopause the Musical, through Jan. 25, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Altered States, exhibition, through Jan. 25, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, Pittsburgh Print Group, 412-361-0873, www.pittsburgharts.org.

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Metamorphoses, play by Mary Zimmerman, through Feb. 15, O’Reilly Theatre, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Architecture and the Spaces of the Imagination, prints from series Imaginary Prisons and Views of Rome, through Feb. 15, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

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Nixon in China & Dr. Atomic, John Adams, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Composer of the Year, leads PSO in a concert of his own works, 8 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Predrive: After Technology, exhibition, through March 22, Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

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Leo Kottke, acoustic guitarist, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, 412-361-1915, www.calliopehouse.org.

On the Transmigration of Souls, works by Britten and Adams; John Adams, conductor; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Children’s Festival Chorus; 8 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

RATED X: A Recital of Premieres, featuring Jean Kopperud, clarinetist; Stephen Gosling, pianist; 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Music on the Edge, Pitt’s Department of Music, 412-394-3353, www.music.pitt.edu.

Annual Orchid Show, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, through March 8, One Schenley Park, Oakland, 412-622-6914, www.phipps.conservatory.org.

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Heinz Chapel Organ Concert, Rebecca Rollett, Pittsburgh Camerata artistic director, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, free, Heinz Chapel Concert Series, 412-624-4157, www.concerts.heinzchapel.pitt.edu.

A Revolution on Wheels: The Model T at 100, exhibition, through May 3, Car and Carriage Museum, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

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Clean Drums, autobiographical jazz bop play by Rob Penny, directed by Pitt professor Vernell A. Lillie, through Feb. 7, 7th-floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, through Feb. 15, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham Street, South Side, 412-431-CITY, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

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International Guitar Night, performances by Brian Gore, Pierre Bensusan, Benjamin Verdery, and Cecilia Zabala, 8 p.m., PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Guitar Society of Fine Art, 412-396-5486, www.gsfapittsburgh.org.

Rhapsody in Blue, concert, 8 p.m.; also 2:30 p.m. Jan. 25; Gabriela Montero, piano, Andrés Cárdenes, conductor; Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

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Devra Davis, director of Pitt’s Center on Environmental Oncology, professor of epidemiology in the Graduate School of Public Health, and author, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lecture Series, 412-622-8866, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

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A Tribute to African American Heroes, Daniel Meyer, conductor, 8 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Hill House Association, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

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Anna Quindlen, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, 8 p.m., Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Robert Morris University’s Pittsburgh Speakers Series, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghSpeakerseries.org.

Insects, Ink, & Inklings, illustrations by Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientific illustrator Jane Hyland, through Feb. 29, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemnh.org.

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Disney’s High School Musical, through Feb. 8, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, 412-539-0900, www.pittsburghmusicals.com.

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Tortelier: An Enchanted Journey, featuring works by Dukas, Sibelius, and Grieg; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Orion Weiss, piano; 8 p.m.; also Jan. 31; Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

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King’s Noyse: Olde, Newe, Borrowed, Blue, featuring Ellen Hargis, soprano; Paul O’Dette, lutenist; David Douglass, director and violinist; 8 p.m., Synod Hall, Fifth Avenue and North Craig Street, Oakland, Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, 412-361-2048, www.rbsp.org.

Meissonier: A Final Masterpiece, A Pittsburgh Home, exhibition, through May 31, Frick Art Museum, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org.

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A Tribute to African American Heroes, Daniel Meyer, conductor