Happenings

Concerts

Music Monday: Informal Recitals by Pitt Music Students, 8 p.m. today, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with host Monica Mancini, Mancini at the Movies, Nov. 15-18, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Chatham Baroque Peanut Butter and Jam, 10 a.m. Nov. 17, Calvary Epsicopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., 412-661-0120, www.calvarypgh.org.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Firebird by Igor Stavinsky, Piano Concerto No. 3 by Prokofiev, Burlesque by Respighi, 8 p.m. Nov. 23-25, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Exhibitions

KOA Art Gallery, Rocket Science: An Exhibition of Paintings by Heather Levy, through Nov. 16, Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, www.upb.pitt.edu.

Hillman Library, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, through Nov. 19, Ground Floor, 412-648-8191, www.library.pitt.edu.

Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Patricia Maurides, Michelle Stitzlein, and Julie Stunden, through Dec. 21, Purnell Center for the Arts, 5000 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Carnegie Mellon University, 412-268-3618, www.cmu.edu/millergallery.

The Andy Warhol Museum, Andy and Oz: Parallel Visions, A National Gallery of Australia 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Georgia O’Keeffe and Andy Warhol, and Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works With Light, all through Dec. 30, 117 Sandusky St., 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Wood Street Galleries, Workin’ Down Under, through Dec. 31, 601 Wood St., Downtown, 412-471-5605, www.woodstreetgalleries.org.

Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, Points in Time, Glass: Shattering Notions, and Discovery Place, both through Dec. 31, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Picturing Childhood: Pictorialist Family Photography, c. 1890-1940, through Jan. 13, On a Grand Scale: The Hall of Architecture at 100, through Jan. 27, and Design to Be Lit, through Feb. 10, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-441-9786 ext. 224, www.cmoa.org.

Mattress Factory, India: New Installations, Part II, through Jan. 20, 500 Sampsonia Way, Northside, 412-231-3169, www.mattressfactory.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Do Anti-Dementia Drugs Really Work? Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Memantine, and Antipsychotics,” Lon S. Schneider, professor of psychiatry, neurology, and gerontology in the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4 p.m. today, A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, 412-648-1294, www.publichealth.pitt.edu.

“Family Enterprise Program: Call to Order: Keeping Family Meetings Efficient and Interesting,” 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Nov. 13, the Duquesne Club, 325 Sixth Ave., Downtown, Pitt Small Business Development Center, 412-648-1544, www.sbdc.pitt.edu.

“Developing a Business Plan,” 9-11 a.m. Nov. 13, Bradley House of Catering, 5239 Brownsville Rd., Pleasant Hills, Pitt Small Business Development Center, 412-306-8090, www.sbdc.pitt.edu.

“The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business,” 8-10 a.m. Nov. 14, Comfort Inn Hotel, 237 Meadowlands Blvd., Washington, Pitt Small Business Development Center, 724-627-9054, www.sbdc.pitt.edu.

“How to Effect Change in Your Department: Lessons From the Pathology Women’s Task Force,” Marie C. DeFrances and Mona Melhem, Pitt professors of pathology, 7:30-9 a.m., Nov. 14, 1104 Scaife Hall, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu.

“Neuropathology of Gliomas and the Role of Pharmacogenomics,” Roger E. McLendon, professor of pathology at Duke University Medical Center, noon Nov. 14, 1104 Scaife Hall, Annual Totten Lecture, 412-648-1260, http://path.upmc.edu.

“Alternative Aesthetics, the Street, the Media, and the Environment,” Miguel Rojas Sotelo, Pitt PhD candidate in contemporary art and cultural theory, noon-1 p.m. Nov. 14, 203 Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt Department of the History of Art and Architecture, www.haa.pitt.edu.

Alison Malmon, founder of Active Minds, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14, Mukaiyama University Room, Frame-Westerberg Commons, Pitt-Bradford, www.upb.pitt.edu.

India: Culture and Religion, panel discussion, 7 p.m. Nov. 14, Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, Northside, part of India: New Installation, Part II exhibition, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org.

“Conservation and Conflict: Ecotourism in a Fijian Village,” Hao-Li Lin, Pitt postdoctoral student in anthropology, noon Nov. 15, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series, 412-648-7370, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“Post-Welfare Outcomes for African Americans and Hispanics,” Andrew J. Cherlin, professor of public policy at Johns Hopkins University, noon-1:30 p.m. Nov. 15, School of Social Work Conference Center, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center on Race and Social Problems, 412-624-7382, www.crsp.pitt.edu.

“Demystifying the Grant Review Process,” David Armstrong, professor of medicine and sociology at the National Institute of Mental Health, 3-5 p.m. Nov. 15, S100 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, Health Sciences, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu.

“Roles for Polymer Chemistry in Designing Anti-Biofouling Surfaces,” Karen Wooley, professor of chemistry at Washington University, 4 p.m. Nov. 15, 12 Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

“Acupuncture for the Relief of Chronic Pain,” Engkeat Teh, acupuncture practitioner at Pitt Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM),5:30 p.m. Nov. 15, CIM Shadyside Place, Suite 310, 580 S. Aiken Ave., Shadyside, 412-623-3023, integrativemedicine.upmc.com.

“The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan,” 7:30-10 a.m. Nov. 16, 104 Mervis Hall, 412-648-1542, Pitt Small Business Development Center, www.sbdc.pitt.edu.

“Defining Professionalism From the Perspective of Patients, Nurses, and Physicians,” Gregory Makoul, professor of medicine at Northwestern University, noon-1 p.m. Nov. 16, Lecture Room 3, 4th Floor, Scaife Hall, Pitt Medical Education Grand Rounds, 412-648-9000, www.medschool.pitt.edu/megr.

“Synthetic Methodologies for the Preparation of Polymers and Nanoscale Objects,” Karen Wooley, professor of chemistry at Washington University, 2 p.m. Nov. 16, 12B Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

“Fjords and Ice Sheet Dynamics: Lessons Learned From Applying Cosmogenic Radionuclides to the Northeastern Canadian Shield,” Jason Briner, professor of geology at SUNY Buffalo, 4 p.m. Nov. 16, 11 Thaw Hall, Pitt Department of Geology and Planetary Science, www.geology.pitt.edu.

Mo Willems, children’s author, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 17, Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Black, White, and Read All Over Series, 412-622-3114, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

“Moral Psychology,” George Loewenstein, professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, Nov. 17-18, 817 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

Kristofer Collins and Jacquelyn Seigle, 2 p.m. Nov. 18, First Floor Quiet Reading Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Sunday Poetry and Reading Series, 412-622-3151, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Nathaniel Philbrick, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Drue Heinz Lectures, 412-624-4187, www.pittsburghlectures.org.

Miscellaneous

Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution, PBS documentary, 7 p.m. Nov. 14, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., Southside, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org.

3 Rivers Film Festival, various times and locations, through Nov. 15, 412-681-5449, www.3RFF.com.

Fourth Annual Regional Equitable Development Summit, featuring keynote speaker David Rusk, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 16, Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd., Oakland, Pitt’s Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership, 412-258-6642, www.sustainablepittsburgh.org.

Cruel and Unusual: A Novel by Patricia D. Cornwell, mystery book discussion, 1 p.m. Nov. 16, Teen Quiet Study Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3151, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Farmers’ Market, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Nov. 16, Sennott Street between Atwood Street and Meyran Avenue, Oakland Business Improvement District, 412-683-6243, www.onlyinoakland.org.

Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton, horror book discussion, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Director’s Conference Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3151, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Donna Talerico, School of Education, “A Comparison of Morphemic Analysis and Whole Word Meaning Instruction on Sixth Grade Students Knowledge of Profixes, Taught Words and Transfer Words,” 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Learning Research and Development Center.

María del Pilar Melgarejo Acosta, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, “El lenguaje de la regeneración: producción del discurso político en Colombia y México,” 3:30-5:30 p.m. Nov. 26, 1309a Cathedral of Learning.

Opera/Theater/Dance

Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, 814-269-7535, www.upj.pitt.edu.

Chunky Move’s Glow, 8 p.m. Nov. 15-16, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

House of Blue Leaves, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15-17, Ferguson Theater, Pitt-Greensburg, 724-836-7483, www.upg.pitt.edu.

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Nov. 15-18, Studio Theatre, Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, www.upb.pitt.edu.

This Wonderful Life, 8 p.m. Nov. 15-Dec. 16, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.pgharts.org.

Chunky Move’s I Want to Dance Better at Parties, 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org.

Lewis Black, comedy performance, 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-456-6666, www.lewisblack.net.

Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel, 8 p.m. through Nov. 18, Stephen Foster Memorial’s Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-PLAY (7529), www.play.pitt.edu.

The Elixir of Love, through Nov. 18, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Opera, 412-281-0912, www.pittsburghopera.org.

Avenue Q, Broadway musical, 8 p.m. Nov. 20-25, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America Series, 412-471-6930, www.avenueq.com.

Copihue-Chile (Dancing From Chile), 2-3 p.m. Nov. 25, First Floor Quiet Reading Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3151, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Murderers, 8 p.m. through Dec. 16, Lester Hamburg Studio, 57 S. 13th St., South Side, City Theater, 412-431-2849, www.pgharts.org.

University Special Events

Pitt-Bradford Open House, 5-7 p.m. Nov. 13, Hanley Library, Admissions Office, 814-362-7555, www.upb.pitt.edu.

Workshops

K99/ROO, Joan M. Lakoski and Robert J. Milner, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Nov. 13, S100 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, Health Sciences, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu.

General K Award, Joan M. Lakoski and Robert J. Milner, 3-5 p.m. Nov. 13, S100 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, Health Sciences, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu.