Happenings

CONCERTS

Pittsburgh Symphony Community Partners Concert, featuring Boyz II Men, Lawrence Loh, conductor; eighth annual PSO Community Partners Concert benefiting 25 Pittsburgh-area nonprofit organizations; 7:30 p.m. June 23, tickets purchased directly through nonprofits, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

John Williams and the Music of the Movies, featuring celebrated composer John Williams, 8 p.m. June 24, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pgharts.org.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at South Park, Thomas Hong, conductor; Huei-Sheng Kao, violin; free to public, 8 p.m. July 2,  Buffalo Drive, Bethel Park and South Park municipalities, Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pgharts.org.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Hartwood Acres, Thomas Hong, conductor; Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola; free to public, 8:15 p.m. July 3, 200 Hartwood Acres, Hampton and Indiana townships, Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pgharts.org.

Bach, Beethoven, and Brunch, longtime favorite series for classical music lovers and brunch fans, 10:30 a.m.– noon, Sundays through Aug. 15, lawn of Mellon Park, Fifth and Shady avenues, Point Breeze/Squirrel Hill, Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition, Bagel Factory, WQED-FM, 412-255-2493.

Stars at Riverview Jazz Series, features Pittsburgh’s premier jazz musicians, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 27, Riverview Park, Riverview Avenue, North Side, BNY Mellon and WDUQ, 412-255-2493.

EXHIBITIONS

Carnegie Museum of Art, Architecture Explorations, through Aug. 12; Pittsburgh Biennial, through Sept. 18; Ragnar Kjartansson: Song, through Oct. 9; Hand Made: Contemporary Craft in Ceramic, Glass, and Wood, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Heinz History Center, Ben Franklin: In Search of a Better World, exploring personal side of one of our founding fathers, through July 31; America’s Best Weekly: A Century of The Pittsburgh Courier, through Oct. 2; 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

The Frick Art & Historical Center, Fin de Siécle Prints: Art Nouveau on Paper, through Sept. 11, docent tours of exhibition available at 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, free and open to public, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

LECTURES

“The General Surgeon Is Primary Care Provider,” Andrew B. Peitzman, Mark M. Ravitch Endowed Chair in Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m. June 30, Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Series, Scaife Hall Lecture Room 6, www.provost.pitt.edu.

“Art Nouveau and the Ubiquity of Style,” Sarah Hall, Frick Art Museum director of curatorial affairs, 10 a.m. Aug. 12, Lexington Education Center, The Frick Art & Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

TIES Informational Luncheon for Researchers and Research Assistants, talk on Text Information Extraction System (TIES), Rebecca Crowley, director, Department of Biomedical Informatics Graduate Training Program, Pitt School of Medicine, 11 a.m.-noon, July 12, Presbyterian Hospital South, Conference Room M3901, open to Pitt and UPMC faculty, staff, and students, registration required, http://ties.upmc.com/register/index.html, 412-623-4753.

THEATER

House & Garden, two plays by Alan Ayckbourn, June 23-July 17, The Charity Randall and Henry Heymann theaters, both in Stephen Foster Memorial, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, 412-394-3353, www.picttheatre.org, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Jekyll & Hyde, musical based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of good and evil, through June 26, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Marvelous Wonderettes by Roger Bean, a return to the ’50s and ’60s, through Oct. 2, CLO Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-281-3973, www.pittsburghclo.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza’s contemporary comedy and winner of 2009 Tony Award for Best Play, through June 26, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org, Pitt Arts Cheap Seats Program, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

PITT PHD DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Francis Pike, Graduate School of Public Health, 12:30 p.m. June 21, “Joint Modeling of Censored Longitudinal and Event Time Data,” 109 Parran Hall.

Dennis Bourbeau, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, 1 p.m. June 22, “Ventral Root or Dorsal Root Ganglion Microstimulation to Evoke Hindlimb Motor Responses,” A219B Langley Hall.

Ian H. Bellayr, Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, 2 p.m. June 22, “The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Influencing Stem Cell Behavior and Skeletal Muscle Healing,” 2nd-Floor Main Conference Room, Bridgeside Point II Building, 450 Technology Dr., Hazelwood.

Nicole Edgar, School of Medicine’s Center for Neuroscience/Neurobiology Graduate Program, noon June 23, “Beyond Neurons: The Role of the Oligodendrocyte-Specific Gene CNP1 in Major Depressive Disorder,” Learning Research and Development Center, LRDC 2nd-Floor Auditorium.

Courtney LaValle, School of Medicine’s Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program, 2 p.m. June 24, “Targeting Protein Kinase D by Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors and RNA Interference in Prostate Cancer,” 1395 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

Keith F. Moquin, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, 10 a.m. June 28, “In Vivo Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry Reveals Distinct Domains of Dopamine Terminal Function in the Striatum,” 307 Eberly Hall.

Jesse Yen-Chih Hsu, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, noon  June 30, “Longitudinal Data Analysis in Depression Studies: Assessment of Intermediate-Outcome-Dependent Dynamic Intervention,” 308 Parran Hall.

Sandlin Preece Seguin, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biological Sciences, 1 p.m. June 29, “Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Polyomavirus Replication,” 169 Crawford Hall.