Happenings

Concerts

Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, performing a tribute concert to Hungarian composer György Kurtág, 8 p.m.
April 2, Pitt students free with ID, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Music on the Edge Series, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, www.proartstickets.org.

The Moody Blues, in conjunction with the 45th anniversary of the rock band’s landmark album Days of Future Passed, 8 p.m. April 2, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Steve Litman Presents, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

Gregory Porter, Grammy-nominated vocalist, 8 p.m. April 3, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon JazzLive, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers, banjo players, noon April 6, free, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, Emerging Legends Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, University of Pittsburgh Library System, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm.

GSFA Guitar Night, Ken Karsh, jazz guitarist; Ricardo Marlow, flamenco guitarist; Doug Edgell, acoustic guitarist; and Thomas Kikta, classical guitarist, 8 p.m. April 7, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, Guitar Society of Fine Art, 412-396-5486, www.gsfapittsburgh.org.

2012 Honors Recital, featuring performances by some of Pitt’s outstanding undergraduate music students, 8 p.m. April 9, free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125.

Chuchito Valdes Trio, acclaimed Latin jazz pianist, 8 p.m. April 10, Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon JazzLive, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org.

Anoushka Shankar, Sitar player and composer well known for both her recitals and her own classical Indian works,
7:30 p.m. April 12, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Did You Hear the People Sing? Celebrating Music From Les Mis, Miss Saigon, and More! Conductor Jack Everly with an ensemble of vocalists performing music from the Broadway composing team of Schoenberg and Boublil, April 12-14, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Garden Gate, traditional unaccompanied ballads, folk songs, and tunes from the Southern Appalachians and the British Isles, noon April 13, free, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, Emerging Legends Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, University of Pittsburgh Library System, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm.

Pat Donohue and Mike Dowling, musical performances ranging from swing to jazz and bottleneck blues, opening act Phil Smith and Steve Weber, 7:30 p.m. April 14, Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Calliope Acoustic Masters Series, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Matthew Shipp Trio, acclaimed New York avant-garde jazz pianist, 8 p.m. April 14, First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Ave., Shadyside, The Consortium Jazz Series, 412-361-2262, www.garfieldartworks.com.

University Gamelan Concert, evening of music and dance from Indonesia,
8 p.m. April 14, Pitt students free with ID, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org.

Heinz Chapel Choir, annual free spring concert of a cappella music from around the world, 3 p.m. April 15, free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu.

Graduate Student Composers Concert, IonSound Project, Pitt’s ensemble-in-residence, performing new music by Pitt graduate-student composers, 8 p.m. April 16, free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 412-624-4125.

Exhibitions

Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt Studio Arts Student Exhibition, featuring creative works by graduating seniors alongside pieces by Studio Arts majors and nonmajors, April 4-28, free public opening reception 4-6 p.m. April 4, www.studioarts.pitt.edu.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, through April 7; Maya Lin, imaginative recreations of natural forms transformed into objects of contemplation, through May 13; Henri Matisse: The Thousand and One Nights, multipanel, painted-paper cutout, created when the artist was 81 and confined to his bed, April 7-July 15; Art in Bloom, featuring favorite works of art, fresh flowers, and an array of festivities, April 12-15; Hand Made: Contemporary Craft in Ceramic, Glass, and Wood, ongoing, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design, includes The Jacobsen American Chair Collection, a comprehensive private collection of iconic and historic chairs from the mid-1800s to pieces from today’s studio movement, through April 8, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org.

The Warhol, About Face, a series of three-dimensional large-format portraits by photographer Anne Svenson; Warhol and Cars: American Icons, examining Warhol’s enduring fascination with automobiles as products of American consumer society, both through May 13; I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video, and Television, ongoing, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Hillman Library, an exhibition of first editions and significant works of famed novelist Charles Dickens, through May 1, Room 363; Pitt—225 Years of Building Better Lives—1787-2012, exhibition of vintage photographs, maps, and copies of front pages of Pitt’s two original state charters, on loan from Pennsylvania’s state archives, through May 18, ground floor; also on display in glass Audubon case are actual front pages of Pitt’s original state charters, University’s 225th anniversary commemoration, through May 18, 412-953-3298, jeanann@pitt.edu.

The Frick Art & Historical Center, Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, survey of drawing styles and techniques spanning more than 100 years, including watercolors, pen drawings, and experimental combinations from artists like Randolph Caldecott, Chris van Allsburg, Ernest Shepard, and Maurice Sendak, through May 20, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Josh Gibson: Negro League Legend, features a 100-year timeline and photographs of the life of Negro League baseball player Josh Gibson and his continuing legacy, through June 30; Strength in the Struggle: Civil Rights featuring two distinct displays with text, photography, memorabilia, and film related to the civil rights movement and women’s movement in Pittsburgh and the nation from 1967 to 1987, through June 30, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-258-2700, www.augustwilsoncenter.org.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk, collaborative exhibition between Hunt Institute and Carnegie Museum of Natural History, through June 29, 5th floor, Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Warhol’s Cats and Dogs Series, through June 30; M is for Museum, through Aug. 30, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, cmnhweb@carnegiemnh.org.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Dynamics, Data, and Noise in the Cognitive Sciences,” Anthony Chemero, associate professor of psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, 12:05 pm, April 3, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

“Trends in Chinese Higher Education,” Ma Wanhua, professor, Peking University, China, noon April 4, 5604 Posvar Hall, 2012 Symposium Series, Pitt Institute for International Studies in Education, http://iise.pitt.edu/symposium/2012.

“From Tikrit to Tripoli: Why Contractors Matter in International Peace Operations,” Doug Brooks, president and founder, International Stability Operations Association, 12:30 p.m. April 4, 3911 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Ford Institute for Human Security, Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, www.gspia.pitt.edu.

Oonya Kempadoo, reading and discussion with the novelist and screenwriter, 4:15 p.m. April 4, 501 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of English, Center for Latin American Studies, Pitt’s Contemporary Writers Series, spuri@pitt.edu.

“The Invention of the Human in Early China: Rereading the Analects of Confucius,” Vincent Leung, Pitt assistant professor of history, noon April 5, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt.edu.

Ron Carlson, reading and discussion with the author, 8:30 p.m. April 5, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s Contemporary Writers Series, Pitt Department of English, 412-624-6508, www.pghwriterseries.wordpress.com.

“Empires of the Past and Present: Is the EU a New Empire?” symposium with featured presenters from Pitt’s Department of History, including Patrick Manning, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History; Martha Chaiklin, assistant professor; and Peter Karsten, professor, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 6, 4217 Posvar Hall, 2012 Jean Monnet Symposium, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence, European Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/content/empires-past-and-present.

“Divination and Its Mirrors: Patrons, Consumption, and Control in South Korea,” David J. Kim, Pitt postdoctoral fellow in anthropology, noon April 6, 4130 Posvar Hall, East Asian Languages and Literatures Colloquium, turker@pitt.edu.

“Legal Professional Privilege: Comparing Different Approaches Within the United States and the European Union,” Matt Zwick, Pitt law student, and David Rosenberg, Pittsburgh attorney, noon April 10, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pizza & Politics Series, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence, Pitt Law School International Center for Legal Education, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/content/upcoming-events.

“Gender-Based Violence: An Important Neglected Factor in High-Risk Sexual Behavior Amongst Vulnerable Populations (LGBT and Commercial Sex Workers) in India,” Mythili Ramakrishna, Heinz Fellow, Pitt University Center for International Studies, 4 p.m. April 12, 4130 Posvar Hall, Global Issues Lecture Series, Pitt University Center for International Studies, Global Studies Center, 412-383-3602, jmurawski@pitt.edu.

“Let’s Talk Diversity,” a symposium featuring a panel discussion with five Pittsburgh executives with employment diversity responsibilities, 3 p.m. April 13, Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, Barco Law Building, Pitt School of Law, Working Diversity, Inc., free to public but advance registration suggested, www.workingdiversity.org.

“Fusion Music and Contemporary Korean Cultural Identity,” R. Anderson Sutton, professor of music, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4 p.m. April 13, 132 Music Building, 412-624-4125.

Miscellaneous

“Secularism on Campus,” leaders of national secular campus groups gather to discuss the impacting of such organizations on campus life, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 3, Clapp Hall Auditorium, free for University students, $20 for general public, Center for Inquiry Institute, Pitt Secular Alliance, School of Information Sciences, http://action.centerforinquiry.net/site/Calendar?id=102421&view=Detail.

2012 Randall Family Big Idea Competition, featuring student entrepreneurs from across the University with six finalists vying for a $30,000 top prize, 6 p.m. April 4, free, University Club, Pitt Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, reservations required, www.business.pitt.edu/student-entrepreneurs/bigidea/index.php.

“Canvassing Clutter: Hartford Partnership Fellowship Presentation 2012,” presented by students in Pitt’s School of Social Work to raise awareness about hoarding and distribute information about the disorder, 8:30 a.m. April 11, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt School of Social Work, 412-901-6737, mcb64@pitt.edu.

2-Mile Walk for Congo Women, to raise awareness of women’s plight of torture and rape in Democratic Republic of Congo with all proceeds benefiting the Women for Women International’s Congo Program, 9:15 a.m. April 14, Jenny King Mellon Library parking lot, Chatham University’s Feminist Activist Creating Equality (F.A.C.E) Organization, register at event or online at http://walkforcongowomenchathamuniversity.eventbrite.com or Mbell@Chatham.edu.

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 April 23, Magee-Womens Hospital, Conference Room CR2131, open to Pitt and UPMC faculty, staff, and students, registration required, http://ties.upmc.com/register/index.html, 412-623-4753.

Opera/Theater/Dance

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, based on Academy Award-winning animated feature film, April 3-8, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Last Touch First, dance performance with characters moving surrealistically back in time to 19th-century Victorian atmosphere reminiscent of a Chekhov play, 8 p.m. April 6-7, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Dance Council, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Harvest, a dark satire set in near-future Mumbai, India, through April 7, Henry Heymann Theatre in Stephen Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7529, www.play.pitt.edu.

Around the World in 80 Days, classic Jules Verne novel brought to theatrical life, April 12-May 13, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Coppélia, comedic ballet set to music by Leo Delibes and filled with lighthearted and playful antics, April 13-15, Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 412-281-0360, www.pbt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

The Electric Baby by Stephanie Zadravec, tale of urban folklore connecting title character’s Romanian mother and Nigerian father with colorful Americans in Pittsburgh, through April 22, The Waldorf School, 201 S. Winebiddle St., Bloomfield, Quantum Theatre, 412-362-1713, www.quantumtheatre.com, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Ruthless! The Musical, featuring crazy antics of a homicidal eight-year-old aspiring actress, through May 6, CLO Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret, www.pittsburghclo.org, 412-325-6766, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Carolyn Elliott, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Science’s Department of English, “Poetic Inquiry,” 9:30 a.m. April 2, 501 Cathedral of Learning.

Carol A Janney, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “Physical Activity in Overweight and Obese Adults With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders,” 10 a.m. April 2, A622 Crabtree Hall.

S. Ayodamope Oluranti, Dietrich School’s Department of Music, “Polyrhythm as an Integral Feature of African Pianism: Analysis of Piano Works by Akin Euba, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Joshua Uzoigwe,” 2 p.m. April 2, 302 Music Building.

Thistle Elias, Graduate School of Public Health’s Behavioral Community Health Sciences Program, “Beyond Mom: Promoting a Public Health Perspective on Meeting the Needs of ‘Neglected’ Children,” noon April 3, A523 Graduate School of Public Health.

Matthew Casey, Dietrich School’s Department of History, “From Haiti to Cuba and Back: Haitians’ Experiences of Migration, Labor, and Return, 1900-1940,” 1p.m. April 4, 3703 Posvar Hall.

Yi-tze Lee, Dietrich School’s Department of Anthropology, “Divided Dreams on Limited Land: Cultural Experiences of Agricultural Bioenergy Project and Organic Farming Transition in Taiwan,” 2:30 p.m. April 4, 3106 Posvar Hall.

Mary Ober, Dietrich School’s Department of Music, “L’écriture chantée: Inherent Multimodality in the Prosody of Fauré’s Mélodies,” 6 p.m. April 4, 302 Music Building.

Kathleen Gray, Dietrich School’s Department of Sociology, “Negotiating Race Talk: How Whites Hide Racial Privilege and Structural Inequality,” 2:30 p.m. April 5, 2432 Posvar Hall.

Oliver Bateman, Dietrich School’s Department of History, “Law, Society, and Judicial Politics: State Supreme Courts and the Pursuit of Educational Equity,” 10 a.m. April 6, 3703 Posvar Hall.

Tammy M. Haley, School of Nursing, “Personal, Environmental, and Behavioral Factors Influencing Condom Use in Rural Youth,” 10 a.m. April 6, 459C Victoria Building.

Jonathan Feinberg, Dietrich School’s Department of English, “Beckett and Europe: Poesis, Legibility, History,” 10 a.m. April 9, 501 Cathedral of Learning.

Wenzhu Bi, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Enhancements of Sparse Clustering With Resampling and Considerations on Tuning Parameter,” 10:30 a.m. April 9, A622 Crabtree Hall.

Christopher House, Dietrich School’s Department of Communication, “Rhetoric(s) of the Black Church: Sex, Religion, and HIV/AIDS Across the African Diaspora,” 11 a.m. April 9, 1109B Cathedral of Learning.

Sonya B. Giridhar, Pitt Center for Neuroscience, “Odors, Timescales, and Inhibition: Mechanisms and Function of Long-Latency Interneuron Recruitment in the Olfactory Bulb,” 1 p.m. April 9, 2nd-Floor Auditorium, Learning Research and Development Center.

Yahya Laayouni, Dietrich School’s Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, “Redefining Beur Cinema: Constituting Subjectivity through Film,” 12:30 p.m. April 10, 1325 Cathedral of Learning.

Hermancia S. Eugene, School of Medicine’s Molecular Virology and Microbiology Graduate Program, “Developing a Broadly Reactive HIV-1 Envelope Vaccine,” 1 p.m. April 11, 1195 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

Michelle W. Moore, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Communication Science and Disorders, “Differences Between Early-Developing and Late-Developing Phonemes in Phonological Processing,” 1 p.m. April 11, 4065 Forbes Tower.

Rohan Raoul Manohar, School of Medicine’s Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, “Isolation and Expansion of a Unique Stem Cell Population From Human and Mouse Gallbladders,” 2 p.m. April 12, 402 Bridgeside Point II.

Amanda Ortmann, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “The Impact of Spectrally Asynchronous Delay on the Intelligibility of Conversational Speech,” 10 a.m. April 13, 4014 Forbes Tower.

Justin Laferrier, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, “Investigation of the Effects of Sports, Exercise, and Recreation (SER) on Psychosocial Outcomes in Individuals With Disabilitites,” 11 a.m. April 13, 4065 Forbes Tower.

Kerrith Livengood, Dietrich School’s Department of Music, “What a ‘Thump’ Means: Morton Feldman’s Treatments of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Texts’ and ‘This Report Must Be Signed By Your Parents’ for Orchestra,’” 2 p.m. April 13, 114 Music Building.