Happenings

Concerts

Viva Las Vegas with Jack Everly, May 15-18, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown; 8 p.m. May 19, Scottish Rite Cathedral, 110 E. Lincoln Ave., New Castle, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

A Musical Kaleidoscope, Andres Cardenes, conductor and violinist, 8 p.m. May 15, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Downtown; 8 p.m. May 17, Upper St. Clair High School Theater, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Coro Latinoamericano Spring Concert, Canto Latino, 7:30 p.m. May 17, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies, 412-648-7392, elcorlatino@hotmail.com.

Mozart Favorites, Pinchas Zukerman conducts and performs, 8 p.m. May 30-31, 2:30 p.m. June 1, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Exhibitions

Space 101 Gallery, Bare IV, through May 31, The Brew House, 2100 Mary St., South Side, 412-381-7767, www.brew-house.org.

Andy Warhol Museum, Neke Carson: Eyeball Portraits and Beyond + Neke Paints Andy ’72, through June 1, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Great British Art: 200 Years of Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints From the Bank of New York Mellon Collection, through May 18; 55th Carnegie International, through Jan. 11, 2009, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org.

Trinity Gallery, High Speed Infrared Film, through May 31, 4747 Hatfield St., Lawrenceville, 412-687-2458.

SPACE, Pittsburgh NOW, through June 13, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown, www.SpacePittsburgh.org, 412-325-7723.

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“So You Want to Write a Book,” 12:15 p.m. May 15, 612 Smithfield St., Downtown, Business Program Series, 412-281-7141.

“Investing in the Global Marketplace: Discover a World of Opportunity,” 12:15 p.m. May 22, 612 Smithfield St., Downtown, Business Program Series, 412-281-7141.

“What Is Your FICO Score and How Is It Affecting Your Credit?” 12:15 p.m. May 29, 612 Smithfield St., Downtown, Business Program Series, 412-281-7141.

Eighth Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza, noon June 8, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3114, www.carnegielibrary.org.

Miscellaneous

Discover Pittsburgh, 8th annual event to encourage socialization and networking among young professionals and local cultural, educational and recreational organizations, sponsored by Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project, 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 15, Duquesne University, 5th-floor Power Center Ballroom, 1015 Forbes Ave., Uptown, 412-338-2133, www.pump.org.

Opera/Theater/Dance

Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire, through May 18; The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, May 29-June 29; Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

A Marriage Minuet, by David Wiltse, through May 25, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-4400, www.citytheatrecompany.org.

Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show, by Thomas Waller, Murray Horwitz, and Richard Maltby Jr., through May 31, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 7th-floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 412-624-7298, www.kuntu.org.

An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde, through May 31, Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, 412-561-6000, www.picttheatre.org.

Pitt Oral Thesis Defenses

Ashley Conley, Graduate School of Public Health, “Molecular Characterization of IS1301 in an Emergent Clone of Serogroup C Neisseria Meningitides,” 1 p.m. May 27, Room A215 Crabtree Hall.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Dan Debrah, Center for Biotechnology, “Relaxin Regulates Systematic Hemodynamics and Arterial Mechanical Properties,” 9 a.m. May 12, 2nd-floor Multipurpose Room, Center for Biotechnology, 300 Technology Dr.

Monica Tomaszewski-Flick, Graduate School of Public Health, “Functional Analysis and Characterization of Epstein Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 2b,” 10 a.m. May 12, Room A115 Crabtree Hall.

Matthew J. Gallek, School of Nursing, “Endothelin-1 Polymorphisms and Endothelin-1 Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Expression and Their Relationships to Cerebral Vasospasm and Long-Term Outcomes in Individuals Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage,” 9 a.m. May 16, Room 219 Victoria Building (CICL Multipurpose Room).

Sherrianne Gleason, Graduate School of Public Health, “Characterization of Dendritic Cell Handling of Cell-associated Membrane and Cytoplasmic Protein From Live and Apoptotic Cells,” 3 p.m. May 19, Room A115 Crabtree Hall.

Sana Abu-Dahab, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Sensorimotor and Executive Functioning Differences Between Individuals With High-Functioning Autism and Typically Developing Individuals,” 1 p.m. May 22, Room 4065 Forbes Tower.

Vincent B. McGinty, School of Medicine, “Amygdala Regulation of Prefrontal-to-Accumbens Information Flow: Implications for Motivation and Action,” 10 a.m. May 29, 2nd-floor Auditorium, Learning Research & Development Center.

Jill Montgomery, Graduate School of Public Health, “Characterization of the Role of Human Herpes Virus 8 in Prostate Cancer,” noon May 29, Room A115 Crabtree Hall.

Pei-Ying Chuang, School of Nursing, “Neuroglobin Genetic Polymorphisms and Their Relationships to Functional Outcome Following Traumatic Brain Injury,” 10 a.m. May 30, Room 331 Victoria Building.

Jaime Berlin Talkowski, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Quantifying Physical Activity in Community Dwelling Older Adults Using Accelerometry,” 3 p.m. June 2, Room 4060 Forbes Tower.

Dean Wheeler, Department of Anthropology, The Organization of Agricultural Production on the Southwest Periphery of the Maya Lowlands,” 2 p.m. June 6, 3106 Posvar Hall.

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Graduate School of Public Health, “Moving Beyond the Individual in Reproductive Health: Exploring the Social Determinants of Unintended Pregnancy,” 2:30 p.m. June 18, Room 226 Parran Hall.