Happenings/May 29-June 14, 2007

May 29

Lecture, “Finding Restriction-Modification Systems by Computation,” Richard J. Roberts, chief scientific officer, New England BioLabs and winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 3:30 p.m., Scaife Hall’s Auditorium 6, Senior Vice Chancellor’s Laureate Lecture Series, 412-648-3333.

Musical Performance, “Song of the Lodz Ghetto,” interweaving new Yiddish songs with music created from 1940 to 1944 in the Jewish ghetto of Lodz, Poland; Brave Old World quartet, 7:30 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 5738 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, 412-394-3353.

Theatrical Performance, Disney’s High School Musical, 8 p.m., continues through June 17, Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, 7th and Penn avenues, downtown, Pittsburgh CLO, 412-281-2822, www.pittsburghclo.org.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Wood Peewee, through June 4, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu/images/audubon.

Art Exhibition, Painting the Burgh and Beyond, works by artist Frank Webb, through June 8, Élan Fine Art Gallery, 427 Broad St., Sewickley, 412-496-1646, www.elanarts.com.

Art Exhibition, The Powerful Hand of George Bellows: Drawings From the Boston Public Library, through June 17, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-697-0938, http://frickart.org.

Photographic Exhibition, Conflict, photos of the Iraq and Afghan wars and other conflicts; by Jason Cohn, Chris Hondros, Larry Rippel, and Renee Rosensteel, through July 14, SPACE Gallery, 812 Liberty Ave., downtown, 412-325-7723.

Exhibitions, Metamorphosis: The Life Cycle of a Glass Bead, through July 14; Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era, through Oct. 31; Points in Time, through Dec. 31; Glass: Shattering Notions, through Dec. 31; and Discovery Place, through Dec. 31; Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org.

Art Exhibitions, Distinctive Desk Sets, through June 17; Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, through Sept. 16; A Celebration of the Women’s Committee, through Dec. 13; Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-441- 9786 ext. 224, www.cmoa.org.

May 31

Film Screening, Talk to Her, 8 p.m., 1501 Posvar Hall, Pitt Film Studies Program’s Films of Pedro Almodovar series, tla14@pitt.edu or cks1@pitt.edu.

Theatrical Performance, Healthy Black Family: The Separation of Blood by Bridgette Wimberly, 8 p.m., continues through June 2, Alumni Hall’s 7th-floor Auditorium, Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7298.

Theatrical Performance, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, 8 p.m., continues through June 9, Studio Theatre, Pitt-Johnstown’s Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 1-800-846-ARTS (2787).

Theatrical Performance, FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father’s Code by Tammy Ryan, 8 p.m., through June 10, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., downtown, 412-621-4445, www.pointpark.edu/default.aspx?id=840.

Theatrical Performance, The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn, 8 p.m., continues through July 1, O’Reilly Theatre, 621 Penn Ave., downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org.

June 1

Art and Jewelry Sale to benefit the Pitt Graduate School of Public Health’s Evelyn H. Wei Scholarship Award in Epidemiology, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Parran Hall’s 1st-floor lounge.

Musical Performance, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing Ondes Martenot by Jean Laurendeau and Turangalila-Symphonie by Messiaen, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, 8 p.m., also 2:30 p.m. June 3, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., downtown, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

June 2

Workshop about Pennsylvania’s open records law and proposals to change it, featuring attorney Ron Barber, WTAE-TV investigative reporter Jim Parsons, state Senator Jim Ferlo, and other panelists; 9 a.m.-noon, Pitt’s William Pitt Union, Pittsburgh Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, 412-392-3987.

Volunteering Opportunity to work at the Point Breeze warehouse location of Global Links, an international aid organization that collects and repackages surplus medical supplies for distribution to needy clinics worldwide, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Pitt Volunteer Pool, 412-624-7709, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.

Lectures, “Uprooting Poverty,” featuring Ralph Bangs, associate director of Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems, and other speakers; 7-9 p.m., also
11 a.m.-2 p.m. June 3; East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave., East Liberty Presbyterian Church’s Prophetic Voices Today speakers series, 412-441-3800, www.cathedralofhope.org.

June 3

Musical Performance by Finnish violinists Linnea and Sylvia Hurttia and pianist William Larson of Scandinavian music, with proceeds supporting construction of Pitt’s Finnish Heritage Nationality Room, 2 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 412-372-6876.

June 4

PhD Dissertation Defense by Kristie Henchir Burgess, Pitt Department of Bioengineering, “Development of Microfabricated Biohybrid Artificial Lung Modules,” 9 a.m., McGowan Institute’s Room 237, 3025 E. Carson St., South Side.

Lecture, “Comparing the Roles of Protein Kinases Using High Throughput Functional Screens,” Edward E. Harlow, professor and chair of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, noon, Scaife Hall’s Auditorium 6, Senior Vice Chancellor’s Laureate Lecture Series, 412-383-7382.

PhD Dissertation Defense by Feng Dai, Pitt Department of Biostatistics, “Variance Components Models in Statistical Genetics: Extensions and Applications,”
1 p.m., A425 Crabtree Hall.

PhD Dissertation Defense by Gusphyl Justin, Pitt Department of Bioengineering, “Generating Electricity Within the Physiological Environment for Low-Power Implantable Medical Device Applications: Towards the Development of In-Vivo Biofuel Cell Technologies,” 2 p.m., Parkvale Annex’s Room 217, 3520 Forbes Ave.

June 5

Healthy Aging Classes, free classes for adults age 50 and older, 9-11 a.m. every Tuesday for four weeks, CCAC Bethel Park Center, 5852 Keystone Dr., Pitt’s Center for Healthy Aging, 412-383-1312, www.healthyaging.pitt.edu.

June 6

PhD Dissertation Defense by Lorraine M. Reiser, Pitt School of Nursing, “Health Beliefs and Behaviors of College Women,” 10 a.m., 430 Victoria Building.

PhD Dissertation Defense by Purwanto Subroto, Pitt Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, “Financing the Education Sector Under the Current Decentralized System in Indonesia: Disparities in Education Expenditures Per Student at Public Junior Secondary Schools,” 11 a.m., 5702 Posvar Hall.

PhD Dissertation Defense by Guy A. Rossi, Pitt Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, “The Classroom Walkthrough: The Perceptions of Elementary School Principals on Its Impact on Student Achievement,” 4 p.m., 4314 Posvar Hall.

Ovarian Cancer Education Session, “Cancer and the Environment,” Jean Latimer, investigator at UPMC’s Hillman Cancer and a Pitt professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences; 6-7 p.m., Gilda’s Club, 2816 Smallman St., Strip District, call 412-802-8299 to register.

June 7

PhD Dissertation Defense by Brenda Marguerite Glascott, Pitt Department of English, “The Ends of Literacy Education: Evangelical Protestantism and the Nineteenth-century Origins of Contemporary Writing Instruction,” 2 p.m., 2201 Posvar Hall.

Musical Performance, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, 7:30 p.m., continues through June 10, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., downtown, 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Film Screening, Law of Desire, 8 p.m., 1501 Posvar Hall, Pitt Film Studies Program’s Films of Pedro Almodovar series, tla14@pitt.edu or cks1@pitt.edu.

June 8
Workshop, “The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business,” 7:30-10 a.m., 309 Mervis Hall, Pitt’s Small Business Development Center; to register, 412-648-1542.

Healthy Aging Classes, free classes for adults age 50 and older, 9-11 a.m. every Friday for four weeks, CCAC North Hills Campus, 8701 Perry Highway, Pitt’s Center for Healthy Aging, 412-383-1312, www.healthyaging.pitt.edu.

June 11

PhD Dissertation Defense by Stephanie Zerwas, Pitt Department of Psychology, “Imagination in Motion: Pretense Representation as Perceptual Simulation,” 10 a.m., 4127 Sennott Square.

June 12

PhD Dissertation Defense by Monica Solinas, Pitt Department of Sociology, “Precursors of Intimate Partner Abuse: Drawing Upon Three Theoretical Perspectives,” noon, 2431 Posvar Hall.

June 14

Workshop, “The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business,” 8:30-10 a.m., Fort Jackson Building, Suite 150, 19 S. Washington St., Waynesburg, Pa., Pitt’s Small Business Development Center; to register, 412-648-1542.

Film Screening, Bad Education, 8 p.m., 1501 Posvar Hall, Pitt Film Studies Program’s Films of Pedro Almodovar series, tla14@pitt.edu or cks1@pitt.edu.

Theatrical Performance, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, adapted from the poetry of Michael Ondaatje, 8 p.m., Garden Theatre, 12 W. North Ave., North Side, Quantum Theatre, 412-697-2929, www.quantumtheatre.com.

Theatrical Performances, Fourth Annual Pittsburgh Pride Theater Festival, showcasing LGBT-themed plays by local playwrights, 8 p.m., through
June 24, 542 Penn Ave., downtown, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company