INSIDE Ronald Linden is European Studies Center director...... 2 Exhibition from Pitt’s Cook Ranch in Wyoming...... 3 PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume XII • Number 3 • January 24, 2011

Arts and Culture 2 • Pitt Chronicle • January 24, 2011 Ronald Linden Named Director of Pitt’s European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence By Amanda Leff Ritchie

Ronald Linden, professor of political International Actors,” published in Central science in the University of ’s and East European Politics: From Commu- School of Arts and Sciences, has been named nism to Democracy (Rowman & Littlefield director of Pitt’s European Studies Center Publishers, Inc., 2007), and “The Burden of and European Union Center of Excellence, Belonging: Romanian and Bulgarian For- effective immediately. eign Policy in the New Era” I n a n nou nci ng t he (Journal of Balkan and Near appointment, Lawrence Eastern Studies, 2009). He Feick, director of Pitt’s Uni- was also a contributing author versity Center for Interna- to the volume The Berlin Wall: tional Studies (UCIS), said, 20 Years Later, published by “Ron is a superb scholar who the U.S. Department of State has a deep understanding of in 2009 to commemorate both Western and Eastern 20 years since the fall of the Europe. He brings wide-rang- Berlin Wall. ing and critically important During his career, Linden experience to this position, has served as a Fulbright including his previous time Research Scholar and a Ful- in UCIS as a very success- bright Distinguished Lecturer Use of Donepezil With an Antidepressant ful director of Russian and Ronald Linden in Yugoslavia, a research Eastern European Studies. scholar at the Kennan Insti- Under Ron’s leadership, our programs and tute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Cuts Incidence of Dementia in Older Adults, activities in European studies and European Woodrow Wilson International Center Union studies will continue to flourish, and for Scholars, a senior fellow at the United we will enhance our position as one of the States Institute of Peace under the Jennings Reynolds-Led Study Finds highest-impact programs Randolph Program on in the world focused on International Peace, By Megan Grote Quattrini this critical region.” A Pitt faculty member since and a guest scholar A Pitt faculty member of the East European Donepezil, a medication used to treat watch for early signs of any depressive since 1977, Linden has 1977, Linden has focused Studies Program of dementia in Alzheimer’s patients, was found relapse and treat as needed. focused his research on the Woodrow Wilson to enhance language, memory, and executive The study was supported in part by Central and Southeast- his research on Central International Center functioning in older, depressed adults to a the National Institutes of Health and by the ern Europe. He served as and Southeastern Europe. for Scholars. greater extent than was evident from the UPMC Endowed Chair in Geriatric Psy- director of the Center for I n 2 0 0 9 - 1 0 , use of an antidepressant medication alone, chiatry. It was also a unique collaboration Russian and East Euro- He served as director of Linden was awarded according to a new study by the University between the National Institute of Mental pean Studies from 1984 a Transatlantic Acad- of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The study, Health-sponsored Late Life Depression to 1989 and again from the Center for Russian emy Fellowship from published in the Archives of General Psy- Center and UPMC’s Alzheimer’s Disease 1991 to 1998. From 1989 the German Marshall chiatry, is the first to provide scientifically Research Center. to 1991, he was director and East European Studies Fund in Washing- rigorous evidence to guide clinical practice of research for Radio Free ton, D.C., where he in older adults with both major depression Europe in Munich, Ger- from 1984 to 1989 and was part of a project and mild cognitive impairment. CORRECTION: In last week’s story about many, where his respon- again from 1991 to 1998. devoted to study- “Cognitive impairment is a core feature BNY Mellon’s $1 million donation to Pitt for programs sibilities included super- ing Turkish foreign of depression in older adults and may fore- administered through the David Berg Center for vision of the publication From 1989 to 1991, he policy. In addition, shadow the development of dementia,” said Ethics and Leadership, the text should have stated of the weekly Report on Linden has received Charles F. Reynolds, lead author of the study that Center benefactor David Berg received his Eastern Europe. was director of research research grants from and UPMC Endowed Chair of Geriatric undergraduate education and first year of legal Linden is the author the National Council Psychiatry. “While treatment of depres- education at Pitt and that he earned his law degree or editor of seven books for Radio Free Europe in for Eurasian and East sion usually benefits associated cognitive from Harvard University. on Central and Eastern European Research impairment, it does not completely regulate Europe, with another Munich, Germany, where and from the Interna- cognitive impairment and may not delay the forthcoming. He has also his responsibilities included tional Research and progression to dementia. So, even in remis- published more than 25 Exchanges Board. sion, older adults with past depression may articles and chapters since supervision of the Linden received still show residual cognitive difficulties, 1979. His most recent pub- his PhD in poli- such as slowing of information processing PittChronicle lications include introduc- publication of the weekly tics from Princeton speed and impairments in executive or lan- Newspaper of the tions for and editing of two University in 1976, guage function. Our study showed that by special issues of Prob- Report on Eastern Europe. his master’s degree adding donepezil, cognition can be improved PUBLISHER Robert Hill lems of Post-Communism, in political science beyond that which is seen simply with the ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith “The Meaning of 1989 and from the University of treatment of depression itself.” EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer After” (2009) and “The New Populism in Michigan in 1971, and his bachelor’s degree For the study, researchers compared EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet Central and Southeast Europe” (2008). He is in government from Boston University in 130 depressed adults older than 65—with ART DIRECTOR Gary A. Cravener the author of “EU Accession and the Role of 1969. 67 of the adults receiving donepezil, mar- STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake keted under the trade name Aricept, and 63 John Fedele receiving a placebo. The participants were Morgan Kelly followed for two years while researchers Amanda Leff Ritchie University of Pittsburgh’s Confucius explored the effects of donepezil and placebo Patricia Lomando White on five areas of neuropsychological func- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Annabelle Clippinger tioning: speed of information processing, Megan Grote Quattrini memory, language, visuospatial function- Happenings ediitor Baindu Saidu Institute Is an Institute of the Year ing, and executive functioning, or brain processes that are responsible for planning The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by The Chinese Ministry of and abstract thinking. University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, Education’s Office of Chinese Pitt is one of five North American The researchers noted two unexpected 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Language Council International findings: Donepezil seemed to delay the Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, (Hanban) named the Asian Stud- institutes to receive the honor. progression of mild cognitive impairment to E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu ies Center’s Confucius Institute frank dementia, and the use of the drug was (CI-Pitt) at the University of Pittsburgh one This is the second time CI-Pitt has associated with somewhat higher recurrence The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal of 30 Confucius Institutes of the Year during rates of clinical depression episodes, Reyn- opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any the organization’s annual conference, which been recognized as one of the top olds said. “So, there was both a benefit and basis prohibited by law. was held in Beijing in December. Pitt is one a risk to adding donepezil to antidepressant of five North American institutes to receive Confucius Institutes since it was pharmacotherapy in older adults. Fortu- the honor. This is the second time CI-Pitt has nately, the majority of recurrent depressive been recognized as one of the top Confucius founded in May 2007. episodes could be treated to remission.” About the cover Institutes since it was founded in May 2007. Adding donepezil to maintenance anti- Eternal Reverie by Ben Danforth is part of Pitt’s Studio Arts CI-Pitt was the first Confucius Institute two to 24 Chinese teachers, from three to 57 depressant medication appears to be useful Wyoming Field Study Exhibition, showing through Jan. 28 in Pennsylvania and is the largest Hanban- partner schools, and from 49 to about 2,100 in the care of older, depressed patients with in the ’s University Art Gallery. The sponsored volunteer teacher program in the students. In the past year alone, participation mild cognitive impairment but does not show’s four contributing artists are to be in the gallery at United States. Since its inception, CI-Pitt has has increased 80 percent. benefit those with normal cognition. The noon Jan. 26 to discuss their work. (Story on page 3.) experienced rapid growth—expanding from —By Amanda Leff Ritchie researchers stress that clinicians should January 24, 2011 • University of Pittsburgh • 3 Arts and Culture

At Home on Pitt’s Cook Ranch UAG Exhibition Reveals Beauty, Artists’ Introspection During a Journey Amid Dinosaur Bones “It was fun to interact “Having nothing to focus on but one’s with the science students,” work was an enormously beneficial said Ellyn Womelsdorf (A&S experience.” ’10), who studied in Wyo- Danforth says he was inspired by ming as a postbacca- the grand scale of things, and that laureate art student. the enormous Wyoming sky “They learned from helped him put in perspec- us, and we learned tive his own existence in from them,” she the world. added, saying that “It was amazing the science stu- to watch the students dents would pop struggle with their into the studio to sense of time, place, see the artists’ and landscape in work, and vice relation to their own versa. work,” said Jenkins, T h e C o o k who managed to Ranch was rich with carve out a side trip inspiration, the young to Denver, where the artists said. Rob Hack- students visited galler- ett, who will graduate this ies, an art museum, and December, hiked to the top two of her artist friends who of Medicine Bow Peak and work out of studios in the Colo- took seven photographs of rado mountains. the sweeping vistas. He then On the ranch, the students “stitched” them together to hiked together and individu- create a wide panorama that ally. They crawled over boulders, is part of the exhibition. explored an alley where a night- Womelsdorf, mean- hawk had taken up residence in an while, found inspiration in abandoned house, and watched a a tiny mosquito, from the golden eagle soar into flight right swarms that would cling to in front of them. Each student kept the studio’s screen door at a journal; in fact, every word night. She drew one mos- of Womelsdorf’s journal was quito against a red backdrop recopied to form the backdrop created from a mixture of for one of her large pieces in the Together (Symbiosis) by Rob Hackett waterproof and acrylic ink. exhibition. She poured the ink onto the Jenkins called the Studio By Sharon S. Blake paper, then dripped dena- Arts Wyoming Field Study a tured alcohol on the surface, “microcosm of graduate school,” On a Wyoming ranch rich with dinosaur creating a kind of mottled tie-dyed effect. not unlike a Master of Fine Arts pro- bones and never-ending vistas, four Pitt Similarly, additional pieces with blue, green, gram. “It was a dedicated round-the- University Honors College students worked or yellow backgrounds feature other Western clock studio space with a community day and night on their art. Armed with the iconography—a snow fence, windmills, and of peers engaged in similar work,” she said. usual artistic tools—paint and paintbrushes, a pronghorn antelope. “The students had a sense of purpose rooted canvases, cameras—the young artists also Nickolas Reynolds, who will graduate Untitled in curiosity, experimentation, and creative relied on their strong arms to carry objects in April, said he had decided beforehand that by Nickolas Reynolds problem solving.” to create sculptures and their observant eyes he would create watercolors of landscapes. Most of the art and paleontology stu- to assess the new territory. But on the way to the site, he kept noticing dents have kept in touch with one another The students were participants in Pitt’s abandoned cars with grasslands sprouting since last year’s adventure. second annual Wyoming Field Study, a from where the seats had once been. “People “My roommate out in Wyoming is now 16-day, three-credit course offered in con- had deserted these cars with the intention Below: my roommate here in Pittsburgh,” smiled junction with the University Honors College. of coming back,” he said, adding that some In the Distance Womelsdorf. Their charge: to study and create art at Cook Rock River residents abandon by Ellyn Womelsdorf Ranch, the 4,700-acre parcel of land on the houses in the same fashion. High Plains of Wyoming that was donated Reynolds’ explorations took to Pitt five years ago. Accompanying them him to the local dump, which was was Pitt art professor Delanie Jenkins, chair heaped with piles of rusted junk. of the Department of Studio Arts. One of his exhibition pieces is a Their time on the ranch produced a mobile made of hubcaps, a rusted panoply of colorful and, at times, introspec- license plate, and large railroad tive paintings, drawings, and sculptures. spikes. When touched, the rusty Interestingly, not a dinosaur bone is to be pieces of metal clink against one found in any of them. Sixteen works from another and evoke a surprisingly their summer 2010 adventure are on display delicate tinkling sound, like glass in the Studio Arts Wyoming Field Study chimes. Exhibition, which runs through Jan. 28 in The fourth student, Ben the Frick Fine Arts Building’s University Danforth, created what he calls a Art Gallery. All four students will be in the “highly symbolic” body of work gallery at noon Jan. 26 to discuss their work. using ink and gouache on paper. Jenkins and the students drove across What surprised him the most was the country last June to Cook Ranch. They how well he functioned with no set up their studio in a nearby 1919-era bank distractions. building in Rock River; they roomed at a “Students in a BA program hotel with other Honors College students rarely have time to think solely who were enrolled in an on-site paleontology about artwork and reflect on its course. The overlapping courses are part of development,” said Danforth, the University’s commitment to use the land who graduated last month from for multidisciplinary education and research. the School of Arts & Sciences. 4 • Pitt Chronicle • January 24, 2011 Arts and Culture

PITT ARTS Sets Feb. 4 as PSO Russia Night for Pitt Community Awards&More If the cold weather and snow are and Dante’s The Divine Comedy will be making you think of Russia, there is a performed by actors Sara Trapnell, Ryan warmer alternative. Melia, and Anthony McKay. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Members of the Pitt community who had served as associate vice president (PSO), PITT ARTS, and Pitt’s Center for purchase their tickets through the PITT for development, acting vice president Russian and East European Studies (REES) ARTS program will be treated to a free are sponsoring a Pitt Russia Night at Heinz postconcert dessert in Heinz Hall’s Grand for university relations, and director of Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. Tier Lounge and an opportunity to corporate and foundation relations. The event is part of the two- meet the artists. week Tchaikovsky Festival, PITT ARTS tickets for Robert Stein, assistant director of the which runs Feb. 2-12. Russia Night with the PSO Small Business Development Center in Russian pianist Denis are $15 (Gallery), $20 the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Matsuev will return to (Family Circle), or $28 Business’ Institute for Entrepreneurial Heinz Hall at 8 p.m. (Main Floor) and are Excellence (IEE), was named a Micro- Feb. 4 during the fes- available through soft Most Valuable Professional for the tival’s opening week- PITT ARTS, www. eighth consecutive year. The MVP award end. Two years ago, pittar ts.pitt.edu, Matsuev received a 412-624-4498. is given to technical community leaders rave reception from T h e Tc h a i - who share their expertise and provide Pittsburgh audi- kovsky Festival feedback to help people enhance their ences for his criti- includes events use of technology. A nationally renowned cally acclaimed per- feat u r i ng f il m , innovator and advisor in the technology formances of Rach- poet r y, theater, industry, Stein is also the manager of the maninoff’s Third chamber music, and Information Technology Program at IEE. Piano Concerto. solo piano perfor- The program for mances in addition to Margaret Smith, a pro- next month’s concert, two weekends of PSO Lynn Iams Barger has fessor in Pitt’s School of which will be conducted concerts dedicated to by Gianandrea Noseda, the composer. been named executive Education whose expertise is includes Tchaikovsky’s As part of the festival, director of Institutional mathematics education, was Piano Concerto No. 1 with Pitt’s REES, Department of Advancement at the Uni- recently appointed the editor versity of Pittsburgh at of the Mathematics Teacher Matsuev as soloist; the rarely Tchaikovsky Music, and Film Studies Program performed love scene —based on will present a daylong Tchaikovsky Johnstown. Barger was Educator. The publication is themes from Tchaikovsky’s famous Romeo Symposium at from 10:30 selected following a a joint venture between the and Juliet Fantasy-Overture—that was a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 5. It is free and open to national search. Previ- Association of Mathematics realized from Tchaikovsky’s sketches after the public, but requires advance registra- ously, she was employed Teacher Educators and the his death by his student Sergey Taneyev as tion by phoning 412-392-4828. For more by Indiana University of National Council of Teachers a 13-minute work for soprano, tenor, and information on the symposium, includ- Pennsylvania where she of Mathematics. orchestra; and Tchaikovsky’s orchestral ing the complete schedule, contact Phil Lynn Iams Barger work Francesca da Rimini. Soprano Dani- Thompson in the Department of Music elle Pastin and tenor James Flora will sing at [email protected]. For more about in the Romeo and Juliet love scene; excerpts the PSO’s Tchaikovsky Festival, contact from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet PITT ARTS. Bookshelf PITT ARTS Moves to Permanent GSPIA Professor Louise Comfort Writes Book on Resilience Offices in 907 Louise K. Comfort, a professor and director skills, among others. Its examples provide guidance to other nations and states in assessing their own After almost seven months in a temporary complete with columns. of the Center for Disaster Management in Pitt’s disaster-management systems and what needs to be space on the third floor of the William Pitt Union PITT ARTS has been connecting students on Graduate School of Public and International Affairs changed to achieve resilience. (WPU), PITT ARTS the Pittsburgh campus in (GSPIA), is coauthor of the recently Comfort has written extensively now has a permanent to the cultural published book Designing Resilience on disaster response management, address and newly life of Pittsburgh since (University of Pittsburgh Press, including “Asymmetric Information renovated offices. The the arts organization 2010). Processes in Extreme Events: The 26 program’s space in was founded in 1997. Coedited by Arjen Boin, adjunct December 2004 Sumatran Earthquake 907 WPU features a Funded by the Office of professor in the Public Administration and Tsunami” in Communicable Crises: large main office with the Provost, the program Institute of Louisiana State University, Prevention, Response and Recovery ample room for the sponsors more than 110 and Chris C. Demchak, associate in the Global Arena (Information Age PITT ARTS Program’s free student outings for professor in the School of Public Publishing, 2007) and “Communica- three fulltime staff, Pitt undergraduates Administration and Policy at the Uni- tion, Coherence, and Collective Action: work-study students, each year. PITT ARTS versity of Arizona, Tucson, Designing The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on and student hosts; a also provides on-campus Resilience presents case studies of Communications Infrastructure” in lounge where Pitt fac- art experiences as well extreme events. The authors analyze Public Works Management and Policy (Sage, 2006). ulty, staff, and students as discounted cultural the affected citizens and systems management of Renowned for her expertise in emergency man- can fill out their Cheap Seats forms; and a work opportunities for faculty, staff, and undergraduate such large-scale disasters as Hurricane Katrina in agement and response, Comfort is also recognized area to assemble the program’s large interoffice and graduate students. Additional information is the United States and the 2005 London subway as an authority in organizational theory, innovation mailings. And here's the renovation finale: a available at www.pittarts.pitt.edu and 412-624- bombings in the United Kingdom. The book outlines elements critical to effective and behavior, and information technology policy custom-designed entryway resembling a theater, 4498. —By Annabelle Clippinger disaster management: quality of response, capac- and management. ity to improvise, proper coordination, and survival —Amanda Leff Ritchie January 24, 2011 • University of Pittsburgh • 5 Arts and Culture CALENDAR J a n u a r y Alumni Hall, Pitt’s Kuntu Speaker Series, Pitt Center on Race and Repertory Theatre, 412-624- Social Problems, 412-624-7382, swww. 8498, www.kuntu.org. crsp.pitt.edu. Music29 on the Edge: Third Coast Per- Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner cussion, 8 p.m., Carnegie Library Lec- “The Queer Art of Failure,” lecture and Frederick Loewe, tale ture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, by Judith Halberstam, Pitt Humani- about the courage of King Pitt Department of Music, Andy Warhol ties Center fellow, 5 p.m., Ballroom B, Arthur, the beauty of Guine- Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, 412- University Club, Pitt Humanities Center, vere, and the chivalry of Sir 624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. Pitt’s Women’s Studies, 412-624-6485, Lancelot, through Feb. 20, www.wstudies.pitt.edu. Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, 412- 31 316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT “The ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392- Intractable Cats, Byham Theater, 4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Career of through February 6 James Crow Marcus; or the Secret III,” Robert Hill, of Sweet by Tarell Alvin Pitt vice chancellor for public Aafairs, McCraney, companion play noon, School of Social Work Confer- to City Theatre’s 2008 hit ence Center, 20th floor, Cathedral of The Brothers Size, through Learning. Reed Smith Spring 2011 Feb. 13, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 412- Haydn’s Concerto No. 1, 431-2489, www.citytheatre- company.org. Violinist Viviane Hagner, Menahem Pressler, distin- Heinz Hall, guished pianist performing January 28 and 30 Beethoven, Debussy, and Schubert, 7:30 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Bellefield Hall Recital Series, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, 412-624-4129, www.pitts- burghchambermusic.org. Traces, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, 26 through February 5 Bound (Andy and Lana Wachowski, 1996), free film screening, 7:45 p.m., 3415 Posvar Hall, Contemporary Queer Cinemas Public Film Series Spring 2011, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624- F e b r u a r y 24 6485, www.wstudies.pitt.edu. Classics, 412-392-4900, www.pitts- Nunsense by Dan Goggin, popular 1 burghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap musical from the 1980s, through April 17, “Low Theory: Losing Hope and Find- Seats for Feb. 4, 412-392-4900, www. 27 ing Nemo,” colloquium, Judith Hal- pittarts.pitt.edu. CLO Cabaret, 719 Liberty Ave., Down- Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, also town, 412-281-3973, www.pittsburghclo. berstam, Pitt Humanities Center fellow, Jan. 29, Feb. 1, 4, and 6, CAPA Theater, 12:30 p.m., 602 , org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392- Ft. Duquesne Boulevard and 9th Street, 4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Pitt Humanities Center, Pitt’s Women’s 5 Downtown, Pittsburgh Opera, 412-456- Studies, 412-624-6485, www.wstudies. Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective, 6666, www.pittsburghopera.org. The Art of Structure, through Feb. 6; pitt.edu. exhibition, through May 1, Carnegie Andre Kertesz: On Reading, through Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oak- Cats, popular musical by Andrew Lloyd land, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org. Feb. 13; Ordinary Madness: James Weber inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poetry, Lee Byars, through Feb. 20; Past through Feb. 6, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth 2 Meets Present: Decorative Arts and “The Future of Queer Studies,” Storied Past: Four Centuries of Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Musical French Drawings From the Blanton Design, ongoing; Carnegie Museum of open forum for undergraduates, Judith Theatre, 412-456-6666, www.pittsburgh- Halberstam, Pitt Humanities Center Museum of Art, exhibition featuring Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412- musicals.com, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 622-3131, www.cmoa.org. fellow, 4 p.m., 602 Cathedral of Learning, more than 60 drawings produced over a 412-392-4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Pitt Humanities Center, Pitt’s Women’s Pitt Humanities Center Fellow 400-year period, through April 17, Frick Queloides: Race and Racism in Studies, 412-624-6485, www.wstudies. Art Museum, Frick Art & Historical Judith Halberstam, Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, Cuban Contemporary Art, exhibition pitt.edu. Cathedral of Learning, featuring 12 artists renowned for 28 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org. Jay Hitt, songwriter, arranger, and Tchaikovsky Festival Recital: Music February 1-4 their critical work on issues of performer, noon, free, The Cup & Tchaikovsky Festival: “Tchaikovsky race, discrimination, and iden- and Melancholy, Richard Kogan, Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hill- Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt. the Man” Screening and Conference, tity; cocurated by Alejandro lecture and solo piano performance, edu. man Library, Emerging Legends 7:30 p.m., Levy Hall at Rodef Shalom with screening of Ken Russell’s The de la Fuente, UCIS research Concert Series Spring 2011, Pitt professor of history and Latin Temple, 4905 Fifth Ave., Oakland, www. Tchaikovsky Festival Recital: The Music Lovers (1970) and performance of University Library System, Cal- Pittsburghsymphony.org. Piano Trio in A Minor, 10:30 a.m. to 5 American studies, through liope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Virtuoso Tchaikovsky, solo piano Feb. 27, Mattress Factory, p.m., Pitt’s Bellefield Hall, advance regis- Society, www.calliopehouse.org. University of Pittsburgh Symphony performances and Souvenir de Florence tration for free event at 412-392-4828, 500 Sampsonia Way, string sextet, 7:30 p.m., Kresge Recital Orchestra, performing Saint-Saëns’ www.pittsburghsymphony.org. North Side, Pitt’s Univer- Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Col- sity Center for Interna- Violin Concerto No. 3 with soloist lege of Fine Arts Bldg., 5000 Forbes Ave., Sibelius’ Symphony Rebecca Theophanous and Debussy’s tional Studies, Center for No. 5 with conductor www.pittsburghsymphony.org. Latin American Studies, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, 8 Arild Remmereit, and, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Tchaikovsky Festival Recital: 412-322-2231, www.mat- in Haydn’s Concerto Tchaikovsky and His Circle, tress.org. Department of Music, 412-624-4125, featuring No. 1, violinist Vivi- www.music.pitt.edu. 4 works by Taneyev, Arensky, and Pabst, ane Hagner, The Moonlighters, old-time Appala- Beat ‘Em Bucs—The 7:30 p.m., Bellefield Hall, Pittsburgh 8 p.m., also Jan. 30, The Well of Horniness chian and roots music, noon, free, The Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Story of the 1960 by Holly Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hill- Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Hughes, directed by Jeremy Enz-Doer- Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www. Pittsburgh Pirates, Ave., Downtown, man Library, Emerging Legends Concert through January; schner, and Authorial Intent by Itamar pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Pittsburgh Symphony Series Spring 2011, Pitt University Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, www.pit- Memories of Mario, Moses, directed by Allison Coldeway, Library System, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Orchestra, BNY Mellon Pitt Repertory Student Lab double fea- tarts.pitt.edu. through Feb. 13; Angels Grand Classics, 412-392- Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse. of Mercy: Sisters in ture, Feb. 2-6 and 11-13, Studio Theatre, org. 4900, www.pittsburghsym- Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Repertory Healthcare in West- phony.org, PITT ARTS ern Pennsylvania, Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts, “Transgenders in a Global Frame,” 9 Cheap Seats, 412-392- 412-624-6568, www.play.pitt.edu. Fire (Deepa Mehta 1996), free film through May 1; 4900, www.pittarts.pitt. public lecture with Judith Halberstam, Pittsburgh: A screening, 7:45 p.m., 3415 Posvar Hall, edu. Pitt Humanities Center fllow, 2 p.m., 602 Contemporary Queer Cinemas Public Tradition of Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Humanities Innovation, 3 Film Series Spring 2011, Pitt Women’s “Dude, Where’s My Phallus?: For- Center, Pitt’s Women’s Studies, 412-624- Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www. ongoing; Heinz 6485, www.wstudies.pitt.edu. History Center, getting, Losing, Looping,” discussion wstudies.pitt.edu. Utopia by Rachel with Judith Halberstam, Pitt Humanities 1212 Smallman Harrison, Music on the Edge: Cellist Dave St., Strip District, Center fellow, 4 p.m., 602 Cathedral of Eggar, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Audito- Ordinary Madness, Learning, Pitt Humanities Center, Pitt’s 412-454-6000, www. rium, Pitt Department of Music, 412-624- Tchaikovsky10 Festival: The Poetic heinzhistorycenter.org. Carnegie Museum Women’s Studies, 412-624-6485, www. 4125, www.music.pitt.edu. of Art, wstudies.pitt.edu. Tchaikovsky, works for solo piano and Traces, written and through Matsuev Plays Tchaikovsky, for voice and piano, 7:30 p.m., Duquesne “Teahouse, Brothel, and Street Pitt Rus- University’s PNC Recital Hall, Mary directed by Gregory February 20 sian Night with conductor Gianandrea Kahlil Kareem Allen, Corner: Venues and Songs of a Hong Pappert School of Music, 600 Forbes Kong Blind Singer,” Noseda and pianist Denis Matsuev, Ave., www.pittsburghsymphony.org. through Feb. 5, Kuntu Bell Yung, Pitt 8 p.m., also Feb. 5-6, Heinz Hall, 600 Repertory Theatre, professor of music, noon, 4130 Posvar Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Sym- 7th-Floor Auditorium, Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian phony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand 6 • Pitt Chronicle • January 24, 2011 Arts and Culture

Heinz Chapel Choir Chamber Choir, Heinz Chapel, F e b r u a r y February 13 “An Update on Korean Studies Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Resources at the University Music on the Edge: 412-648-7370, [email protected]. of Pittsburgh,” Xiuying Zou, Clarinetist Jean Kopperud public services librarian, Pitt East and Percussionist Mahalia Jackson: Standing on Holy Asian Library, and Ho Nam Choi, Tom Kolor, Ground, written and directed by Vernell principle researcher, Korean Insti- A. Lillie, through March 12, 7th-Floor tute of Science and Technology Andy Warhol Museum, Auditorium, Alumni Hall, Pitt’s Kuntu Information, noon, 4130 Posvar February 19 Repertory Theatre, 412-624-8498, www. Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt kuntu.org. Asian Studies Center, 412-648- 7370, [email protected]. “‘Edo Era Robots?!’ The Art of men’s Guild Hall, 1815 Metropol- Karakuri-ningyo,” Armen Bakalian, Tchaikovsky Festival Finale, itan St., Manchester, MCG Jazz, Pitt graduate student in East Asian stud- with conductor Manfred Honeck 412-322-0800, www.mcgjazz.org. ies, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over and violinist Serge Zimmerman, Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, 1:30 p.m., also Feb. 11-12, Heinz Juan and John, created and 412-648-7370, [email protected]. Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, performed by Roger Guenveur Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Smith, also Feb. 19, August BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412- Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., 25 392-4900, www.pittsburghsym- Downtown, 412-456-6666, www. Honeck Conducts Beethoven Mas- Benjamin27 Beilman, augustwilsoncenter.org, PITT terpieces, award-winning phony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap with pianist Lars Vogt in violinist performing Bach, Strauss, Seats, 412-392-4900, www. ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392- Tchaikovsky Festival, Concerto No. 1, 8 p.m., also Feb. 26-27, 4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Carter, Tower, and Hubay, 7:30 p.m., pittarts.pitt.edu. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Bellefield February 2-12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Hall Recital Series, Pittsburgh Chamber Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, Music Society, 412-624-4129, www. www.pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT 11 19 Synod Hall, Fifth Avenue and North pittsburghchambermusic.org. Dracula, set to music by Franz Music on the Edge: Clarinetist ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, www. Jean Kopperud and Percus- Craig Street, Oakland, Renaissance & Liszt, through Feb. 13, Benedum pittarts.pitt.edu. Black Angels Over Tuskegee, sionist Tom Kolor, 8 p.m., Andy Baroque, 412-361-2048, www.rbsp.org, Layon Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Down- PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, Gray’s historical drama based on real-life town, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, Pitt Department www.pittarts.pitt.edu. experiences of Tuskegee Airmen—the 412-456-6666, www.pbt.org, 26 celebrated African American air squad- PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412- of Music, Andy Warhol Museum, Andrey Avinoff: In Pursuit of 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. Beauty, ron during World War II, 4 p.m., also 392-4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. exhibition, through June 5, Feb. 28, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Ave., Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes “‘Edo24 Era Robots?!’ The Art of Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust America’s Best Weekly: A Century of Voices of Music: An Evening with Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www. Karakuri-ningyo,” Armen Bakalian, Guest Attraction, 412-456-6666, www. The Pittsburgh Courier, through Bach, program highlighting the genius cmoa.org. of J.S. Bach’s lyrical musical invention, Pitt graduate student in East Asian stud- pgharts.org. Oct. 2, Heinz History Center, 1212 ies, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454- including Air on the G String, 8 p.m., 6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org. 12 Tango Fire, production traces history 17 of tango, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 “Comparative Health Status of Sixth Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Dance Women and Children in Indone- Council, www.pgharts.org, 412-456- sia, the Maldives, and Solomon 6666, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392- Islands,” Astri Ferdiana, doctoral 4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. candidate, Pitt Department of Epidemiol- ogy, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Jazz & Baseball, special event M a r c h Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, highlighting the historical connection 412-648-7370, [email protected]. between the music and the sport, through 2 A Gershwin Fantasy, Feb. 13, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild An Evening With Video Artist Monica T.4 Mitchell Bell, featuring Ann blues and Hampton Callaway and her band, Hall, 1815 Metropolitan St., Manchester, Enriquez-Enriquez, free film screening bluegrass, noon, free, The Cup & MCG Jazz, 412-322-0800, www.mcgjazz. and director’s talk, 7-9 p.m., Kelly- through March 20, Byham Theater, 101 Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hill- Sixth Ave., Downtown, 412-456-6666, org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624- Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., East man Library, Emerging Legends 4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Liberty, Contemporary Queer Cinemas www.pbt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, Concert Series Spring 2011, Pitt 412-392-4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Public Film Series Spring 2011, Pitt University Library System, Cal- Women’s Studies Program and Kelly- liope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music 13 Strayhorn Theater, 412-624-6485, www. Society, www.calliopehouse.org. Heinz Chapel Choir Chamber Choir wstudies.pitt.edu. 18 Festival, free, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, “Tribute Concert: A Symphonic Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, University of Pittsburgh Symphony Celebration of African American Cul- www.music.pitt.edu. Orchestra, performing Rimsky-Korsa- Music5 on the Edge: Entele- ture,” featuring soprano Angela Brown kov’s Sheherazade, 8 p.m., free, Belle- chron/Music of John Cage, 8 p.m., and conductor Thomas Hong, 7:30 p.m., field Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY 15 St., North Side, Pitt Department of Music on the Hair, New York Public Theater’s new pitt.edu. Music, Andy Warhol Museum, 412-624- Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, Tony-winning production, through Feb. 4125, www.music.pitt.edu. Edge:Newband, www.pittsburghsymphony.org. 17, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Down- New Hazlett town, PNC Broadway Across America, BNY Mellon Jazz presents Hiromi, Theater, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-6666, PITT “The3 Real of the Real: Kyoto Veg- Japanese pianist and composer, 8 p.m., March 19 Marvin Does ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, www. etables and Discourses of Authen- also March 6, BNY Mellon Jazz, Man- pittarts.pitt.edu. ticity,” Greg de St. Maurice, doctoral chester Craftsmen’s Guild Hall, 1815 Marvin, candidate, Pitt Department of Anthropol- Metropolitan St., Manchester, MCG Jazz, Heinz Hall, ogy, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over 412-322-0800, www.mcgjazz.org. 12 March 10-13 17 Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Precious Little by Madeleine George, “Audible Traces: Documenting 412-648-7370, [email protected]. You Are Here: Architecture and play about the beauty and limits of inter- Indian Prisoners of War in World Experience, exhibition, through May 29, personal communication, through War I Europe,” Neepa Majumdar, Pitt Tortelier & The Firebird, with conduc- Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes April 3, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., professor of English, noon, 4130 Posvar tor Yan Pascal Tortelier performing Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www. South Side, 412-431-2489, www.citythe- Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian works by Stravinsky and Tower, and, cmoa.org. atrecompany.org. Studies Center, 412-648-7370, asia@pitt. with violinist Nicola Benedetti, works edu. by Chausson, and Ravel, 1:30 and 8 p.m., also March 4-5, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn 13 Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Marvin10 Does Marvin, Music on the Edge: counter-induc- showcase of tion, 18 Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Marvin Hamlisch’s award-winning hits 8 p.m., Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Churchill in Short(s)? Tommy 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsym- and his personal journey, through March Sandusky St., North Side, Pitt Depart- Costello directing three lesser-known yet phony.org. 13, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Down- ment of Music, Andy Warhol Museum, thoroughly contemporary one-act plays town, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. by Caryl Churchill, through Feb. 27, Circle Mirror Transformation by BNY Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392- Henry Heymann Theater in the Stephen Annie Baker, how a beginner’s drama 4900, www.pittsburghsymphony.org. Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, workshop brings out unexpected truths, 14 Department of Theatre Arts, 412-624- through April 3, Pittsburgh Public Trio Cavatina, award-winning chamber 6568, www.play.pitt.edu. Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, ensemble performing Pärt, Mendels- 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT ARTS Ragnar11 Kjartansson: Song, sohn, and Beethoven, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Manhattan Transfer, Grammy Award- exhibi- Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, www.pit- tion, through Sept. 25, Carnegie Museum Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, winning vocal quartet, tarts.pitt.edu. Carnegie Music Hall Chamber Series, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Manchester Crafts- of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412- 622-3131, www.cmoa.org. Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, 412-624-4129, www.pittsburghchamber- music.org. January 24, 2011 • University of Pittsburgh • 7 CALENDAR

Turandot, Heinz Chapel Benedum Center, Choir Chamber March 26 and 27, Choir, April 1 and 3 IonSound Project: Heinz Chapel, Pitt Graduate February 13 Composers Concert, Bellefield Hall, March 28

M a r cDowntown, Opera Theater h of Pittsburgh, 412-456-1390, www.operatheaterpitts- 19 burgh.org. 30 Jane Monheit, Grammy-nom- The Bubble (Eytan Fox, 2006), inated jazz vocalist, 7 p.m. and free film showing, 7:45 p.m., 9:30 p.m., Manchester Craftsmen’s 3415 Posvar Hall, Contemporary Guild Hall, 1815 Metropolitan St., 26 Queer Cinemas Public Film Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, also Series Spring 2011, Pitt Women’s Manchester, MCG Jazz, 412-322- March 29 and April 1 and 3, Benedum 0800, www.mcgjazz.org. Studies Program, 412-624-6485, Center, 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, www.wstudies.pitt.edu. Pittsburgh Opera, 412-456-6666, www. Music on the Edge: Newband and pittsburghopera.org, PITT ARTS Cheap the Harry Partch Instruments, Seats, 412-392-4900, www.pittarts.pitt. 8 p.m., New Hazlett Theater, Allegheny edu. 31 Square East, North Side, Pitt Department “Teaching and Learning Eng- of Music, Andy Warhol Museum, 412- lish in China and Indonesia,” 624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. Sara Bularzik, graduate student, Pitt 28 Department of Education, noon, IonSound Project: Pitt Graduate 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Ensemble Caprice: Salsa Baroque, by Bob Telson, featuring the Mt. Ararat Composers Concert, free, 8 p.m., Belle- unique blend of European polyphony and Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Music Ministry, through March 27, field Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of 412-648-7370, [email protected]. Mexican and Bolivian traditional music, August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. 8 p.m., Synod Hall, Fifth Avenue and North Craig Street, Oakland, Renais- sance & Baroque, 412-361-2048, www. rbsp.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412- 624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. 15 Lukasz Kuropachewski, guitar Emily Rodgers, Pittsburgh-based singer performance, 8 p.m., PNC Recital Hall, and songwriter, noon, free, The Cup & Duquesne University School of Music, Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman 600 Forbes Ave., Uptown, Guitar Soci- Library, Emerging Legends Concert ety of Fine Art, 412-612-0499, www. Series Spring 2011, Pitt University gsfapittsburgh.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Library System, Calliope: The Pittsburgh Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt. A p r i l Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse. edu. org. 1 Schultz, Chatham Baroque, and Andrew As You Like It by William Shakespeare, The Amish Project, written by and Appel, 8 p.m., Synod Hall, Fifth Avenue Carpathian Music Ensemble, Pitt stu- 23 directed by Sam Turich, through starring Jessica Dickey, based on the and North Craig Street, Oakland, Renais- dents free with ID, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar April 10, Charity Randall Theatre in 2006 shooting at an Amish schoolhouse sance & Baroque, 412-361-2048, www. Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 2004), free film showing, 7:45 p.m., , Pitt Repertory in Lancaster, Pa., through May 8, City rbsp.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412- 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. 3415 Posvar Hall, Contemporary Queer Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts, Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, 624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Cinemas Public Film Series Spring 2011, 412-624-6568, www.play.pitt.edu. 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany. George Balanchine: Celebrating a Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624- org. Legend, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre builds 6485, www.wstudies.pitt.edu. African Music and Dance Ensemble, 11 on its long-standing tradition of ballets Pitt students free with ID, 8 p.m., Belle- Takács Quartet, Grammy Award- by this Russian-born American master, field Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department 6 winning ensemble performing Haydn, through April 17, Benedum Center, 803 24 of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfred- Bartók, and Schubert, 7:30 p.m., Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-456-6666, “High Returns, Low Aspirations? pitt.edu. son, 2008), free film screening, 7:45 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., www.pbt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, Social Norms and Education in 3415 Posvar Hall, Contemporary Queer Oakland, Carnegie Music Hall Chamber 412-392-4900, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Village India,” Annemie Maertens, Jeff Miller, guitar songwriter and per- Cinemas Public Film Series Spring 2011, Series, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Soci- Pitt assistant professor of international former, noon, free, The Cup & Chaucer Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624- ety, 412-624-4129, www.pittsburghcham- affairs, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Café, ground floor, , 6485, www.wstudies.pitt.edu. bermusic.org. 16 Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Emerging Legends Concert Series Spring Flamenco Completo: Marija Temo & Center, 412-648-7370, [email protected]. 2011, Pitt University Library System, Ulrika Frank, Mano a Mano, a collab- Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music 7 orative showcase of flamenco, classical, Black Nature: Four Centuries of Afri- Society, www.calliopehouse.org. “The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Justice University13 of Pittsburgh Symphony and contemporary styles in guitar, sing- can American Nature Poetry, read- vs. Impunity,” Sopheada Phy, Heinz Orchestra, free, performing Stravin- ing, and dance, 8 p.m., Pittsburgh Center ing, 7 p.m., August Wilson Center for Schumann & Richard Strauss, with Fellow, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia sky’s Firebird Suite, 8 p.m., Bellefield for the Arts, Simmons Hall, 6300 Fifth African American Culture, 980 Liberty conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Over Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Ave., Shadyside, Guitar Society of Fine Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Contem- and, in Liszt’s Concerto No. 2, pianist Center, 412-648-7370, [email protected]. Music, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt. Art, 412-612-0499, www.gsfapittsburgh. porary Writers Series, Pitt Department Jorge Federico Osorio, 8 p.m.; also edu. org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624- of English, Book Center, University of April 3, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 with con- 4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Pittsburgh Press, 412-624-6508, www. Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony ductor Herbert Blomstedt and, in Piano Henna Night by Amy Rosenthal, creativewriting.pitt.edu. Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics, Concerto No. 1, soloist Garrick Ohlsson, directed by Jess Edelstein, and Sparag- 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghsym- 1:30 p.m., also April 8-9, Heinz Hall, mos, based on Ian Johnston’s transla- 17 phony.org. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh tion of The Bacchae, directed by David Women’s Choral Ensemble Spring 25 Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Bisaha, choreographed by Ariel Nereson, Concert, free, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Steve Weber and Phil Smith, acoustic Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www. April 13-17, Pitt Repertory Student Lab Department of Music, 412-624-4125, blues and folk music by two Pitt profes- 2 pittsburghsymphony.org. double feature, Studio Theatre, Cathedral www.music.pitt.edu. sors, noon, free, The Cup & Chaucer Pitt Men’s Glee Club, Pitt students of Learning, Pitt Repertory Theatre, Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, free with ID, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church Lydia Davis, author, 8:30 p.m., Frick Department of Theatre Arts, 412-624- Emerging Legends Concert Series Spring of Pittsburgh, 159 N. Bellefield Ave., Fine Arts Auditorium, Pittsburgh 6568, www.play.pitt.edu. 2011, Pitt University Library System, Oakland, Pitt Department of Music, 412- Contemporary Writers Series, Pitt Wynonna28 Judd With Marvin and the Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music 624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. Department of English, Pitt Book Center, PSO, featuring Grammy Award-winning Society, www.calliopehouse.org. University of Pittsburgh Press, 412-624- 14 singer Judd, 7:30 p.m., Heinz Hall, IonSound Project, performing Nathan 6508, www.english.pitt.edu. Disney in Concert, featuring musical 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Black Nature: Four Centuries of Afri- Currier’s A Kafka Cantata, 8 p.m., Belle- scores, film clips, and artist perfor- Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon can American Nature Poetry, discus- field Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department mances from a variety of popular Disney Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www. sion, 2 p.m., 501 Cathedral of Learning, of Music, 412-624-4125, www.music. 8 films, through April 17, Heinz Hall, pittsburghsymphony.org, PITT ARTS Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, pitt.edu. Sue Gartland and Jordan Umbach, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, www.pit- Pitt Department of English, Book Center, members of Calliope Songwriters Circle, Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon tarts.pitt.edu. University of Pittsburgh Press, 412-624- noon, free, The Cup & Chaucer Café, Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, www. 6508, www.english.pitt.edu. ground floor, Hillman Library, Emerging pittsburghsymphony.org. The Marvelous Wonderettes by Legends Concert Series Spring 2011, Pitt Roger Bean, a return to the ’50s and Jeff Lorber, composer, producer, and University Library System, Calliope: The Superior Donuts by Pulitzer Prize- ’60s, through Oct. 2, CLO Cabaret, 719 keyboard legend, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www. winning playwright Tracy Letts, Chicago Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-281-3973, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Hall, 1815 calliopehouse.org. coffee shop serves as the setting for this www.pittsburghclo.org, PITT ARTS Metropolitan St., Manchester, MCG Jazz, new comedy, through May 15, Pittsburgh Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, www.pit- 412-322-0800, www.mcgjazz.org. Indonesian Music Concert, 8 p.m., Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Down- tarts.pitt.edu. also April 9, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, town, 412-316-1600, www.ppt.org, PITT Sheherazade, with conductor Andris Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125, ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, www. Nelson performing works by Rimsky- www.music.pitt.edu. pittarts.pitt.edu. 30 Korsakov and Mendelssohn, and, with Dialogues of the Carmelites by pianist Jonathan Biss, Beethoven’s Heinz Chapel Choir Spring Concert, Ben Franklin: In Search of a Better Francis Poulenc, story of 16 Carmelite Concerto No. 2, 8 p.m., also March 27, free, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Depart- World, exhibition exploring personal nuns who defended their faith and were Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, ment of Music, 412-624-4125, www. side of one of our founding fathers, executed during France’s l8th-century Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY music.pitt.edu. through July 31, Heinz History Center, Reign of Terror, 8 p.m., also May 3, 6, Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412- and 8, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty www.pittsburghsymphony.org. Indonesian Music Concert, 454-6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org. Avenue, Downtown, Pittsburgh Opera, 9 412-456-6666, www.pittsburghopera.org, The Gospel at Colonus, conceived and Bellefield Hall, April in Paris, celebrating an 18th- PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-392-4900, adapted by Lee Breuer, music composed April 8 and 9 century spring in Paris with Stephen www.pittarts.pitt.edu.

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Elisabeth Nemeth, visiting fellow, Pitt Learning. Reed Smith Spring 2011 Candidate Vaccine Strategies Against Center for Philosophy of Science, 12:05 Speaker Series, Pitt Center on Race Rift Valley Fever Virus,” G23 Parran p.m. Jan. 25, 817R Cathedral of Learn- and Social Problems, 412-624-7382, Hall. ing, Lunchtime Talk Series, Pitt Center swww.crsp.pitt.edu. for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, Happenings [email protected]. Miscellaneous “Law and Politics: Should the UN Suspend the TIES Informational Luncheon ICC Indictment Against for Researchers and Research Sudan’s President?” Assistants, talk on Text Information Charles C. Jalloh, assistant Extraction System (TIES), Rebecca professor, Pitt School of Law, Crowley, director, Biomedical Infor- 12:30 p.m. Jan. 26, 3911 matics Graduate Training Program, Posvar Hall, Ford Institute Pitt School of Medicine, 11 a.m. Jan. Speakers Series, Pitt European 26, Cooper Conference, Room C, Studies Center, European Hillman Cancer Center, open to Pitt Union Center of Excellence, and UPMC faculty, staff, and stu- Ford Institute for Human dents, Pitt Department of Biomedical Security, 412-648-7434, www. Informatics, 412-623-4753. fordinstitute.pitt.edu. “The World-Historical Dataverse: “Identifying the Molecu- A Work Plan in Programming,” lar and Genetic Basis of 3-4:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Information Sci- Sudden Cardiac Death,” ences Seminar Room, 501 Informa- Barry London, the Harry S. tion Sciences Building, Pitt World Tack Professor of Medicine History Center Dataverse Design and chief of the Division of Seminar, www.worldhistory.pitt.edu, Cardiology in Pitt’s School of 412-624-3073. Medicine, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 27, 2500 Posvar Hall, CIDDE CourseWeb Level 1 Work- “The Intractable Career of Pitt Provost’s Inaugural Lec- shop, instructions on Pitt’s imple- James Crow III,” ture Series, www.pitt.edu. mentation of the Blackboard Learning Cathedral of Learning, Management System, 2-4 p.m. Jan. January 31 “Tolerance and Its Bor- 31, B23 Alumni Hall, register online ders: Citizen Responses at www.cidde.pitt.edu. to Civil Liberties Disputes in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands,” Aaron Pitt PhD Abbarno, doctoral candidate, Pitt Department of Political Dissertation Science, noon Jan. 27, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pizza & Politics Defenses Lecture, Pitt European Stud- PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of ies Center, European Union David Cram Helwich, Pitt Chronicle will be published Jan. 31. “Tolerance and Its Borders: Citizen Responses to Civil Liberties Disputes in France, Center of Excellence, 412-624- School of Arts and Sci- 5404, [email protected]. ences Department of Items for publication in the newspaper’s Belgium, and the Netherlands,” Posvar Hall, Happenings calendar (see this page) should January 27 Communication, 1 p.m. “Beyond Reduction vs. Jan. 24, “Nuclear Weap- be received at least two weeks prior to Autonomy in Psychology,” ons After the Cold War: the event date. Happenings items should David Danks, professor of Change and Continuity in include the following information: title Lectures/Seminars/ philosophy, Carnegie Mellon Public Discourses,” 1109B of the event, name and title of speaker(s), University, 3:30 p.m. Jan. 28, 817R Cathedral of Learning. date, time, location, sponsor(s), and a phone Readings Cathedral of Learning, Annual Lecture number and Web site for additional infor- Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Sci- Nitin Bhardwaj, “U.S. Implications of New Develop- noon Jan. 25, Alcoa Room, Second ence, 412-624-1052, [email protected]. Graduate School of Public mation. Items may be e-mailed to chron@ ments in European Private Interna- Floor, , Pitt Center Health’s Department of pitt.edu, faxed to 412-624-4895, or sent by tional Law,” Volker Behr, professor, for International Legal Education, 412- “The Intractable Career of James Infectious Diseases and campus mail to 422 Craig Hall. For more University of Augsburg (Germany), with 648-7023, [email protected]. Crow III,” Robert Hill, Pitt vice Microbiology, 2 p.m. Jan. information, call 412-624-1033 or e-mail comments by Ronald A. Brand, Chan- chancellor for public Affairs, noon 26, “Development of [email protected]. cellor Mark A. Nordenberg University “Ernst Mach’s ‘Method of Variation’ Jan. 31, School of Social Work Confer- Chair and professor, Pitt School of Law, in Otto Neurath’s Economic Theory,” ence Center, 20th floor, Cathedral of