Wed March 5 - 6:00 PM
Univ of Pitt
501 Cathedral
Elmaz Abinader; Andrew Lam, editor with New American Media; and Tim Bascom, award winning author of Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia (Mariner Books, 2006); will be featured in a panel discussion, titled “Writing and Social Responsibility,”
Thu March 6 - 8:30 PM
Frick Auditorium
Pitt’s Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Center for Latin American Studies, and Eduardo Lozano Latin American Library Collection will present “Maquilapolis - City of Factories,” part of the New Millennium Film Series, at 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies. Some films may not be suitable for younger viewers. For more information, contact amigoscinelatinoamericano08@gmail.com or visit amigosdelcinelatinoamericano2008.blogspot.com.
Mon March 3 - 7 PM: Cafe Scientifique with Dr. Dan Volz (who is also speaking at the GASP event next month on energy from waste coal, as you may recall from my last email) on "What's in the Water? A Report on What's in the Rivers Around Pittsburgh and What It's Doing to the Wildlife -- and Maybe to You." Have dinner and a brew while learning about heavy metals and endocrine disruptors, and then perhaps join the crew of volunteer anglers helping to see what's what in this year's catch in the Allegheny River Stewardship Project. 7 p.m. at the Penn Brewery.
March 22: Film showing, "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" and a discussion about sustainability and local food. 1-4 pm in the Mount Lebanon Public Library. Caroline Tibbetts at (412)531-1912, or tibbettsc@einetwork.net .
March 27: The Local Living Economies and Urban Farming lecture series continues with Kenneth Warren on grassroots activism, local economies, and local food systems. 5-6:30 in McConomy Auditorium in CMU's University Center.
March 28-29: Local foods conference "Farm to Table: A Recipe for a Healthy Pittsburgh." https://www.pathwayswellnessprogram.com/farm_to_table_conference.html .
March 29: GASP ( http://www.gasp-pgh.org/ ) hosts a panel discussion at Rodef Shalom about energy generation from waste coal, featuring Eric Schaeffer of the Environmental Integrity Project and Dan Volz of the Center for Healthy Environments and Communities.
April 19: Earth Day community festival at Frick Environmental Center. For more information or to volunteer, contact Patty Himes at (412)422-6538 or patricia.himes@city.pittsburgh.pa.us .
April 29: The Local Living Economies and Urban Farming lecture series concludes with Judy Wicks, founder of Philadelphia's Sustainable Business Network, the White Dog Café, and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). 5-6:30 in the Connan Room in CMU's University Center.
April 30: Local Living Economies workshop, also at CMU.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
2008 Feb 25 - Mar 2
Thu Feb 28 - 12 PM
Pitt, 2413 Posvar Hall
Francesca Polletta, professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine, will deliver a lecture, titled “Victim Stories,” at noon, 2413 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences, Women’s Studies Program, Cultural Studies Program, and The Pittsburgh Social Movement Forum. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
Thu Feb 28 - 7:30 PM
Pitt, Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium
Peter Linebaugh, professor of history at the University of Toledo, will deliver the E.P. Thompson Memorial Lecture, at 7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This annual event is sponsored by Pitt’s Department of History. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
Thu Feb 28 - 5:00 PM
CMU- McConomy Auditorium
Black History Month Keynote Address
Jabari Asim, editor-in-chief of Crisis magazine, a preeminent journal of politics, ideas, and culture published by the NAACP, is this year's keynote speaker for Black History Month. Asim spent 11 years at the Washington Post, where he served as deputy editor of the book review section. For three years he wrote a syndicated column on political and social issues for the Post. He is also a former vice president of National Book Critics Circle. An accomplished poet, playwright and fiction writer, Asim has published work in a number of anthologies and literary magazines.
Thu Feb 28, 8:30pm •
Cathedral of Learning G-24
Latin American Film Festival "BATALLA EN EL CIELO"
Dir. Carlos Reygadas • Mexico - 2005
In the 1940s, Mexico City had a population of 1 million. It is said that life was quite pleasant there in those days. Today Mexico City is a megalopolis of more than 20 million souls. Marcos is the chauffer of the general who supervises the daily flag ceremonies. Marcos picks up the general's daughter Ana at the airport. He is the only member of Ana's household who is aware that she leads a double life. Although a child of Mexico's political elite, she works part time in a rather seedy Mexico City brothel--not for the money but as an act of rebellion and debasement. The intimacy which has developed from sharing this secret with Marcos has become physical. On this particular day, Marcos is troubled. When Ana questions him, he confesses a secret of his own: he and his wife have kidnapped an infant for ransom and the baby has died in their custody. As the police draw closer, Ana urges Marcos to turn himself in. But in the end, he seeks redemption from a higher power. A clash that reminds Marcos of his true station in life, and another death prefigures brings the tortured soul to join a crowd of pilgrims approaching the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Fri Feb 29 - 5 PM
CMU Art Gallery
The Regina Gouger Miller Gallery presents "Transit 2008," an exhibit featuring the diverse work of students from Carnegie Mellon, Kyoto University of Art & Design, Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design and Tokyo Zokei University
Fri Feb 29 - 6:30 PM
Leap Day Hash with the Hash House Harriers
Rivers City Inn, downtown, Market St. & Blvd. of Allies
Sat Mar 1 - 2 PM
LANtek Computer Services, 441 Jane Street, Carnegie 15106
St David's Day Hash by Whiff
Pitt, 2413 Posvar Hall
Francesca Polletta, professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine, will deliver a lecture, titled “Victim Stories,” at noon, 2413 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences, Women’s Studies Program, Cultural Studies Program, and The Pittsburgh Social Movement Forum. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
Thu Feb 28 - 7:30 PM
Pitt, Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium
Peter Linebaugh, professor of history at the University of Toledo, will deliver the E.P. Thompson Memorial Lecture, at 7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This annual event is sponsored by Pitt’s Department of History. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
Thu Feb 28 - 5:00 PM
CMU- McConomy Auditorium
Black History Month Keynote Address
Jabari Asim, editor-in-chief of Crisis magazine, a preeminent journal of politics, ideas, and culture published by the NAACP, is this year's keynote speaker for Black History Month. Asim spent 11 years at the Washington Post, where he served as deputy editor of the book review section. For three years he wrote a syndicated column on political and social issues for the Post. He is also a former vice president of National Book Critics Circle. An accomplished poet, playwright and fiction writer, Asim has published work in a number of anthologies and literary magazines.
Thu Feb 28, 8:30pm •
Cathedral of Learning G-24
Latin American Film Festival "BATALLA EN EL CIELO"
Dir. Carlos Reygadas • Mexico - 2005
In the 1940s, Mexico City had a population of 1 million. It is said that life was quite pleasant there in those days. Today Mexico City is a megalopolis of more than 20 million souls. Marcos is the chauffer of the general who supervises the daily flag ceremonies. Marcos picks up the general's daughter Ana at the airport. He is the only member of Ana's household who is aware that she leads a double life. Although a child of Mexico's political elite, she works part time in a rather seedy Mexico City brothel--not for the money but as an act of rebellion and debasement. The intimacy which has developed from sharing this secret with Marcos has become physical. On this particular day, Marcos is troubled. When Ana questions him, he confesses a secret of his own: he and his wife have kidnapped an infant for ransom and the baby has died in their custody. As the police draw closer, Ana urges Marcos to turn himself in. But in the end, he seeks redemption from a higher power. A clash that reminds Marcos of his true station in life, and another death prefigures brings the tortured soul to join a crowd of pilgrims approaching the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Fri Feb 29 - 5 PM
CMU Art Gallery
The Regina Gouger Miller Gallery presents "Transit 2008," an exhibit featuring the diverse work of students from Carnegie Mellon, Kyoto University of Art & Design, Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design and Tokyo Zokei University
Fri Feb 29 - 6:30 PM
Leap Day Hash with the Hash House Harriers
Rivers City Inn, downtown, Market St. & Blvd. of Allies
Sat Mar 1 - 2 PM
LANtek Computer Services, 441 Jane Street, Carnegie 15106
St David's Day Hash by Whiff
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
2008 Feb 18 - Feb 24
Wed Feb 20
Pitt, 3703 Posvar Hall
Megan McLean, a doctoral candidate in Pitt’s Department of History, will deliver a lecture, titled “Squatters in Paradise: The Development of Cancun, 1970-2000,” at 4 p.m., 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
Wed Feb 20 - 6:30
Eclipsed Full Moon evening run with the Hash House Harriers
1720 Lowrie St
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Billysbistro.com
Thu Feb 21 - 6 PM
Defense Counsel for the Notable “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld” U.S. Supreme Court Case to Speak at Pitt Law School Feb. 21
Charles Swift's lecture is titled “U.S. Sovereignty and the War on Terror After “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld””
PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Center for International Legal Education and the Global Solutions Education Fund will present the 16th Annual McLean Lecture on World Law featuring Charles Swift, the acting director of Emory University's International Humanitarian Law Clinic, at 6 p.m. in the Barco Law Building's Teplitz Moot Courtroom, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This event is free and open to the public.
Swift's lecture is titled “U.S. Sovereignty and the War on Terror After “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.”” Swift acquired extensive experience in the practice of military and international law during his service with the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions. His well-publicized representation of Salim Hamdan, the driver for Osama bin Laden, brought Swift to the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting case of “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.” In its decision, the court ruled that the military commission being used to try Hamdan was illegal and therefore lacked the protections provided under the Geneva Conventions and U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Known for his dedication to preserving the rule of law during wartime, Swift has been honored by the American Civil Liberties Union with a Medal of Liberty and named by the “National Law Journal” as one of the most influential lawyers in America. With more than 12 years of litigation experience with the U.S. military, Swift is also a visiting associate professor at Emory.
Thu Feb 21 - 7 PM
Pitt, Frick Fine Arts Auditorum
Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present Turtles Can Fly part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
Thu Feb 21 - 7:30 PM
Pitt, Film, G324 Cathedral of Learning
Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program will present Searching for Angela Shelton, part of the Women’s Studies Film Series, at 7:30 p.m., G324 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
Thu Feb 21 - 8:30pm
Pitt, Posvar Hall 4130
Film: "SAMPSONIA WAY: CITY OF ASYLUM"
Dir. José Muniain
Poet Huang Xiang is considered to be the pre-eminent post cultural revolution poet of China. His unceasing bravery, in the face of sure re-imprisonment, and further torture, forced him to leave his homeland.
Huang Xiang was born in Hunan Province, China, in 1941.
Huang began writing poems in the 1950s and has been imprisoned repeatedly for his work. In 1978, he founded “Enlightenment,” the first underground writers’ society, and started a literary magazine with the same title. In exile in the United States since 1997, he was resident poet in Pittsburgh under the Cities of Asylum program for writers
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries.
Fri Feb 22 - 7 PM
Pitt, Film, Frick Fine Arts Building
Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present Forget Baghdad, part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
Sat Feb 23
Kate Brown, a professor at the University of Maryland, will deliver a lecture, titled “Where Historians Fear to Tread: History and Memory in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation,” at 5:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Graduate Student Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA). For more information, contact James Johnson at gosecaconference@yahoo.com or visit www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/GOSECA2008/.
Lectures at CMU open to the public free of charge
Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Title: “Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System — Lessons from Wildlife”
The Basics: Lou Guillette, a distinguished professor of zoology at the University of Florida, will speak about the ways in which researchers can extend observations of the effects of pollution on the reproductive processes of wildlife to those of humans. His underlying thesis claims that, although there is a wide variety of diversity among different species, there is a significant degree of consistency among the cellular and physiological systems associated with vertebrae reproduction.
Where: Adamson Wing, Baker Hall 136A
When: Today at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday at 12 p.m.
Title: BYOBrain Brown Bag Series — “Art, History, and Images of the Feminine in Baudelaire’s Paris”
The Basics: Beryl Schlossman, a French professor at Carnegie Mellon, will speak about comparative and historical techniques used to examine European literature, culture, and art. By studying French poet Baudelaire’s use of visual images in his literary art, Schlossman hopes to better understand early French modernism.
In addition, Schlossman will discuss the possible impact of critic Walter Benjamin’s theoretical treatment of Baudelaire on French literature and supplement the discussion with a description of her own trip to Paris.
Where: College of Fine Arts 303
When: Wednesday at 12 p.m.
Friday at 7 p.m.
Title: AB Lectures — Sasha Frere-Jones
The Basics: Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic for The New Yorker as well as a touring musician, will speak on his experiences in the areas of business, writing, and music. Frere-Jones has covered a variety of different genres and musicians including Lil Wayne, Led Zeppelin, Cat Power, and Mary J. Blige.
Where: McConomy Auditorium
When: Friday at 7 p.m.
Sunday Feb 24 - 2 PM
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgy Youth Symphony Orchestra
"Petruska", by Stravinski
free admission
Sunday, February 24, 2008, 8PM
Garfield Artworks 4931 Penn Ave.
$5/$4 students, seniors
Tonight’s program is a hilarious salute to the Kuchar brothers featuring a wide sampling of films from George Kuchar plus 2 separate film portraits of George and Mike. All titles projected in original 16mm. Adult’s over 18 only.
George Kuchar - The Lady From Sands Point (1967, 16mm, black and white, sound, 9.25 min.) This film is a documentary showing artist, Betty Holiday, an attractive blonde who talks alot, in her Long Island studio. Miss Holliday does not talk in this film, but her beautiful work talks for her. --G. K.
George Kuchar - Color Me Shameless (1967, 16mm, black and white, sound, 30 min.) Starring Bob Cowan, Gina Zuckerman, Donna Kerness. This movie was made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new, but also the main actor, Bob Cowan, happened to be depressed also and so we had a wonderful time working together. One of the actresses was also separated from her husband at this time and the movie solidifies into concrete the repressed desires of everyone who works with me, or more realistically, instead of concrete, the production becomes a frozen, brittle enema bag that slowly thaws and can only be appreciated along channels previously blocked by organic reality. --G. K.
George Kuchar - Encyclopedia of the Blessed (1968, 16mm, color & b/w, sound, 43 min.) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BLESSED culminates my involvement with artist Red Grooms and Mimi Gross. It is a diary of our work as we head for the Pacific Ocean in a suicidal plunge for theatrical infamy. The film traces the construction of two craven images made in the likeness of myself by Grooms and Gross. Then it switches to the sandhills of Nebraska where fat cattle walk around. There the film explores Grooms' biggest construction, "The Chicago Installation." The film rolls relentlessly onward to the West Coast showing, for the first time on any screen, a theatrical production we three put in the University of California. It marks my directorial debut on the stage and Red Grooms' comeback after ten years of exile from live theatre. --G. K.
George Kuchar - K.. Y. Kapers (1977, 16mm, black and white, sound, 16 min.) KY stands for Kentucky ... where this film was shot. As a visiting artist at the University in Lexington, I involved a group of students in this improvised project. We shot it in five morning sessions from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. I did the photography, directing and story line. The story isn't really in a line as it loops, bends and stops throughout the 20-minute running time. --G. K.
George Kuchar - Mongreloid (1978, 16mm, color, sound, 10 min.) A man, his dog, and the regions they inhabited, each leaving his own distinctive mark on the landscape. Not even time can wash the residue of what they left behind. --G. K.
Henry Hills - George (1988, 16mm, color & b/w, silent, 2 min.) When I recently moved, I found the "lost" original of this optically printed portrait of George Kuchar smoking (with Melinda McDowell and Virginia Giritlian): four or more scenes progressing simultaneously through frame alternation.-H. H.
Marie Losier - Bird, Bath & Beyond (2003, 16mm, color & b/w, sound, 13 min.) A dream-document of Mike Kuchar, floating through his memories, as the sea, space and sky drift past. Wrapped in odd costumes, he frolics with the imaginary creatures surrounding him, and recalls the creatures of his own imagination.
Jefferson Presents...
Movies for YOU
http://www.geocities.com/jeffersonpresents
Pitt, 3703 Posvar Hall
Megan McLean, a doctoral candidate in Pitt’s Department of History, will deliver a lecture, titled “Squatters in Paradise: The Development of Cancun, 1970-2000,” at 4 p.m., 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
Wed Feb 20 - 6:30
Eclipsed Full Moon evening run with the Hash House Harriers
1720 Lowrie St
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Billysbistro.com
Thu Feb 21 - 6 PM
Defense Counsel for the Notable “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld” U.S. Supreme Court Case to Speak at Pitt Law School Feb. 21
Charles Swift's lecture is titled “U.S. Sovereignty and the War on Terror After “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld””
PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Center for International Legal Education and the Global Solutions Education Fund will present the 16th Annual McLean Lecture on World Law featuring Charles Swift, the acting director of Emory University's International Humanitarian Law Clinic, at 6 p.m. in the Barco Law Building's Teplitz Moot Courtroom, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This event is free and open to the public.
Swift's lecture is titled “U.S. Sovereignty and the War on Terror After “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.”” Swift acquired extensive experience in the practice of military and international law during his service with the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions. His well-publicized representation of Salim Hamdan, the driver for Osama bin Laden, brought Swift to the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting case of “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.” In its decision, the court ruled that the military commission being used to try Hamdan was illegal and therefore lacked the protections provided under the Geneva Conventions and U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Known for his dedication to preserving the rule of law during wartime, Swift has been honored by the American Civil Liberties Union with a Medal of Liberty and named by the “National Law Journal” as one of the most influential lawyers in America. With more than 12 years of litigation experience with the U.S. military, Swift is also a visiting associate professor at Emory.
Thu Feb 21 - 7 PM
Pitt, Frick Fine Arts Auditorum
Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present Turtles Can Fly part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
Thu Feb 21 - 7:30 PM
Pitt, Film, G324 Cathedral of Learning
Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program will present Searching for Angela Shelton, part of the Women’s Studies Film Series, at 7:30 p.m., G324 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
Thu Feb 21 - 8:30pm
Pitt, Posvar Hall 4130
Film: "SAMPSONIA WAY: CITY OF ASYLUM"
Dir. José Muniain
Poet Huang Xiang is considered to be the pre-eminent post cultural revolution poet of China. His unceasing bravery, in the face of sure re-imprisonment, and further torture, forced him to leave his homeland.
Huang Xiang was born in Hunan Province, China, in 1941.
Huang began writing poems in the 1950s and has been imprisoned repeatedly for his work. In 1978, he founded “Enlightenment,” the first underground writers’ society, and started a literary magazine with the same title. In exile in the United States since 1997, he was resident poet in Pittsburgh under the Cities of Asylum program for writers
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries.
Fri Feb 22 - 7 PM
Pitt, Film, Frick Fine Arts Building
Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present Forget Baghdad, part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
Sat Feb 23
Kate Brown, a professor at the University of Maryland, will deliver a lecture, titled “Where Historians Fear to Tread: History and Memory in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation,” at 5:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Graduate Student Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA). For more information, contact James Johnson at gosecaconference@yahoo.com or visit www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/GOSECA2008/.
Lectures at CMU open to the public free of charge
Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Title: “Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System — Lessons from Wildlife”
The Basics: Lou Guillette, a distinguished professor of zoology at the University of Florida, will speak about the ways in which researchers can extend observations of the effects of pollution on the reproductive processes of wildlife to those of humans. His underlying thesis claims that, although there is a wide variety of diversity among different species, there is a significant degree of consistency among the cellular and physiological systems associated with vertebrae reproduction.
Where: Adamson Wing, Baker Hall 136A
When: Today at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday at 12 p.m.
Title: BYOBrain Brown Bag Series — “Art, History, and Images of the Feminine in Baudelaire’s Paris”
The Basics: Beryl Schlossman, a French professor at Carnegie Mellon, will speak about comparative and historical techniques used to examine European literature, culture, and art. By studying French poet Baudelaire’s use of visual images in his literary art, Schlossman hopes to better understand early French modernism.
In addition, Schlossman will discuss the possible impact of critic Walter Benjamin’s theoretical treatment of Baudelaire on French literature and supplement the discussion with a description of her own trip to Paris.
Where: College of Fine Arts 303
When: Wednesday at 12 p.m.
Friday at 7 p.m.
Title: AB Lectures — Sasha Frere-Jones
The Basics: Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic for The New Yorker as well as a touring musician, will speak on his experiences in the areas of business, writing, and music. Frere-Jones has covered a variety of different genres and musicians including Lil Wayne, Led Zeppelin, Cat Power, and Mary J. Blige.
Where: McConomy Auditorium
When: Friday at 7 p.m.
Sunday Feb 24 - 2 PM
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgy Youth Symphony Orchestra
"Petruska", by Stravinski
free admission
Sunday, February 24, 2008, 8PM
Garfield Artworks 4931 Penn Ave.
$5/$4 students, seniors
Tonight’s program is a hilarious salute to the Kuchar brothers featuring a wide sampling of films from George Kuchar plus 2 separate film portraits of George and Mike. All titles projected in original 16mm. Adult’s over 18 only.
George Kuchar - The Lady From Sands Point (1967, 16mm, black and white, sound, 9.25 min.) This film is a documentary showing artist, Betty Holiday, an attractive blonde who talks alot, in her Long Island studio. Miss Holliday does not talk in this film, but her beautiful work talks for her. --G. K.
George Kuchar - Color Me Shameless (1967, 16mm, black and white, sound, 30 min.) Starring Bob Cowan, Gina Zuckerman, Donna Kerness. This movie was made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new, but also the main actor, Bob Cowan, happened to be depressed also and so we had a wonderful time working together. One of the actresses was also separated from her husband at this time and the movie solidifies into concrete the repressed desires of everyone who works with me, or more realistically, instead of concrete, the production becomes a frozen, brittle enema bag that slowly thaws and can only be appreciated along channels previously blocked by organic reality. --G. K.
George Kuchar - Encyclopedia of the Blessed (1968, 16mm, color & b/w, sound, 43 min.) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BLESSED culminates my involvement with artist Red Grooms and Mimi Gross. It is a diary of our work as we head for the Pacific Ocean in a suicidal plunge for theatrical infamy. The film traces the construction of two craven images made in the likeness of myself by Grooms and Gross. Then it switches to the sandhills of Nebraska where fat cattle walk around. There the film explores Grooms' biggest construction, "The Chicago Installation." The film rolls relentlessly onward to the West Coast showing, for the first time on any screen, a theatrical production we three put in the University of California. It marks my directorial debut on the stage and Red Grooms' comeback after ten years of exile from live theatre. --G. K.
George Kuchar - K.. Y. Kapers (1977, 16mm, black and white, sound, 16 min.) KY stands for Kentucky ... where this film was shot. As a visiting artist at the University in Lexington, I involved a group of students in this improvised project. We shot it in five morning sessions from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. I did the photography, directing and story line. The story isn't really in a line as it loops, bends and stops throughout the 20-minute running time. --G. K.
George Kuchar - Mongreloid (1978, 16mm, color, sound, 10 min.) A man, his dog, and the regions they inhabited, each leaving his own distinctive mark on the landscape. Not even time can wash the residue of what they left behind. --G. K.
Henry Hills - George (1988, 16mm, color & b/w, silent, 2 min.) When I recently moved, I found the "lost" original of this optically printed portrait of George Kuchar smoking (with Melinda McDowell and Virginia Giritlian): four or more scenes progressing simultaneously through frame alternation.-H. H.
Marie Losier - Bird, Bath & Beyond (2003, 16mm, color & b/w, sound, 13 min.) A dream-document of Mike Kuchar, floating through his memories, as the sea, space and sky drift past. Wrapped in odd costumes, he frolics with the imaginary creatures surrounding him, and recalls the creatures of his own imagination.
Jefferson Presents...
Movies for YOU
http://www.geocities.com/jeffersonpresents
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
2008 Feb 11 - Feb 17
Tue Feb 12 - Lincoln Birthday - 5:30 to 8 PM
February Pittsburgh .NET User Group Event
Join Jeff King of ComponentOne for a behind the scenes look at Silverlight 1.1. February's .NET Event will be at Microsoft Offices, Pittsburgh from 5:30 - 8 pm.
Tue Feb 12, 6:30-9pm
CMU Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
School of Design Lecture
Having only practiced design since 2002, Joe Meersman has had an interesting
journey that has led him to his current position as senior researcher and
human factors expert in the Consumer eXperience Design group at Motorola. He
will be speaking on the role of design research in product development and
his personal experiences as a consultant with Herman Miller and various
Chicago-based design firms. Joe will also talk about how he leveraged his
form-based industrial design undergraduate training at the University of
Illinois to transition into a role of problem
articulator and strategist. This talk may be of particular interest to
undergraduate and graduate design students interested in the research side
of product development and questioning what current opportunities may exist.
Thu Feb 14 - 7 PM
Frick Auditorium
Middle East film festival
“20 Fingers” (Mania Akbari, 2004)
Feb 15 - 7 PM
Frick Auditorium
Middle East film festival
“Under the Moonlight” (Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi, 2002)
LECTURES
2/13 Joan R. Gundersen, visiting scholar within Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, will deliver a lecture, titled “Making the Resistant Record Speak: Uncovering Women’s Story in the Records of Hierarchical Churches,” at noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
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2/13 Marek Skovajsa, a professor at Charles University in the Czech Republic, will deliver a lecture, titled “The State of Civil Society Leadership in the Czech Republic,” at 4:30 p.m., 3911 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence, European Studies Center, and Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership. For more information, visit www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org
2/14 Xiaofei Kang, assistant professor of linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture, titled “Cooking in the Temples: Elderly Rural Women and Religious Revival in Contemporary China,” at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series. For more information, contact Brenda Jordan at 412-648-7763 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
2/14 Maria Luisa Crawford, Association for Women Geoscientists Distinguished Lecturer, will deliver a lecture, titled “Tectonic Evolution of the Coastal Orogen, SE Alaska,” at 3:45 p.m., 203 Thaw Hall, 3943 O’Hara St., Oakland. This event is part of the Department of Geology and Planetary Science Spring 2007 Colloquium Series. For more information, contact Emily Elliot at eelliot@pitt.edu, or visit www.geology.pitt.edu/colloquium.html.
2/15 Edith Balas, professor of art history at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture, titled “The Mother Goddess in Italian Renaissance Art,” at 4 p.m., 202 Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program and Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
2/18 Edwin Floyd, professor in Pitt’s Department of Classics, will deliver a lecture, titled “Ill-omened Dawn? Odyssey 19.571,” at 4 p.m., 142 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Department of Classics. For more information, contact 412-624-4493, or visit www.classics.pitt.edu/events/
2/20 Carly Woods, Pitt doctoral candidate and teaching fellow within Women’s Studies, will deliver a lecture, titled “Now I Can Feel Like Myself All Month Long”: Menstrual Pain as Identity-Constituting and Identity-Threatening,” at noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
2/20 Megan McLean, doctoral candidate within Pitt’s Department of History, will deliver a lecture, titled “Squatters in Paradise: The Development of Cancun, 1970-2000,” at 4 p.m., 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
FILMS
2/13 Pitt’s Ford Institute for Human Security will present “Sand and Sorrow,” at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The HBO documentary narrated by George Clooney addresses the tragic aftermaths of the Darfur genocide and the complex issues associated with African refugee camps. For more information, contact Jessica Hand at 412-648-7434.
2/14 Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present “20 Fingers,” part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
2/15 Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present “Under the Moonlight,” part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
February Pittsburgh .NET User Group Event
Join Jeff King of ComponentOne for a behind the scenes look at Silverlight 1.1. February's .NET Event will be at Microsoft Offices, Pittsburgh from 5:30 - 8 pm.
Tue Feb 12, 6:30-9pm
CMU Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
School of Design Lecture
Having only practiced design since 2002, Joe Meersman has had an interesting
journey that has led him to his current position as senior researcher and
human factors expert in the Consumer eXperience Design group at Motorola. He
will be speaking on the role of design research in product development and
his personal experiences as a consultant with Herman Miller and various
Chicago-based design firms. Joe will also talk about how he leveraged his
form-based industrial design undergraduate training at the University of
Illinois to transition into a role of problem
articulator and strategist. This talk may be of particular interest to
undergraduate and graduate design students interested in the research side
of product development and questioning what current opportunities may exist.
Thu Feb 14 - 7 PM
Frick Auditorium
Middle East film festival
“20 Fingers” (Mania Akbari, 2004)
Feb 15 - 7 PM
Frick Auditorium
Middle East film festival
“Under the Moonlight” (Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi, 2002)
LECTURES
2/13 Joan R. Gundersen, visiting scholar within Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, will deliver a lecture, titled “Making the Resistant Record Speak: Uncovering Women’s Story in the Records of Hierarchical Churches,” at noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
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2/13 Marek Skovajsa, a professor at Charles University in the Czech Republic, will deliver a lecture, titled “The State of Civil Society Leadership in the Czech Republic,” at 4:30 p.m., 3911 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence, European Studies Center, and Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership. For more information, visit www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org
2/14 Xiaofei Kang, assistant professor of linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture, titled “Cooking in the Temples: Elderly Rural Women and Religious Revival in Contemporary China,” at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series. For more information, contact Brenda Jordan at 412-648-7763 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
2/14 Maria Luisa Crawford, Association for Women Geoscientists Distinguished Lecturer, will deliver a lecture, titled “Tectonic Evolution of the Coastal Orogen, SE Alaska,” at 3:45 p.m., 203 Thaw Hall, 3943 O’Hara St., Oakland. This event is part of the Department of Geology and Planetary Science Spring 2007 Colloquium Series. For more information, contact Emily Elliot at eelliot@pitt.edu, or visit www.geology.pitt.edu/colloquium.html.
2/15 Edith Balas, professor of art history at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture, titled “The Mother Goddess in Italian Renaissance Art,” at 4 p.m., 202 Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program and Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
2/18 Edwin Floyd, professor in Pitt’s Department of Classics, will deliver a lecture, titled “Ill-omened Dawn? Odyssey 19.571,” at 4 p.m., 142 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Department of Classics. For more information, contact 412-624-4493, or visit www.classics.pitt.edu/events/
2/20 Carly Woods, Pitt doctoral candidate and teaching fellow within Women’s Studies, will deliver a lecture, titled “Now I Can Feel Like Myself All Month Long”: Menstrual Pain as Identity-Constituting and Identity-Threatening,” at noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/news.html.
2/20 Megan McLean, doctoral candidate within Pitt’s Department of History, will deliver a lecture, titled “Squatters in Paradise: The Development of Cancun, 1970-2000,” at 4 p.m., 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
FILMS
2/13 Pitt’s Ford Institute for Human Security will present “Sand and Sorrow,” at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The HBO documentary narrated by George Clooney addresses the tragic aftermaths of the Darfur genocide and the complex issues associated with African refugee camps. For more information, contact Jessica Hand at 412-648-7434.
2/14 Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present “20 Fingers,” part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
2/15 Pitt’s Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, and Film Studies Program will present “Under the Moonlight,” part of the Reel Voices From the Middle East Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
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