2008 Mar 17 - Mar 22

Wed March 26 - 7 PM
CMU - McConomy Auditorium
The Edukators | Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei
The Edukators tells a story of three young German activists. The "Edukators" break into expensive homes of the local yacht club members as an act of political rebellion.

Thu Mar 27, 2008 - 4:30 PM
CMU, Adamson Wing, Baker Hall 136A
The University Lecture Series presents author Scott Berkun, who will lecture on "The Myths of Innovation." Much of what we know about innovation is wrong. That's the bet this talk takes, as it romps through the history of innovation and creative thinking, dispelling the mythologies we've constructed about how we got here. This fun, interactive talk, loosely based on the best selling book, will help you recognize the myths, understand their popularity (even if you don't believe in them), and explore how to apply lessons from true innovation history in your own work today. Berkun (H&SS '94) worked at Microsoft from 1994-2003, mostly as a program manager on Internet Explorer versions 1.0 to 5.0. He works now as a writer and public speaker, teaches creative thinking at the University of Washington, runs an architecture tour in NYC for the GEL conference, and is the author of the two bestsellers, "Making Things Happen" and "The Myths of Innovation." He blogs about creative thinking and technology at www.scottberkun.com.

Thu March 27 - 7 PM
Duck Season | Temporada de patos
In this Mexican comedy, Flama and Moko are two well-to-do 14-year-olds who find that a power outage has killed their plans of a day filled with video games and pizza. When the pizza man and a girl next door join them on this dark day they are forced to relate to one another in a very real way and they begin to reveal inner turmoil about divorce, loneliness and the confusion about relationships.
Production: Mexico 2004
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Run Time: 90 minutes
Rating: R [for language and some drug content]

Thu March 27 - 8:30 PM
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
El BONAERENSE
Dir. Pablo Trapero • Argentina - 2002
Zapa is a locksmith in a quiet and little town lost somewhere in the province of Buenos Aires. The work is quite slow, and hours seem to pass slowly. Polaco, the owner of the shop, sends him on a job that consists of opening a safe at an office. The next day, Zapa is imprisoned for being responsible of robbing the place. Ismael, his uncle, a retired policeman, bails him out and sends him to Buenos Aires. Zapa becomes an aspiring officer in the Buenos Aires Police. He gets to his new home city, takes the instructional course, works at a precinct, has a love affair with a teacher and starts to see his life turn into a strange fiction.

Thu March 27 - 5 PM
CMU: McConomy auditorium
March 27: "How Green Does Your Garden Grow: Assessing Community Capacity and Aligning Local Instigations" The Local Living Economies and Urban Farming lecture series continues with Kenneth Warren, community activist and organizer, on grassroots activism, local economies, and local food systems. Warren has authored a practical report in Lakewood Ohio on grassroots alignment efforts of artists, citizen journalists, farmers, local food system activists and public librarians to enact the community and place-making vision of LEAF - the Lakewood Earth and Food Community. He is a student and teacher of the psychographic tool Spiral Dynamics as it relates to local economies and food systems ( www.spiraldynamics.org/ ). (5-6:30 in McConomy Auditorium in CMU's University Center; free).

Fri Mar 28, 2008, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Rangos 3, University Center
"How I'm Building a Million Dollar Business in China"
Jack Perkowski, chairman and CEO of ASIMCO, will visit Carnegie Mellon to discuss his new book, "Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China." Perkowski, who spent 20 years on Wall Street prior to starting ASIMCO, will also discuss the role the Chinese market will play in the future for Western companies.
"Perkowski invites us into his world, into the blur of business meetings and friendships, hirings, firings, and onto China’s shop floors. He reveals what it took to build a world-class manufacturing company in a country where you need to set firm goals but reach them in an environment where the rules and circles of influence shift daily,” wrote Ted C. Fishman, author of "China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World." Perkowski successfully negotiated cultural differences and a highly bureaucratic economic model to build ASIMCO into one of the most successful Western-owned businesses in China. "Managing the Dragon" offers real-world strategies for how to navigate around cultural and economic differences in a global marketplace. Perkowski will sign copies of his book following the lecture.

Fri March 28 - 7 PM
Bellefield Hall, 315 Bellefield Ave., Oakland.
Film: Kebab Connection (2005), 96 minutes, directed by Anno Saul.
Synopsis: Kebab Connection joins with such films as “Bend It Like Beckham” to humorously explore the contemporary clash of cultures and generations. This film follows the life of Ibo, a young Turkish-German aspiring filmmaker, who has just shot his first film—a commercial for his uncle's fast-food restaurant. His uncle is less than enthused about Ibo's use of ninjas to sell kebab. Ibo has also just found out that his girlfriend, Titzi, is pregnant. Ibo struggles with his own doubts about impending fatherhood and his family’s disappointment—until the customers start streaming in.

Fri 28 March - 7 PM to midnight
Grand Opening of The Grey Box Theatre
3595 Butler St
Performing at the grand opening on Friday will be Attack Theatre, Eric DeFade, Eric Susoeff and Kelley Krepin-DeFade, The Pittsburgh Dance Ensemble and The Jungle. The ever-resourceful Desko will also supply hors d'oeuvres by Common Plea Catering, tasty treats by Carol Shaw and drinks by Dreadnought.

Sat March 29, 9 - 5 PM
Carnegie Science Center's annual "Space Out!" astronomy weekend blasts off Friday for three days of stargazing programming.
Throughout the weekend, visitors will be able to observe sunspots (from noon to 3 p.m.), see and touch rocks from the moon and Mars, build and launch model rockets and more. The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will be on hand with a selection of telescopes for visitors to check out.
On Saturday, the Buhl Digital Dome will have presentations focusing on the MESSENGER flybys of Mercury, the soon-to-be-constructed Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will be able to produce digital images of faint astronomical objects and three-dimensional maps of the universe, Red Sprites, which are flashes in the atmosphere sometimes mistaken for UFOs, and weather patterns on other planets in our solar system.
Weather permitting on Friday and Saturday from 8:30 to 10 p.m., there will be SkyWatch sessions in the Buhl Observatory for $1.

Sat March 29, 3-7 PM
Mellon Park
5th Avenue and Shady Ave
A fun event with games, prizes, and food, and music to support Hillary! The Clarks and Dublin Rising will be playing, and we will have speakers from the Campaign. Visit Hillary For President for more Details.

Sat March 29 - 7 PM
Bellefield Hall, 315 Bellefield Ave., Oakland.
Film: Rhythm Is It (2004), 104 minutes, directed by Thomas Grube.
Synopsis: This documentary records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. The film features 250 underprivileged German students as they train to dance to Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” with the world-renowned orchestra. Seen through the eyes of three protagonists, “Rhythm Is It” follows the teenagers’ perseverance during three months of rehearsals and the overall development of a professional performance.

Sat March 29 - 8 PM
WHAT: Jefferson Presents #88 March Program
WHEN: Saturday, March 29 @ 8PM
WHERE: Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Ave.
HOW MUCH: $5, $4 students, seniors
The March Jefferson Presents… screening includes a varied mix of experimental film styles spanning six decades of filmmaking including a classic by dadaist Hans Richter, psychedelic optical films, a sixties radical activist film, an appearance by John Cage and some eighties NYC downtown scene documents. All projected in original 16mm. Adults over 18 only and some films could be unsafe for anyone prone to seizures.
Titles are below, please visit our website for complete descriptions.
1. Hans Richter -EVERYTHING TURNS, EVERYTHING REVOLVES: EXCERPT (1929) b&w, sound, 3.5 min
2. Paul Sharits - WINTERCOURSE (1962) 16mm, black and white, silent, 12 min
3. Ken Jacobs - WINDOW (1964) 16mm, color, silent, 12 min
4. Ken Jacobs - AIRSHAFT (1967) 16mm, color, silent, 4 min
5. Leonard M. Henny - THE RESISTANCE (1968) 16mm, color, sound, 16.5 min
6. Gordon Payne - TANTRA I (1969) 16mm, color & b/w, silent, 7.5 min
7. Jud Yalkut - JOHN CAGE MUSHROOM HUNTING IN STONY POINT (1973) 16mm, color, silent, 7 min
8. Tom Chomont - THE HEAVENS/EARTH (1978) 16mm, color, silent, 6 min
9. Tom Chomont - MINOR REVISIONS (1979) 16mm, color, silent, 13.5 min
10. Tom Chomont - RAZOR HEAD (1984) 16mm, color, silent, 4 min
11. Henry Hills - MONEY (1985) 16mm, color, sound, 14.5 min
12. Henry Hills - SSS (1988) 16mm, color, sound, 5.5 min

Sun March 30 - 11 AM to 2 PM
Orienteering