Wed May 7 - 7:30 PM
Russian Film Symposium
Melwood screening room
Aleksei Balabanov's "Cargo 200" (2007, 89 min)
Thu May 8 - 7:30 PM
Russian Film Symposium
Melwood screening room
Aleksei Mizgirev's "Hard-Hearted" (2007, 90 min)
Fri May 10 - 7:30 PM
Russian Film Symposium
Melwood screening room
Marina Liubakova's "Cruelty" (2007, 90 min)
Sat May 11 - 7:30 PM
Russian Film Symposium
Melwood screening room
Aleksei Popogrebskii's "Simple Things" (2007, 108 min)
Friday, April 18, 2008
2008 Apr 28 - May 4
Fri 2 May 2008 - 6 PM to 8 PM
CMU, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery
Student thesis presentation and reception:
May Day is a cause for celebration. Spring has arrived with all the hope
it carries for the future. May Day is a time of solidarity. Hard work,
communal effort and mutual respect prevail. Mayday is a warning. Look
out world, something mighty is about to hit you.
Friday 2nd May 2008 augurs well for the future. Thirty-four talented
young artists have taken over the Miller Gallery to show the world what
they can do. They will warm your cockles, turn your head, tickle your
fancy and blow your mind.
Children were feeding balloons into a hole in the side of a huge paper
volcano. A guy in a parrot suit was playing the banjo whilst the man in
the silver lurex hot pants beside him moaned into a microphone. Two
women sat on a sofa, steadily stuffing their faces with an endless
supply of junk food. A waterfall of we paint was running down the wall.
From a tiny tent, a crouching elf was dispensing free food in ceramic
scallop shells. Yes. I thought to myself, this is why I came to art school.
No matter what you teach them, there comes a point when they have to go
out on their own. At Carnegie Mellon they don't wait until graduation.
The scenes I have just described were parts of an extracurricular
performance event called RELEASE, organized by BFA students at SPACE
gallery in downtown Pittsburgh 2008.
This initiative was not a one off. This student cohort has organized
exhibitions, installations and events at the Frame Galley at Carnegie
Mellon and shown their work in various venues in Pittsburgh. They have
taken part in public projects and shown videos on the Jumbotron screen
at PNC Park. The Miller Gallery show features painting, drawing,
printmaking, photography, sculpture, video, animation, computer art,
conceptual art, installation art - and more. Such is the breadth and
depth of the BFA Fine Art program at Carnegie Mellon and the
extraordinary level of talent, ambition and imagination of this gallant
thirty four. Friday 2nd May 2008 is truly a cause for chaotic celebration.
Sat 3 May 2008 - 5:30 PM to 8 PM
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Shady Ave and Fifth Ave
Art Biennial
CMU, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery
Student thesis presentation and reception:
May Day is a cause for celebration. Spring has arrived with all the hope
it carries for the future. May Day is a time of solidarity. Hard work,
communal effort and mutual respect prevail. Mayday is a warning. Look
out world, something mighty is about to hit you.
Friday 2nd May 2008 augurs well for the future. Thirty-four talented
young artists have taken over the Miller Gallery to show the world what
they can do. They will warm your cockles, turn your head, tickle your
fancy and blow your mind.
Children were feeding balloons into a hole in the side of a huge paper
volcano. A guy in a parrot suit was playing the banjo whilst the man in
the silver lurex hot pants beside him moaned into a microphone. Two
women sat on a sofa, steadily stuffing their faces with an endless
supply of junk food. A waterfall of we paint was running down the wall.
From a tiny tent, a crouching elf was dispensing free food in ceramic
scallop shells. Yes. I thought to myself, this is why I came to art school.
No matter what you teach them, there comes a point when they have to go
out on their own. At Carnegie Mellon they don't wait until graduation.
The scenes I have just described were parts of an extracurricular
performance event called RELEASE, organized by BFA students at SPACE
gallery in downtown Pittsburgh 2008.
This initiative was not a one off. This student cohort has organized
exhibitions, installations and events at the Frame Galley at Carnegie
Mellon and shown their work in various venues in Pittsburgh. They have
taken part in public projects and shown videos on the Jumbotron screen
at PNC Park. The Miller Gallery show features painting, drawing,
printmaking, photography, sculpture, video, animation, computer art,
conceptual art, installation art - and more. Such is the breadth and
depth of the BFA Fine Art program at Carnegie Mellon and the
extraordinary level of talent, ambition and imagination of this gallant
thirty four. Friday 2nd May 2008 is truly a cause for chaotic celebration.
Sat 3 May 2008 - 5:30 PM to 8 PM
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Shady Ave and Fifth Ave
Art Biennial
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
2008 April 21 - Apil 27
Mon April 21 - 4:30 PM
CMU: Baker Hall 136A
From georgetown Univ law school, lecture on why we are losing the war on terror, and why we are less free
Mon april 21 - 6:30 PM
CMU architecture lecture
James Timberlake | www.kierantimberlake.com
KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Monday, April 21, 2008, 6:30 pm
McConomy Auditorium, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Henry Hornbostle Lecture
Tue April 22 - 4:30 PM
Oakland - Mellon Institute
Physics lecture
PITTSBURGH—Joel Primack, an initiator and developer of the theory of cold dark matter, will deliver the annual Buhl Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University. Primack will give his talk, "A Brief History of Dark Matter," at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 22 at the Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception in the Mellon Institute lobby.
Although the first evidence for dark matter was discovered in the 1930s, it was early in the 1980s that most astronomers became convinced that most of the mass holding galaxies and clusters of galaxies together is invisible. For two decades, theories were proposed and challenged, but it wasn't until the beginning of the 21st century that the "double dark" standard cosmological model was accepted. The model establishes that matter different from that which makes up the planets, stars and even humankind, called cold dark matter, plus dark energy make up 95 percent of the universe.
Primack will discus the history of dark matter and address the challenges of understanding the underlying physics of the particles that make up dark matter and the nature of dark energy. The lecture will include astronomical videos.
Primack is a professor of physics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has recently chaired the APS Forum on Physics and Society, as well as the AAAS Committee of Science, Ethics and Religion, and served on the recent "Beyond Einstein" study of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Buhl Lecture is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon's Department of Physics. The lecture is funded under the auspices of the Buhl Professorship in Theoretical Physics, which was established at Carnegie Mellon in 1961 by The Buhl Foundation. The professorship was created to support outstanding theoretical scientists who would both impact the theoretical research and help establish direction for experimental investigations.
Thu April 24 - 8:30 PM
Brazil cinema
MADAME SATA - Dir. Karim Ainouz • Brazil - 2002
Legendary criminal. Proud homosexual. Cabaret star. Passionate lover. Killer. Devoted father of seven adopted children. Saint or devil? Madame Satã.
Born to slaves in the arid wasteland of Northern Brazil and sold by his mother at the age of 7, he pursued his freedom on the mean streets of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro. Jet-black, six feet tall, 180 pounds of proud muscle in a silk shirt and tight pants, a cutthroat razor in his back pocket.
Karim Aïnouz's extraordinary portrait of the triumphs and tragedy of this explosive and paradoxical personality unfolds against the vibrant, sordid background of Lapa: thronging underworld of pimps and whores, of cut-throats, queers and artists, of dark bars and brothels thick with smoke, drenched in sweat and cheap perfume. A world run through with violence and raw desire, where desperate dreams spring from poverty and squalor. THIS IS THE LAST SCREENING OF THE FESTIVAL ! Free Admission !
Friday April 25 - 5:30 PM
4/25, *RECEPTION* ONE COLD HAND, GALLERY CRAWL
April 25, 2008 – 12:00 am
Reception for One Cold Hand
820 Liberty Ave, Downtown Cultural District Gallery Crawl
A collection of the gloves and notes from Jennifer Gooch’s website site for the collection, and hopeful reunion, of Pittsburgh’s dropped gloves.
Sat April 26, 2 PM to Sun April 27, noon
Lawrenceville neighboorhood of Pittsburgh
57th Street
Art All Night
A happening of arts, music, food. Free.
Also, someone from Venture Outdoors will have Carp All Night in the nearby Allegheny River, with bonfire. 10 PM to 2 AM.
Sunday April 27 - 2 PM
Hare & Hounds style run with the Hash House Harriers
find a hidden cache of beer following white marks in baking flour.
Hare is Death Marshall. See website for directions. NOTE: Death Marshall, as his name may imply, has a reputation of routing strenuous trails to the beer, estimated to be at least six miles long. Bring a change of clothes for after-the-run dinner and celebration. Participation cost is about $5, buys you beer and food, and a good night sleep afterwards.
Sunday April 27 - noon
Bavington, also known as Hillman State Park (or gameland), Bavington PA
for those that don't want to run with the runners, but rather bike on two wheels, the PORC group will do a big ride. Also, check this PTAG website for more info.
CMU: Baker Hall 136A
From georgetown Univ law school, lecture on why we are losing the war on terror, and why we are less free
Mon april 21 - 6:30 PM
CMU architecture lecture
James Timberlake | www.kierantimberlake.com
KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Monday, April 21, 2008, 6:30 pm
McConomy Auditorium, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Henry Hornbostle Lecture
Tue April 22 - 4:30 PM
Oakland - Mellon Institute
Physics lecture
PITTSBURGH—Joel Primack, an initiator and developer of the theory of cold dark matter, will deliver the annual Buhl Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University. Primack will give his talk, "A Brief History of Dark Matter," at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 22 at the Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception in the Mellon Institute lobby.
Although the first evidence for dark matter was discovered in the 1930s, it was early in the 1980s that most astronomers became convinced that most of the mass holding galaxies and clusters of galaxies together is invisible. For two decades, theories were proposed and challenged, but it wasn't until the beginning of the 21st century that the "double dark" standard cosmological model was accepted. The model establishes that matter different from that which makes up the planets, stars and even humankind, called cold dark matter, plus dark energy make up 95 percent of the universe.
Primack will discus the history of dark matter and address the challenges of understanding the underlying physics of the particles that make up dark matter and the nature of dark energy. The lecture will include astronomical videos.
Primack is a professor of physics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has recently chaired the APS Forum on Physics and Society, as well as the AAAS Committee of Science, Ethics and Religion, and served on the recent "Beyond Einstein" study of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Buhl Lecture is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon's Department of Physics. The lecture is funded under the auspices of the Buhl Professorship in Theoretical Physics, which was established at Carnegie Mellon in 1961 by The Buhl Foundation. The professorship was created to support outstanding theoretical scientists who would both impact the theoretical research and help establish direction for experimental investigations.
Thu April 24 - 8:30 PM
Brazil cinema
MADAME SATA - Dir. Karim Ainouz • Brazil - 2002
Legendary criminal. Proud homosexual. Cabaret star. Passionate lover. Killer. Devoted father of seven adopted children. Saint or devil? Madame Satã.Born to slaves in the arid wasteland of Northern Brazil and sold by his mother at the age of 7, he pursued his freedom on the mean streets of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro. Jet-black, six feet tall, 180 pounds of proud muscle in a silk shirt and tight pants, a cutthroat razor in his back pocket.
Karim Aïnouz's extraordinary portrait of the triumphs and tragedy of this explosive and paradoxical personality unfolds against the vibrant, sordid background of Lapa: thronging underworld of pimps and whores, of cut-throats, queers and artists, of dark bars and brothels thick with smoke, drenched in sweat and cheap perfume. A world run through with violence and raw desire, where desperate dreams spring from poverty and squalor. THIS IS THE LAST SCREENING OF THE FESTIVAL ! Free Admission !
Friday April 25 - 5:30 PM
4/25, *RECEPTION* ONE COLD HAND, GALLERY CRAWL
April 25, 2008 – 12:00 am
Reception for One Cold Hand
820 Liberty Ave, Downtown Cultural District Gallery Crawl
A collection of the gloves and notes from Jennifer Gooch’s website site for the collection, and hopeful reunion, of Pittsburgh’s dropped gloves.
Sat April 26, 2 PM to Sun April 27, noon
Lawrenceville neighboorhood of Pittsburgh
57th Street
Art All Night
A happening of arts, music, food. Free.
Also, someone from Venture Outdoors will have Carp All Night in the nearby Allegheny River, with bonfire. 10 PM to 2 AM.
Sunday April 27 - 2 PM
Hare & Hounds style run with the Hash House Harriers
find a hidden cache of beer following white marks in baking flour.
Hare is Death Marshall. See website for directions. NOTE: Death Marshall, as his name may imply, has a reputation of routing strenuous trails to the beer, estimated to be at least six miles long. Bring a change of clothes for after-the-run dinner and celebration. Participation cost is about $5, buys you beer and food, and a good night sleep afterwards.
Sunday April 27 - noon
Bavington, also known as Hillman State Park (or gameland), Bavington PA
for those that don't want to run with the runners, but rather bike on two wheels, the PORC group will do a big ride. Also, check this PTAG website for more info.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
2008 Apr 14 - Apr 20
Mon april 14 - 4:30 PM
CMU, free book, Philip Chosky Theater
Wall Street Journal reporter and Carnegie Mellon alumnus (H&SS ’80) Jeffrey Zaslow was in the audience when Computer Science Professor Randy Pausch gave his famous last lecture Sept. 18, 2007. Afterward, the stories he wrote in his “Moving On” column catapulted Pausch into an Internet phenom and international celebrity. The video generated from the lecture has been the most watched in the Journal's history. Pausch and Zaslow subsequently collaborated on a book, titled “The Last Lecture,” published by Hyperion Books April 8. Join Zaslow for a presentation and book signing that’ll give you a behind-the-scenes look at what’s happened since the last lecture. Free books will be given to the first 50 people to enter the theater.
Mon April 14 - 4:30 PM
CMU, Journeys lecture
Baker Hall 136A, Adamson Wing Auditorium
PURSUING SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES: PEOPLE CHANGE PEOPLE: By my early twenties, I expected to teach chemistry in my native New Zealand in a high school or, if I was lucky, a university. But my professional life unfolded as I could never have imagined. In time, I arrived at Carnegie Mellon where I have seen the chemistry department develop so positively over two decades that its renewal must be of historical significance.
I was molded by the beauty of nature and etched by experiences of youth and later life to be skeptical of the power of entrenched systems. Some chemicals are pulling mankind away from the unpolluted environment and trans-generational justice upon which a good future depends. This is starkly evident with endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that can impair living things at environmentally relevant concentrations making EDCs the foremost challenge for green chemistry. In contrast, I marvel at the sustainability wisdom in great books and the power for good of resolute friends who, variously, reveal through science the EDC hazards, explain these comprehensibly to the public, and develop safer alternatives. I have been lucky to design a catalytic technology that appears to define the state of the art for removing recalcitrant pollutants (including many EDCs) and hardy pathogens from water.
The need to develop a non-hazardous technology base underpins the mission of our recently renamed Institute for Green Science. To be of transcendent value, universities will need to reorient throughout to help build a sustainable civilization. The associated challenges of vision, strategy, scholarship, research, education, and outreach are decidedly multidisciplinary. I take heart in believing that Carnegie Mellon and its students will be leaders in building a lasting future.
Mon april 14 - 6 PM
CMU, University Center, Rangos 3
author of "at a Billion Muslims Really Think", Dalia Mogahed
Mon April 14 - 7 PM
CMU - McConomy Auditorium
Lecture by Naomi Klein, author of "No Logo"
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 6:30 pm
CMU school of fine arts - Architecture
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
Architecture lecture
Stefan Behnisch + Thomas Auer | www.transsolar.com
Behnisch Architekten + Transsolar ClimateEngineering, Stuttgart
NOTE: Problem with access: tried to access the Carnegie Museum of Art at 6:52 from the Forbes Avenue main entrances (three of them) and found them all locked. Did not try to access from the back where the upper deck parking lot is (which is also the closest entrance to the auditorium).
Wed 4/16/2008 - 7pm
Understanding The Language Of Cinema
Monroeville Public Library
This presentation and conversation will offer some basics in talking about cinema and provide an understanding of the effect of a director's many decisions in editing, sound, lighting and other elements that make film such a complex, unique art form.
Participants will look at excerpts from some classic films and some less familiar pieces, to find examples of how a director uses these different elements and the effect on our experience as audience members.
Presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers.
Wed 4/16/2008 - 7pm
The Secret History Of The War On Cancer
Royal Gatherings Banquet Facility (Galleria At Pittsburgh Mills)
The Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation welcomes Dr. Devra Lee Davis of the University Of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute to discuss this country's thirty-six year war on cancer.
She has written a book that asserts that the war on cancer was directed by leaders of industries that generated a host of cancer causing materials and products. Their leadership downplayed research on prevention, and kept research on environmental causes from gaining widespread circulation. The result of the failed war on cancer is more than 10 million preventable deaths over the past thirty years.
Wed April 16 2008 - 7pm
CMU - McConomy Auditorium
Russian Film
The Italian | Italianetz
The Italien tells the story of an orphan boy who attempts to find his mother when faced with possible adoption by an Italian couple. On his quest, he is pursued by adoption agents.
Production: Russia 2005
Director: Andrei Kravchuk
Language: Russian with English subtitles
Run Time: 99 minutes
Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 to 7:30 AM and 7:30 to 8:30 PM
CMU, Gesling Stadium
The third installment of Orchestra Orthoptera: aural experiments in which the sounds of singing insects are broadcast in public places during the insects’ period of dormancy.
from school of art calendar
Wed Apr 16, 2008 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
CMU - University Center - Skibo Gym
Kicksburgh will showcase sneaker and urban culture in Pittsburgh and around the world through live music and exhibitions by shoe artists, collectors and vendors. The event is free and open to the public, although used, but wearable shoes and monetary donations will be accepted. A majority of the proceeds from the donations will go to Soles4Souls (www.soles4souls.com), a charity that provides footwear to those affected by natural disasters around the world. The event has been coordinated by Carnegie Mellon juniors Jesse Chorng and Elliott Curtis, and students from their Sneakerology 101 course. Sneakerology 101 is one of several Student College courses, which provide Carnegie Mellon students with an opportunity to design and deliver their own courses for academic credit from the university.
Thu Apr 17 2008 - 7:30 PM
CMU: Adamson Wing , Room 136A of Baker Hall
Film: "Private", by Saverio Costanzo
Palestinian family house occupied by israeli soldiers.
Sponsored by The Middle East Peace Forum of Pittsburgh
Thu Apr 17 2008 - 8 PM
CMU College of Fine Arts lawn
Spring Carnival concert
THE ROOTS with special guest Nouveau Riche as this spring's Carnival Concert. This concert is free of charge
Thu Apr 17 2008 - 8:30 PM
Pitt - Frick Auditorium
4/17 Pitt’s Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Center for Latin American Studies, and Eduardo Lozano Latin American Library Collection will present “Onibus 174 (Bus 174),” part of the New Millennium Film Series, at 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. Some films may not be suitable for younger viewers. For more information, contact amigoscinelatinoamericano08@gmail.com or visit amigosdelcinelatinoamericano2008.blogspot.com.
Thu April 17 - 6:30 PM
Phipps Conservatory
PORC ride, easy, pleasant, casual
Fri April 18 - 6:30 PM
PORC ride, totally easy, newbee, novice.
Frick Park at tennis courts, Reg Square, S Braddock Ave
Fri Apr 18 2008 - 8:10 PM
CMU Spring Carnival event - comedy
Human Giant, featuring Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, and Paul Scheer!
Sat Apr 19 2008 - 1:30 PM
CMU - Flagstaff hill
Holi, indian festival, throwing of coloring agents in a fun group spring event
See last year's Holi Festival on YouTube
Sat Apr 19 2008 - from 9:30 AM to 12 Noon
Frick Park, Nine Mile Run clean-up
Nine Mile Run Stream Sweep
Saturday, April 19 th
9:30am to Noon
Meet in the Soccer field in Lower Frick Park off the Lancaster Avenue entrance
As part of the Great PA Clean Up, join NMRWA as we sweep Nine Mile Run clean of litter. Every rain and snow melt brings depressing amounts of litter into the stream from storm sewers. The Nine Mile Run stream is a unique and major amenity for our city--let's keep it tidy! We provide all of the supplies including gloves, trash bags, and safety vests. Please wear long pants and sturdy shoes.
Sat April 19 2008 - 10 AM to 4 PM
Earth Day Celebration at the Frick Environmental Center
2005 Beechwood Boulevard--Squirrel Hill
This family friendly event will feature bird walks, nature crafts, a garlic mustard pull, tree planting, an owl encounter, and live local entertainment. Come enjoy fun activities for children and adults including a NATURE LABYRINTH, TREE PLANTING, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, CHILDREN'S GARDEN, BIRD PLATFORM BUILDING, NATURE ORIGAMI, and a COMMUNITY MURAL PAINTING.
Sat Apr 19 2008 - from 9 AM to 3 PM
Dead Man's Hollow, near Boston, PA 15135
The geocachers are celebrating Earth Day by volunteering to clean up the woods from old tires and junk.
Sat April 19 2008 - 10 AM to 8 PM
Pittsburgh Auto Show
Kids under 12 are free, $9 for Adults ($7 if they use the coupon on CityPaper)
There are alot of children activities by magicians and entertainers.
Sat 4/19/2008 - 3pm
Man Of Steel
EveryOne An Artist Gallery
4128 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
People who worked at the former Heppenstall steel mill (or their families) are welcome to visit the gallery today to participate in a unique, interactive project.
Everyone An Artist Gallery is building a giant "Man Of Steel" with photographs of real people who worked at Heppenstall. It will be shown in Market Square in June as part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
Sat 4/19/2008 - 5:30pm
Student Thesis Screening
Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Avenue, northern Oakland neighborhood
Students at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers' school acreen their 16mm and video projects for the public to enjoy. A reception follows.
Sat 4/19/2008 - 6pm
Eastside Poetry Gathering
Borders Books & Music (East Liberty) 5986 Penn Circle South, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Celebrate National Poetry Month with performances of spoken word, slam, literary and musical poetry as well as an open mic.
Features specials guests Vincent Zepp, Kassa Lewis and members of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society Of Pittsburgh.
Sun Apr 20 2008 - from 11 AM to 2 PM
Hartwood Acres County Park, northern allegheny county
Orienteering. Celebrate Earth Day by participating in this scavenger hunt for flags hidden in the woods, using a topographic map and compass. Flags are placed on natural features such as stream bends or intersections, boulders, vegetation boundaries, root stock, earthbanks, lower part of a small cliff, springs. You will come out of this experience with a new appreciation for natural features. $4 per map, group/family can share same map.
Sun apr 20 2008 - 2 PM
Walk/Run with the Hash House Harriers, and scavenge hunt for beer. After the event above, in which participants look for flags in the woods, this is more fun: you look for a beer stop by following white marks on the ground made with baking flour. The "hare" is Sphinxter, and the directions are posted on the website of the HHH, probably Shadyside location.
Until June 8 2008
Steel: Pittsburgh Drawings By Craig McPherson
Frick Art & Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 (Point Breeze neighborhood)
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Noon to 6:00 p.m.
Free Admission
This exhibition gathers together some of Craig McPherson’s existing Pittsburgh-related mezzotints and expands upon these industrial themes with a body of new work in graphite and pastel.
Contemporary artist Craig McPherson works in the urban-realist tradition, producing finely detailed, beautifully atmospheric renderings of urban and industrial environments. His preference for urban subject matter and unpopulated shadowy night scenes is evocative of both the Ashcan School of the early twentieth century, and the cinematography of mid-twentieth-century film noir.
The exhibition, which is part of the Frick’s contribution to the celebrations surrounding Pittsburgh’s 250th anniversary, concludes with riverscapes and scenes of contemporary, downtown Pittsburgh.
http://www.craigmcpherson.net/
CMU, free book, Philip Chosky Theater
Wall Street Journal reporter and Carnegie Mellon alumnus (H&SS ’80) Jeffrey Zaslow was in the audience when Computer Science Professor Randy Pausch gave his famous last lecture Sept. 18, 2007. Afterward, the stories he wrote in his “Moving On” column catapulted Pausch into an Internet phenom and international celebrity. The video generated from the lecture has been the most watched in the Journal's history. Pausch and Zaslow subsequently collaborated on a book, titled “The Last Lecture,” published by Hyperion Books April 8. Join Zaslow for a presentation and book signing that’ll give you a behind-the-scenes look at what’s happened since the last lecture. Free books will be given to the first 50 people to enter the theater.
Mon April 14 - 4:30 PM
CMU, Journeys lecture
Baker Hall 136A, Adamson Wing Auditorium
PURSUING SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES: PEOPLE CHANGE PEOPLE: By my early twenties, I expected to teach chemistry in my native New Zealand in a high school or, if I was lucky, a university. But my professional life unfolded as I could never have imagined. In time, I arrived at Carnegie Mellon where I have seen the chemistry department develop so positively over two decades that its renewal must be of historical significance.
I was molded by the beauty of nature and etched by experiences of youth and later life to be skeptical of the power of entrenched systems. Some chemicals are pulling mankind away from the unpolluted environment and trans-generational justice upon which a good future depends. This is starkly evident with endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that can impair living things at environmentally relevant concentrations making EDCs the foremost challenge for green chemistry. In contrast, I marvel at the sustainability wisdom in great books and the power for good of resolute friends who, variously, reveal through science the EDC hazards, explain these comprehensibly to the public, and develop safer alternatives. I have been lucky to design a catalytic technology that appears to define the state of the art for removing recalcitrant pollutants (including many EDCs) and hardy pathogens from water.
The need to develop a non-hazardous technology base underpins the mission of our recently renamed Institute for Green Science. To be of transcendent value, universities will need to reorient throughout to help build a sustainable civilization. The associated challenges of vision, strategy, scholarship, research, education, and outreach are decidedly multidisciplinary. I take heart in believing that Carnegie Mellon and its students will be leaders in building a lasting future.
Mon april 14 - 6 PM
CMU, University Center, Rangos 3
author of "at a Billion Muslims Really Think", Dalia Mogahed
Mon April 14 - 7 PM
CMU - McConomy Auditorium
Lecture by Naomi Klein, author of "No Logo"
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 6:30 pm
CMU school of fine arts - Architecture
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
Architecture lecture
Stefan Behnisch + Thomas Auer | www.transsolar.com
Behnisch Architekten + Transsolar ClimateEngineering, Stuttgart
NOTE: Problem with access: tried to access the Carnegie Museum of Art at 6:52 from the Forbes Avenue main entrances (three of them) and found them all locked. Did not try to access from the back where the upper deck parking lot is (which is also the closest entrance to the auditorium).
Wed 4/16/2008 - 7pm
Understanding The Language Of Cinema
Monroeville Public Library
This presentation and conversation will offer some basics in talking about cinema and provide an understanding of the effect of a director's many decisions in editing, sound, lighting and other elements that make film such a complex, unique art form.
Participants will look at excerpts from some classic films and some less familiar pieces, to find examples of how a director uses these different elements and the effect on our experience as audience members.
Presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers.
Wed 4/16/2008 - 7pm
The Secret History Of The War On Cancer
Royal Gatherings Banquet Facility (Galleria At Pittsburgh Mills)
The Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation welcomes Dr. Devra Lee Davis of the University Of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute to discuss this country's thirty-six year war on cancer.
She has written a book that asserts that the war on cancer was directed by leaders of industries that generated a host of cancer causing materials and products. Their leadership downplayed research on prevention, and kept research on environmental causes from gaining widespread circulation. The result of the failed war on cancer is more than 10 million preventable deaths over the past thirty years.
Wed April 16 2008 - 7pm
CMU - McConomy Auditorium
Russian Film
The Italian | Italianetz
The Italien tells the story of an orphan boy who attempts to find his mother when faced with possible adoption by an Italian couple. On his quest, he is pursued by adoption agents.
Production: Russia 2005
Director: Andrei Kravchuk
Language: Russian with English subtitles
Run Time: 99 minutes
Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 to 7:30 AM and 7:30 to 8:30 PM
CMU, Gesling Stadium
The third installment of Orchestra Orthoptera: aural experiments in which the sounds of singing insects are broadcast in public places during the insects’ period of dormancy.
from school of art calendar
Wed Apr 16, 2008 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
CMU - University Center - Skibo Gym
Kicksburgh will showcase sneaker and urban culture in Pittsburgh and around the world through live music and exhibitions by shoe artists, collectors and vendors. The event is free and open to the public, although used, but wearable shoes and monetary donations will be accepted. A majority of the proceeds from the donations will go to Soles4Souls (www.soles4souls.com), a charity that provides footwear to those affected by natural disasters around the world. The event has been coordinated by Carnegie Mellon juniors Jesse Chorng and Elliott Curtis, and students from their Sneakerology 101 course. Sneakerology 101 is one of several Student College courses, which provide Carnegie Mellon students with an opportunity to design and deliver their own courses for academic credit from the university.
Thu Apr 17 2008 - 7:30 PM
CMU: Adamson Wing , Room 136A of Baker Hall
Film: "Private", by Saverio Costanzo
Palestinian family house occupied by israeli soldiers.
Sponsored by The Middle East Peace Forum of Pittsburgh
Thu Apr 17 2008 - 8 PM
CMU College of Fine Arts lawn
Spring Carnival concert
THE ROOTS with special guest Nouveau Riche as this spring's Carnival Concert. This concert is free of charge
Thu Apr 17 2008 - 8:30 PM
Pitt - Frick Auditorium
4/17 Pitt’s Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Center for Latin American Studies, and Eduardo Lozano Latin American Library Collection will present “Onibus 174 (Bus 174),” part of the New Millennium Film Series, at 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. Some films may not be suitable for younger viewers. For more information, contact amigoscinelatinoamericano08@gmail.com or visit amigosdelcinelatinoamericano2008.blogspot.com. Thu April 17 - 6:30 PM
Phipps Conservatory
PORC ride, easy, pleasant, casual
Fri April 18 - 6:30 PM
PORC ride, totally easy, newbee, novice.
Frick Park at tennis courts, Reg Square, S Braddock Ave
Fri Apr 18 2008 - 8:10 PM
CMU Spring Carnival event - comedy
Human Giant, featuring Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, and Paul Scheer!
Sat Apr 19 2008 - 1:30 PM
CMU - Flagstaff hill
Holi, indian festival, throwing of coloring agents in a fun group spring event
See last year's Holi Festival on YouTube
Sat Apr 19 2008 - from 9:30 AM to 12 Noon
Frick Park, Nine Mile Run clean-up
Nine Mile Run Stream Sweep
Saturday, April 19 th
9:30am to Noon
Meet in the Soccer field in Lower Frick Park off the Lancaster Avenue entrance
As part of the Great PA Clean Up, join NMRWA as we sweep Nine Mile Run clean of litter. Every rain and snow melt brings depressing amounts of litter into the stream from storm sewers. The Nine Mile Run stream is a unique and major amenity for our city--let's keep it tidy! We provide all of the supplies including gloves, trash bags, and safety vests. Please wear long pants and sturdy shoes.
Sat April 19 2008 - 10 AM to 4 PM
Earth Day Celebration at the Frick Environmental Center
2005 Beechwood Boulevard--Squirrel Hill
This family friendly event will feature bird walks, nature crafts, a garlic mustard pull, tree planting, an owl encounter, and live local entertainment. Come enjoy fun activities for children and adults including a NATURE LABYRINTH, TREE PLANTING, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, CHILDREN'S GARDEN, BIRD PLATFORM BUILDING, NATURE ORIGAMI, and a COMMUNITY MURAL PAINTING.
Sat Apr 19 2008 - from 9 AM to 3 PM
Dead Man's Hollow, near Boston, PA 15135
The geocachers are celebrating Earth Day by volunteering to clean up the woods from old tires and junk.
Sat April 19 2008 - 10 AM to 8 PM
Pittsburgh Auto Show
Kids under 12 are free, $9 for Adults ($7 if they use the coupon on CityPaper)
There are alot of children activities by magicians and entertainers.
Sat 4/19/2008 - 3pm
Man Of Steel
EveryOne An Artist Gallery
4128 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
People who worked at the former Heppenstall steel mill (or their families) are welcome to visit the gallery today to participate in a unique, interactive project.
Everyone An Artist Gallery is building a giant "Man Of Steel" with photographs of real people who worked at Heppenstall. It will be shown in Market Square in June as part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
Sat 4/19/2008 - 5:30pm
Student Thesis Screening
Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Avenue, northern Oakland neighborhood
Students at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers' school acreen their 16mm and video projects for the public to enjoy. A reception follows.
Sat 4/19/2008 - 6pm
Eastside Poetry Gathering
Borders Books & Music (East Liberty) 5986 Penn Circle South, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Celebrate National Poetry Month with performances of spoken word, slam, literary and musical poetry as well as an open mic.
Features specials guests Vincent Zepp, Kassa Lewis and members of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society Of Pittsburgh.
Sun Apr 20 2008 - from 11 AM to 2 PM
Hartwood Acres County Park, northern allegheny county
Orienteering. Celebrate Earth Day by participating in this scavenger hunt for flags hidden in the woods, using a topographic map and compass. Flags are placed on natural features such as stream bends or intersections, boulders, vegetation boundaries, root stock, earthbanks, lower part of a small cliff, springs. You will come out of this experience with a new appreciation for natural features. $4 per map, group/family can share same map.
Sun apr 20 2008 - 2 PM
Walk/Run with the Hash House Harriers, and scavenge hunt for beer. After the event above, in which participants look for flags in the woods, this is more fun: you look for a beer stop by following white marks on the ground made with baking flour. The "hare" is Sphinxter, and the directions are posted on the website of the HHH, probably Shadyside location.
Until June 8 2008
Steel: Pittsburgh Drawings By Craig McPherson
Frick Art & Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 (Point Breeze neighborhood)
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Noon to 6:00 p.m.
Free Admission
This exhibition gathers together some of Craig McPherson’s existing Pittsburgh-related mezzotints and expands upon these industrial themes with a body of new work in graphite and pastel.
Contemporary artist Craig McPherson works in the urban-realist tradition, producing finely detailed, beautifully atmospheric renderings of urban and industrial environments. His preference for urban subject matter and unpopulated shadowy night scenes is evocative of both the Ashcan School of the early twentieth century, and the cinematography of mid-twentieth-century film noir.
The exhibition, which is part of the Frick’s contribution to the celebrations surrounding Pittsburgh’s 250th anniversary, concludes with riverscapes and scenes of contemporary, downtown Pittsburgh.
http://www.craigmcpherson.net/
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
2008 Apr 7 - Apr 13
Mon Apr 7 - 4:30 PM
CMU, Doherty Hall A310
The International Relations Program at Carnegie Mellon University Presents:
Stuart J.D. Schwartzsein
"Iraq: Blood and Oil"
Monday, April 7, 2008
4:30 to 6, Doherty Hall A 310
Stuart J. D. Schwartzstein has worked as a foreign-affairs professional for more than 30 years, having served in the Defense and State Departments in a wide range of capacities, including as a diplomat, an analyst, negotiator, advisor and planner. He has also held positions in several think-tanks, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C. His work has ranged broadly, both geographically and in subject matter, including defense industrial cooperation with European allies, technology transfer and export control issues, “information revolution” issues, encryption policy, international science and technology policy, chemical and biological weapons issues, refugee policy, Horn of Africa issues, relations with European allies and ASEAN countries.
While at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1992-96), he did a good deal of work on Iraq issues, particularly focusing on human rights violations by Saddam Hussein and his regime. In 2004, he served in the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad as an advisor to the Minister for Science & Technology and to the president of the Iraqi National Academy of Sciences. He has continued to follow events in Iraq and has maintained contact with a number of Iraqi friends, including several in senior Iraqi government positions, as well as officials and experts in the US.
Mr Schwartzstein is currently an independent consultant based in Washington, D.C.
Mon Apr 7 - 4:30 PM
CMU, Baker Hall 136A
Lecture by Post-Gazette editor and former Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill
"Benchmarking the Real Pittsburgh"
Mon Apr 7 - 8 PM
CMU, Fine Arts building, Kresge Hall
Jazz voice recital by Nisha Asnani
Free admission
Mon Apr 7 - 7 PM
CMU University Center, McConomy auditorium
Lecture by Dan Savage, columnist of Savage Love
Admission is free for CMU students, but tickets must be picked up at UC desk. If not a CMU student, you can purchase an admission ticket for $5.
Monday, April 7, 2008 at 7 pm
Cafe Scientifique - Penn Brewery, 800 Vinial St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Nancy Minshew, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Autism: A Compelling Neuroscience Window on Brain Circuitry & Human Function
The rate of autism is on the rise, with one occurrence per 150 births overall, and one per 94 in baby boys. It is a clear and present risk in the minds of all those contemplating childbirth and of those with children under the age of 4. Cases of autism whose onset appears to follow the administration of vaccines has caused some parents to avoid vaccinating their children, putting them at risk of developing devastating illnesses that are preventable. But what is a concerned parent to believe?
Nancy Minshew, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Director of one of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD’s) Autism Centers of Excellence, where she is investigating the neurobiologic and genetic basis of autism. She will talk briefly about the basis for the expansion in recognition rate of autism, and show that co-occurrence with vaccination is a very poor basis for considering vaccination to be a cause of autism.. Evidence of accelerated growth of the brain in children with autism at various points in development is just one piece in the neurobiological puzzle that might lead to a better understanding of autism. Furthermore, Dr. Minshew will explain that autism is a syndrome, not a disorder.
Tue Apr 8 - 8 PM
CMU, Fine Arts bldg, Kresge Hall
Contemporary Italian Guitar concert
Arturo Tallini
Wed Apr 9 2008 - 8 PM
CMU college of fine arts - Kresge Hall
Student recital guitar music
Wed April 9 2008 - 7pm
CMU - McConomy Auditorium
Chinese Film
Saving Face
In Manhattan, the brilliant Chinese-American surgeon Wil is surprised by the arrival of her forty-eight years old widow mother to her apartment. Ma was banished from Flushing, Queens, when her father discovered that she was pregnant. The presence of Ma affects the personal life of Wil, who is in love with the daughter of her boss in the hospital, the dancer Vivian Shing.
Production: Sony Classics
Director: Alice Wu
Language:English, Mandarin and Shanghainese
Run Time: 97 minutes
Thu Apr 10 - 7 PM
Pitt, 343 Alumni Hall
4227 Fifth Avenue
lecture by David Cortright, president of Fourth Freedom Forum
Concerns about the perils posed by nuclear weapons have focused primarily on the spread of the bomb–to North Korea, Pakistan, India, and perhaps Iran–and on the terrifying prospect that Al Qaeda might acquire such weapons. Nuclear dangers, however, are not only "out there," they also exist in the policies of the United States and Russia, which continue to maintain thousands of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert.
Meanwhile, glimmers of hope for a denuclearized future have recently appeared in North Korea and in a bipartisan statement from former senior US policymakers calling for "a world free of nuclear weapons."
At this event David Cortright will examine the nuclear danger and probe the sources of instability that are driving proliferation and continued reliance on nuclear weapons. He will also offer practical directions toward realizing a future without nuclear weapons, including the key role of citizen involvement.
Thu Apr 10 - 6 PM
Pitt - Frick Fine Arts bldg auditorium
Filmmaker Eleni Binge will present her film outlining the ethical issues associated with food production and consumption, at 6 p.m. April 10 in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland.
The screening of the film, “Seeing Through the Fence,” is free and open to the public. A discussion with Binge with follow.
The film explores the role of food in modern society and our connection, or lack thereof, with the processes and animals from which food originates. It also explores the role of activism and the stereotyping off activists and alternative lifestyles.
Thu Apr 10 - 8:30 PM
Pitt, Frick fine arts building, Auditorium
Cinema Latino Americano festival
SUITE HABANA
Dir. Fernando Pérez • Cuba - 2003
Suite Habana is a splendid portrait of Cubans, from kids to the most elderly, so splendidly photographed, hopping from scene to scene, among the different persons making up this visual poem. There are no words to describe this; indeed, there is a saying which says "an image is worth a thousand words". And in this film of a little more than 84 minutes you have millions of words which get nowhere near the story-less story unfolding before your eyes: because these are real people living real lives - not actors trying to interpret some such rôle. Here you have the beauty of Cuban citizens en La Habana, white, black, mestizo or whatever, which just sums up into one glorious film.
Thu Apr 10 - 10 PM
CMU - McConomy auditorium
free movie: "Smart People"
Filmed on campus last year, to be commercially released next month
Sat Apr 12 - 4 PM
Pitt, Frick Fine Arts Building, Auditorium
Piano music of Giacinto Scelsi
Lecture/Concert by Franco Sciannameo and pianist Donna Amato
A Rediscovered Piano Sonata (1943) by Giacinto Scelsi
I. Sinfonia II. Largo III. Fuga
FRANCO SCIANNAMEO
Born in Italy, Film Musicologist and Cultural Historian Franco Sciannameo studied in Rome at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia,” at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He also holds advanced degrees in Historical Musicology and Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Always concerned with the role of artists in society, Franco Sciannameo writes and lectures extensively on contemporary music and its relation to politics, cinema, and the arts. He has worked closely with a number of celebrated composers, including Giacinto Scelsi, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Franco Donatoni, and Paul Chihara, with whom he collaborated on many performances and recordings. Sciannameo’s articles and essays are featured regularly in The Musical Times (London) and L’IDEA (New York), while his books are published by Mario Adda Editore, The Edwin Mellen Press, Pendragon Press, and The Scarecrow Press.
Franco Sciannameo is the Director of Carnegie Mellon’s BHA/BSA/BCSA Interdisciplinary Degree Programs and a Fellow in the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry where he directs Moysikòs, a Sonic Fountain project.
DONNA AMATO
Donna Amato was born in Pittsburgh. She studied with Lorraine Landefeld, Ozan Marsh, Louis Kentner in London, Gaby Casadesus in Paris, Guido Agosti in Siena, Italy, and Angelica Morales von Sauer in Mexico. Her concert and recording career has flourished with appearances in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, Norway, Mexico, Canada, and the United States, and Radio broadcasts on the BBC as well as the inaugural live broadcast on Classic FM .
She has worked closely with many contemporary composers and has given world première performances of a wide range of music. Her concerto appearances with leading British orchestras have included the Mozart Concerto KV 488 with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London, the Tchaikovsky Concerto No.1 at the Barbican and Royal Festival Hall, and the Grieg Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. Other performances have included her appearance as a guest artist at Sir Charles Groves' 75th Birthday Gala with the English Sinfonia in London; she also gave a memorable account of the rarely heard Franz Xavier Mozart Second Concerto with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, British Columbia. Other recent performances with orchestra have included the Skryabin Piano Concerto and the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 4.
She was invited to visit Russia and the Independent States, where her concert tour and radio and television appearances were an outstanding success. She has been invited to return as part of an ongoing cultural exchange between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Donna Amato is among the very few pianists who have so far undertaken performances and recordings of the highly demanding and virtuosic music of Kaikhosru Sorabji.
An artist with a busy recording schedule, her currently available recordings include the two concertos of Edward MacDowell with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the sonatas of Dutilleux and Balakirev, the recital disc "A Piano Portrait" (works by Liszt, Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin), a disc of late piano music of Skryabin, two CDs of piano works by Sorabji, a CD of music by Edgeworth-resident 19th-century composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin, and a CD of music by British composers. Recent CD releases include the complete piano sonatas of American Romantic composer Edward MacDowell, a CD in collaboration with Matthew Murchison, a solo CD of Carson Cooman's piano works, Nancy Galbraith's Second Piano Concerto, and Giacinto Scelsi’s Early Piano Works (Stradivarius, May 2008). Future plans include the release of discs of Arnold Rosner, and a recording of the Piano Symphony No. 5 of Sorabji. Several leading contemporary composers have written works especially for her, which she has performed, broadcast and recorded.
In the fall of 2001 she gave eight performances of the Jazz Concerto in D by Dana Suesse with Pittsburgh's prestigious River City Brass Band, under the direction of Denis Colwell. In 2003 she performed Leonardo Balada’s Piano Concerto, and performed and broadcasted the world premiere of Sorabji’s 5th Piano Concerto in The Netherlands with the Netherlands Radio Symphony. In June 2004 she appeared in collaboration with flutist Julie Seftick at Carnegie Hall in NY, and as soloist gave the world premiere at Merkin Hall, NY of Sorabji's Piano Symphony No. 5. She recently performed Nancy Galbraith's Second Piano Concerto with the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble. Other recent performances include a solo recital at Harvard University, a Scelsi concert at the Museo di Arti Moderne in Rome, and an appearance as soloist in Messaien's Couleurs de la cité céleste with George Vosburgh conducting the Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble. Donna Amato currently teaches piano at the University of Pittsburgh and is an accompanist at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music.
CMU, Doherty Hall A310
The International Relations Program at Carnegie Mellon University Presents:
Stuart J.D. Schwartzsein
"Iraq: Blood and Oil"
Monday, April 7, 2008
4:30 to 6, Doherty Hall A 310
Stuart J. D. Schwartzstein has worked as a foreign-affairs professional for more than 30 years, having served in the Defense and State Departments in a wide range of capacities, including as a diplomat, an analyst, negotiator, advisor and planner. He has also held positions in several think-tanks, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C. His work has ranged broadly, both geographically and in subject matter, including defense industrial cooperation with European allies, technology transfer and export control issues, “information revolution” issues, encryption policy, international science and technology policy, chemical and biological weapons issues, refugee policy, Horn of Africa issues, relations with European allies and ASEAN countries.
While at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1992-96), he did a good deal of work on Iraq issues, particularly focusing on human rights violations by Saddam Hussein and his regime. In 2004, he served in the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad as an advisor to the Minister for Science & Technology and to the president of the Iraqi National Academy of Sciences. He has continued to follow events in Iraq and has maintained contact with a number of Iraqi friends, including several in senior Iraqi government positions, as well as officials and experts in the US.
Mr Schwartzstein is currently an independent consultant based in Washington, D.C.
Mon Apr 7 - 4:30 PM
CMU, Baker Hall 136A
Lecture by Post-Gazette editor and former Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill
"Benchmarking the Real Pittsburgh"
Mon Apr 7 - 8 PM
CMU, Fine Arts building, Kresge Hall
Jazz voice recital by Nisha Asnani
Free admission
Mon Apr 7 - 7 PM
CMU University Center, McConomy auditorium
Lecture by Dan Savage, columnist of Savage Love
Admission is free for CMU students, but tickets must be picked up at UC desk. If not a CMU student, you can purchase an admission ticket for $5.
Monday, April 7, 2008 at 7 pm
Cafe Scientifique - Penn Brewery, 800 Vinial St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Nancy Minshew, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Autism: A Compelling Neuroscience Window on Brain Circuitry & Human Function
The rate of autism is on the rise, with one occurrence per 150 births overall, and one per 94 in baby boys. It is a clear and present risk in the minds of all those contemplating childbirth and of those with children under the age of 4. Cases of autism whose onset appears to follow the administration of vaccines has caused some parents to avoid vaccinating their children, putting them at risk of developing devastating illnesses that are preventable. But what is a concerned parent to believe?
Nancy Minshew, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Director of one of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD’s) Autism Centers of Excellence, where she is investigating the neurobiologic and genetic basis of autism. She will talk briefly about the basis for the expansion in recognition rate of autism, and show that co-occurrence with vaccination is a very poor basis for considering vaccination to be a cause of autism.. Evidence of accelerated growth of the brain in children with autism at various points in development is just one piece in the neurobiological puzzle that might lead to a better understanding of autism. Furthermore, Dr. Minshew will explain that autism is a syndrome, not a disorder.
Tue Apr 8 - 8 PM
CMU, Fine Arts bldg, Kresge Hall
Contemporary Italian Guitar concert
Arturo Tallini
Wed Apr 9 2008 - 8 PM
CMU college of fine arts - Kresge Hall
Student recital guitar music
Wed April 9 2008 - 7pm
CMU - McConomy Auditorium
Chinese Film
Saving Face
In Manhattan, the brilliant Chinese-American surgeon Wil is surprised by the arrival of her forty-eight years old widow mother to her apartment. Ma was banished from Flushing, Queens, when her father discovered that she was pregnant. The presence of Ma affects the personal life of Wil, who is in love with the daughter of her boss in the hospital, the dancer Vivian Shing.
Production: Sony Classics
Director: Alice Wu
Language:English, Mandarin and Shanghainese
Run Time: 97 minutes
Thu Apr 10 - 7 PM
Pitt, 343 Alumni Hall
4227 Fifth Avenue
lecture by David Cortright, president of Fourth Freedom Forum
Concerns about the perils posed by nuclear weapons have focused primarily on the spread of the bomb–to North Korea, Pakistan, India, and perhaps Iran–and on the terrifying prospect that Al Qaeda might acquire such weapons. Nuclear dangers, however, are not only "out there," they also exist in the policies of the United States and Russia, which continue to maintain thousands of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert.
Meanwhile, glimmers of hope for a denuclearized future have recently appeared in North Korea and in a bipartisan statement from former senior US policymakers calling for "a world free of nuclear weapons."
At this event David Cortright will examine the nuclear danger and probe the sources of instability that are driving proliferation and continued reliance on nuclear weapons. He will also offer practical directions toward realizing a future without nuclear weapons, including the key role of citizen involvement.
Thu Apr 10 - 6 PM
Pitt - Frick Fine Arts bldg auditorium
Filmmaker Eleni Binge will present her film outlining the ethical issues associated with food production and consumption, at 6 p.m. April 10 in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland.
The screening of the film, “Seeing Through the Fence,” is free and open to the public. A discussion with Binge with follow.
The film explores the role of food in modern society and our connection, or lack thereof, with the processes and animals from which food originates. It also explores the role of activism and the stereotyping off activists and alternative lifestyles.
Thu Apr 10 - 8:30 PM
Pitt, Frick fine arts building, Auditorium
Cinema Latino Americano festival
SUITE HABANA
Dir. Fernando Pérez • Cuba - 2003
Suite Habana is a splendid portrait of Cubans, from kids to the most elderly, so splendidly photographed, hopping from scene to scene, among the different persons making up this visual poem. There are no words to describe this; indeed, there is a saying which says "an image is worth a thousand words". And in this film of a little more than 84 minutes you have millions of words which get nowhere near the story-less story unfolding before your eyes: because these are real people living real lives - not actors trying to interpret some such rôle. Here you have the beauty of Cuban citizens en La Habana, white, black, mestizo or whatever, which just sums up into one glorious film.
Thu Apr 10 - 10 PM
CMU - McConomy auditorium
free movie: "Smart People"
Filmed on campus last year, to be commercially released next month
Sat Apr 12 - 4 PM
Pitt, Frick Fine Arts Building, Auditorium
Piano music of Giacinto Scelsi
Lecture/Concert by Franco Sciannameo and pianist Donna Amato
A Rediscovered Piano Sonata (1943) by Giacinto Scelsi
I. Sinfonia II. Largo III. Fuga
FRANCO SCIANNAMEO
Born in Italy, Film Musicologist and Cultural Historian Franco Sciannameo studied in Rome at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia,” at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He also holds advanced degrees in Historical Musicology and Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Always concerned with the role of artists in society, Franco Sciannameo writes and lectures extensively on contemporary music and its relation to politics, cinema, and the arts. He has worked closely with a number of celebrated composers, including Giacinto Scelsi, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Franco Donatoni, and Paul Chihara, with whom he collaborated on many performances and recordings. Sciannameo’s articles and essays are featured regularly in The Musical Times (London) and L’IDEA (New York), while his books are published by Mario Adda Editore, The Edwin Mellen Press, Pendragon Press, and The Scarecrow Press.
Franco Sciannameo is the Director of Carnegie Mellon’s BHA/BSA/BCSA Interdisciplinary Degree Programs and a Fellow in the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry where he directs Moysikòs, a Sonic Fountain project.
DONNA AMATO
Donna Amato was born in Pittsburgh. She studied with Lorraine Landefeld, Ozan Marsh, Louis Kentner in London, Gaby Casadesus in Paris, Guido Agosti in Siena, Italy, and Angelica Morales von Sauer in Mexico. Her concert and recording career has flourished with appearances in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, Norway, Mexico, Canada, and the United States, and Radio broadcasts on the BBC as well as the inaugural live broadcast on Classic FM .
She has worked closely with many contemporary composers and has given world première performances of a wide range of music. Her concerto appearances with leading British orchestras have included the Mozart Concerto KV 488 with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London, the Tchaikovsky Concerto No.1 at the Barbican and Royal Festival Hall, and the Grieg Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. Other performances have included her appearance as a guest artist at Sir Charles Groves' 75th Birthday Gala with the English Sinfonia in London; she also gave a memorable account of the rarely heard Franz Xavier Mozart Second Concerto with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, British Columbia. Other recent performances with orchestra have included the Skryabin Piano Concerto and the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 4.
She was invited to visit Russia and the Independent States, where her concert tour and radio and television appearances were an outstanding success. She has been invited to return as part of an ongoing cultural exchange between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Donna Amato is among the very few pianists who have so far undertaken performances and recordings of the highly demanding and virtuosic music of Kaikhosru Sorabji.
An artist with a busy recording schedule, her currently available recordings include the two concertos of Edward MacDowell with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the sonatas of Dutilleux and Balakirev, the recital disc "A Piano Portrait" (works by Liszt, Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin), a disc of late piano music of Skryabin, two CDs of piano works by Sorabji, a CD of music by Edgeworth-resident 19th-century composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin, and a CD of music by British composers. Recent CD releases include the complete piano sonatas of American Romantic composer Edward MacDowell, a CD in collaboration with Matthew Murchison, a solo CD of Carson Cooman's piano works, Nancy Galbraith's Second Piano Concerto, and Giacinto Scelsi’s Early Piano Works (Stradivarius, May 2008). Future plans include the release of discs of Arnold Rosner, and a recording of the Piano Symphony No. 5 of Sorabji. Several leading contemporary composers have written works especially for her, which she has performed, broadcast and recorded.
In the fall of 2001 she gave eight performances of the Jazz Concerto in D by Dana Suesse with Pittsburgh's prestigious River City Brass Band, under the direction of Denis Colwell. In 2003 she performed Leonardo Balada’s Piano Concerto, and performed and broadcasted the world premiere of Sorabji’s 5th Piano Concerto in The Netherlands with the Netherlands Radio Symphony. In June 2004 she appeared in collaboration with flutist Julie Seftick at Carnegie Hall in NY, and as soloist gave the world premiere at Merkin Hall, NY of Sorabji's Piano Symphony No. 5. She recently performed Nancy Galbraith's Second Piano Concerto with the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble. Other recent performances include a solo recital at Harvard University, a Scelsi concert at the Museo di Arti Moderne in Rome, and an appearance as soloist in Messaien's Couleurs de la cité céleste with George Vosburgh conducting the Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble. Donna Amato currently teaches piano at the University of Pittsburgh and is an accompanist at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music.
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