2009 Mar 16 - Mar 22

Mon March 16 - 4:30 PM
CMU - Humanities Lecture
Margaret Morrison Breed Hall
"The Antinomies of Realism" by Fredric Jameson (Duke Univ)

Mon march 16 - 7 PM
Univ of Pittsburgh, 207 Lawrence Hall, 3942 Forbes Avenue
German Film screening
"Call Cutta"
Anjan Dutt, 48 Min., 2006
All Human Beings are Born Free and Equal//Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich...
Diverse directors from Eastern Europe, 2007
Anjan Dutt's film CALL CUTTA was based on a stage play produced as a 'joint venture' in 2005 by the Goethe-Institut in Calcutta and the Hebbel Theatre (HAU) in Berlin. CALL CUTTA portrays an attempt by two people connected anonymously via a call centre and a mobile phone to find some kind of 'closeness'. Theatergoers in Berlin and Calcutta book a theatre ticket for a particular time and then, when they turn up at their local theatre, they each receive a mobile phone and a set of headphones. The phone rings and the theatergoer is connected with a caller whose identity and whereabouts are unknown; for the audience, this is how the stage play begins. In this interplay with the caller, then, the theatergoer becomes an actor, a performer. Anjan Dutt's film CALL CUTTA assumes the perspective of a member of the audience – a perspective that plays no part in the stage play itself. It brings together the two 'invisible' – in the sense of not being visible to the other party to the conversation – elements. The film goes on to deal, also pictorially, with the dramatic changes taking place in both cities, underlined by pictures of the locations in question and short biographies of the protagonists. CALL CUTTA asks how the people in these mega-cities are reflecting the social, cultural and economic changes taking place all around them and how those changes are affecting the people's identities, their living conditions and the way they see themselves. It's an experimental paradigm for modern communication technology in contemporary theatre.
This screening will be accompanied by short films done as part of a large project of 43 films that commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948.
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
To mark the anniversary of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008, the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation joined forces with the Goethe-Institut to hold a Second International Short Film Competition. Students from film and art colleges in Germany, Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic, the Ukraine and the USA were asked to take a critical look at the right to freedom and equality in dignity and rights that the Declaration pronounces.

Tue Mar 17 - 7:00 PM
Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club
Frick Park - Beechwood Environmental Center

Tue Mar 17 - 7:30 PM
Spanish Film
"Los Cronocrímenes"
Harris Theater
This gripping time-travel story comes from an Oscar-nominated short-film director, making his feature film debut. Brilliantly imaginative, it presents a deeply ironic and darkly funny vision of the universe. With minimal special effects, Timecrimes instead uses hold-your-breath pacing, seamlessly worked-out plotting, and remarkably believable performances.

Wed Mar 18 - 7:30 PM
Kresge Auditorium, Carlow University
poetry reading by Alicia Ostriker

Wed Mar 18 - 8:00 PM
"The Class"
Regent Sq Theater

Thu Mar 19 - 7:00 pm
CMU - location unknown
School of Design lecture
Christopher Pullman, WGBH Boston

Thu Mar 19 - 7:15 to 8:30 PM
Pitt, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Room 125)
Lecture by Lawrence Korb, "The Overextended Amerinca Military"

Sat Mar 21 - 5 PM
CMU - Fine Arts building, Kresge Theather
The School of Music presents a Contemporary Ensemble Concert featuring pianists Robert Frankenberry and Jack Kurutz, with Walter Morales directing. The program includes the Pittsburgh premiere of John Adams' "Grand Pianola Music" and two original works by Carnegie Mellon student composers.

Sun Mar 22 - 11 AM to 2 PM
scavenger hunt with map and compass
Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club
Co-op Park, Indiana, PA
$5/map (single or family, same price)
activity suitable for all ages, skill levels, all weather

Sun Mar 22 - 2 PM
mystery run with the hash house harriers
follow marks and find the beer cache
Around the township of Shaler, North Hills
must be 21 or older to participate