2009 Mar 30 - Apr 5

Mon Mar 30 - 4:30 PM
CMU - Baker Hall 136A
The ULS presents Florida International University Professor Kenneth Lipartito, who will discuss "Technologies of Surveillance: Tracking People as Economic Subjects." Lipartito traces the evolution of the technologies of economic watching from the early credit reporting bureaus of the nineteenth century, through the workplace surveillance methods of the industrial corporation and out into the consumer marketplace of the twentieth century.

Mon 30 Mar 2009 - 6:30 PM
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
AARON BETSKY Cincinnati Art Museum, Venice Architecture Biennale

Mon Mar 30 - 8 PM
CMU - Kresge Hall
Piano recital, free
Russell Sherman

Tue Mar 31 - 12 PM
CMU - Kresge Hall
piano recital, free
Wha Kyung Byun

Tue Mar 31 - 8:30 PM
Pitt - 120 David Lawrence Hall
Spike Lee, presented by Pitt Black Action Society

Wed Apr 1 - 7:30 PM
CMU - McConomy auditorium
Seducing Dr. Lewis | La Grande Séducion
St. Marie-La-Mauderne is a tiny fishing village in what some may call the middle of nowhere. For eight years the locals have stood in line for weekly welfare checks, wearing patched sweaters and glum expressions, and remembering the good old days when the catch was good, the fishermen were proud, and life seemed a lot more magical. Then one day, a chance at salvation: a small company wants to build a factory on the island, but only if a full-time doctor lives in St. Marie. The situation seems hopeless until a young doctor in Montreal has an unfortunate incident with a traffic cop and finds himself on a boat to the faraway village. But how to convince handsome, young, urbane Dr. Lewis to stay in this dreary little spot on the map? As it turns out, the answer lies in just a bit of seductive subterfuge--along with a tapped phone, a hastily assembled cricket team, and something called Festival de Beef Stroganoff.
Production: Canada 2004
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
Language:French with English Subtitiles
Run Time: 108 minutes

Wed Apr 1 - 7:30 PM (reception at 6:45 PM)
Pitt - Frick Arts Building
amigos de cinema latino americano
First Film:
El día que me quieras: un número infinito de cosas
Director: Leandro Katz.
English title: Day you’ll love me.
Spanish with English subtitles. (30 min.)
Investigating death and the power of photography, this film is a meditation on the last picture taken of Che Guevara, as he lay dead on a table, surrounded by his captors. The photograph, taken by Freddy Alborta in 1967, has been compared to Mantegna’s Dead Christ and Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson of Professor Tulp. The film, a montage of Alborta’s memories of that day, his photographs and rare newsreel footage of the event, is an attempt to deconstruct the myth of Guevara.
Second Film:
Che Guevara hasta la Victoria Siempre
A revealing portrait of the man & the myth
Director: Clark Green.
Spanish with English subtitles. (60 min)
This revealing documentary, featuring extensive footage, tells the story of one of the 20th century’s most controversial, yet charismatic icons, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, better known as Che Guevara.
A true revolutionary who traveled throughout Latin America observing impoverished conditions of the people, stood side-by-side with Fidel Castro in Cuba, and formed revolutions in the Congo and Bolivia (where he was executed). Archival film footage, rare photos and informed commentary provide new insights into the life and influence of this remarkable man.

Thu Apr 2 - 5 to 7 PM
Church Breworks, Lawrenceville
Geek Night

Thu Apr 2 - 7:00 PM
CMU - McConomy auditorium
Mike Reiss, one of the founding writers of "The Simpsons." In his entertaining presentation, "The Simpons and Other Gentiles I Work With," Reiss will share stories about dealing with network censors and prickly guest stars, and discuss how "The Simpsons" is perceived around the world. He will also show clips from his Simpsons work, as well as his original animated creations "The Critic" and "Queer Duck." There will be a special emphasis on Jewish themes in "The Simpsons," but you don't have to be Jewish, or even a Simpsons fan, to enjoy this speech.

Fri Apr 3 - 6 PM
Pitt - 4130 Posvar Hall
Film--Korean Film Festival: The Chaser
The Chaser (2008) is an Action/Thriller directed by Hong-jin Na
Synopsis: Ex-cop pimp Jung-ho is irritated because his girls keep disappearing without clearing their debts. One night, he gets a call from a customer and sends Mi-jin. Jung-ho realizes the phone number of the customer matches that of the calls the missing girls got last. As something smells fishy, he searches for her. During his search, Jung-ho dents a car in the alley. When Jung-ho spots blood splattered on the driver's shirt, he senses the man, Young-min, is the suspect. After an intense chase, Jung-ho catches Young-min. But because of Jung-ho's pretense as a cop, they are both taken to the police station. At the station, the man bluntly confesses he has killed the missing women, and the last girl, Mi-jin, may still be alive. As the whole police force is obsessed with a random search for corpses, Jung-ho is the only one who believes Mi-jin is still alive. With only 12 hours left to detain the serial killer without a warrant, Jung-ho's hunt begins, searching for Mi-jin entrapped in a place nobody knows.
Audience: Open to the public

Fru Apr 3 - 6:30 PM
CMU - McConomy auditorium
Free screening
Maiko Haaaan!!!
Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with Maiko and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko Osawa and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house. However, when the realization of Kimihiko's lifelong dream is rudely interrupted by a professional baseball star named Kiichiro Naito, he vows revenge by becoming a pro baseball player himself. Meanwhile, Fujiko decides to become an apprentice geisha. A success war between Kimihiko and Naito ensues where they try to out-do each other by subsequently becoming professional baseball players, K-1 fighters, chefs, actors and even politicians.
Production: Japan 2007
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Run Time: 120 minutes

Fri Apr 3 - 7 PM
Pitt - Cathedral of Learning room 232
Syrian Film Festival
Verbal Letters (Rasa’el Shafahiyyah. Abdullatif Abdul-Hamid (Syria), 1991, 105 min). Winner of the Golden Olive at the Valencia Mediterranean Film Festival and the Special Acknowledgement at the Asiatica Film Mediale in Italy in 2003 “for the lyricism with which [the director] was capable of describing the tricks of fortune and the reality of war.” Like his other films, Abdul-Hamid uses a deceptively simple story to explore complex themes. Tender and sophisticated, the story is loosely adapted from the story of Cyrano de Bergerac. The plot rotates around a young man too embarrassed to approach a beautiful young woman he has fallen in love with. He entrusts a close friend with reciting a love letter to her, resulting in the woman falling for the friend.

Fri Apr 3 - 8:30 PM
Pitt - Frick Arts Building Auditorium
Pictures from a Revolution: A Memoir of the Nicaraguan Conflict
a film by Susan Meiselas, Richard Rogers, and Alfred Guzzetti
Susan Meiselas, the award winning photographer who covered the Nicaraguan revolution, returns a decade later to track down the people - guerrillas, Somocistas and bystanders - pictured in her original photographs. An instant classic among political documentaries, PICTURES FROM A REVOLUTION is both a provocative look at the revolution, its aftermath, and the individuals who fought in the insurrection and now live in the wake of political turmoil and dashed hopes. 1991, 88 minutes

Fri Apr 3 - 7 PM to midnight
Pitt - William Pitt student center ballroom
Festival Brasiliero
dances, food, fashion show, music

Sat Apr 4 - 12 (noon) to 5 PM
handmade craft show: I Made It
http://www.unionproject.org/, highland park neighborhood

Sat Apr 4 - 9 AM to 4 PM
Pittsburgh Code Camp 2009
Code Camp is a free, 1-day event put on by the local Pittsburgh community to help promote software development in the community.
Code Camps have been taking place all over the country. This is Pittsburgh's version of this excellent event. The continuing goal of the Code Camps is to provide an intensive developer-to-developer learning experience that is fun and technically stimulating.
All training, slides, manuals, and demo code are provided free following the event!
Our Code Camp will be hosted at the University of Pittsburgh Computer Science Department. We have local speakers from the community who will share their technical expertise and experiences.
Location:
Department of Computer Science
Sennott Square
210 South Bouquet Street
6th Floor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Sat Apr 4 - 7 PM
Pitt - Cathedral of Learning room 232
Syrian Film Festival
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village (al-Hayat al-Yaomiyyah fi Qaryah Suriyyah. Omar Amiralay (Syria), 1974, 85 min, B&W). A classic by what many regard as the Arab World’s best and most elegant documentarist. Its narrative was made all the more compelling due to the collaboration in making it by the late Sa'adallah Wannous, one of the most innovative modern Arab playwrights. The documentary presents a powerful critique of “development” as conceived by the state. Highlighted are a variety of perspectives in the village, including farmers, health workers and a police officer, offering contrasting approaches to local life, all rendered in the context of an ongoing lyrical visual commentary on landscape, life and death.

Sat Apr 4 - 6:30 PM
CMU - McConomy auditorium
free screening
Terrorism and the Kebab
TERRORISM AND THE KEBAB is a farce denouncing the absurdity of bureaucracy in modern Egypt. Adel Imam, Egypt's leading comic actor, is a father who wants to move his son to a school closer to home. He goes to El-Mugamaa, the center of Cairo's monolithic bureaucracy, to pick up the required documents. Frustrated by the lack of response, he ends up attacking a fundamentalist official and, when armed police respond to the situation, a machine gun accidentally finds its way into Imam's hands. As a terrorist, his demands to the Minister of Internal Affairs are simple: Shish Kebab made of high-class lamb. After having a hearty meal with his hostages, however, his demands become more political.
Production: 1992
Director: Sherif Arafa
Language: Arabic with English Subtitles
Run Time: 105 minutes