University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, May 4-10
LECTURE
5/4 Jeanne Marie Laskas, an assistant professor in Pitt's English Department, will give a reading and sign her new book, Growing Girls: The Mother of All Adventures
(Bantam, 2006) at 7 p.m., Barnes and Noble at The Waterworks, 926 Freeport Rd. For more information, contact Trish White at 412-624-9101 or laer@pitt.edu.
5/8 Pitt's School of Information Sciences will hold an information session to explore the school's degree programs. Participants can meet with faculty and observe demonstrations from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Fifth Floor Commons Room, Information Sciences Building,
135 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information about the school, visit www.sis.pitt.edu. For questions and to RSVP, contact Terrance Kizina, director of recruitment, at 412-624-3988 or isinq@mail.sis.pitt.edu.
FILM
Pitt and the Pittsburgh Filmmakers will host the 8th Annual Russian Film Symposium through May 6 at Pitt's Oakland campus and Pittsburgh Filmmakers' Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave. Admission to the Melwood Screening Room is $5. The free screenings on the Pitt campus are in the Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, and Room 208-B, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The symposium is supported by Pitt, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation. For more information and a complete schedule, visit the symposium's Web site, www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2006, or contact Julie Draskoczy, 412-521-1327 or jsk14@pitt.edu. The screening schedule is as follows:
5/4 Mikhail Dubson's The Border (1935), 10 a.m., Cathedral of Learning.
Askol'dov's Commissar (1967, released 1987), 2 p.m., Cathedral of Learning.
Grigorii Aleksandrov's Circus (1936), 7:30 p.m., Melwood Screening Room.
5/5 Nikita Mikhalkov's Close to Eden (1991), 10 a.m., Cathedral of Learning.
Pavel Lungin's Roots (2005), 2 p.m., Cathedral of Learning.
Aleksei Balabanov's Dead Man's Bluff (2005), 7:30 p.m., Melwood Screening Room.
5/6 Larisa Sadilova's Needing a Nanny (2005), 7:30 p.m., Melwood Screening Room.
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