University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 31-April 6

LECTURE

3/31 Pitt's School of Education presents Barbara Bowman, Chief Officer of Early Childhood Education for Chicago Public Schools, who will deliver the Horace Mann Lecture titled "Implications of Cultural Difference in Education," at 5 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Drive, Oakland. For more information, call 412-648-2230.

3/31 Blake Peterson, an associate professor of chemistry at Penn State University, will deliver a lecture titled "Synthetic Mimics of Mammalian Cell Surface Receptors: Novel Tools for Targeting Cells and Ligands," at 2:30 p.m., Room 12B, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8200.

3/31 Pitt's Office of International Services will host an Intercultural Bag Lunch at noon in Dining Room B, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-7120 or visit www.ois.pitt.edu.

3/31 Skip Kingston, a professor of analytical chemistry at Duquesne University, will deliver a lecture titled "Methyl Mercury Speciation: New Methods and Application to Environmental Issues and Homeland Security," as part of Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science's 2005 Colloquium, at 4 p.m., Room 11, Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8780.

4/1 As part of Pitt's Center for Philosophy of Science's 45th Annual Lecture Series, William Shea, a professor of the history of science at the University of Padua, Italy, will deliver a lecture titled "Galileo's Roman Agenda," at 3:30 p.m., Room 2500, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

4/1 Milica Bakic-Hayden, a Pitt adjunct faculty member of Eastern orthodoxy, Hinduism, and mysticism, will deliver a lecture titled "Doubly Neglected: Women Monastics in Orthodox Christianity," as part of Pitt's Department of Religious Studies 2005 Spring Colloquium, at noon, Room 2628, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, e-mail Pitt assistant professor of religious studies Adam Shear at ashear@pitt.edu.

4/1 As part of Pitt's Department of Mathematics 2005 Colloquium, Giovanni Leoni, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture at 4 p.m., Room 704, Thackeray Hall, 139 University Place, Oakland. For more information, e-mail Pitt Professor William Layton at wjl@pitt.edu.

4/4 Maria D' Anniballe, a PhD. candidate in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will deliver a lecture titled "Urban Space and Political Ideology: The Restoration of Medieval Verona Under the Fascist Regime," as part of Pitt's Frick Fine Arts Spring 2005 Colloquium, at noon, Room 203, Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~arthome/events.html.

4/4 The Pitt Program Council presents a lecture by movie producer and director Wes Craven, at 8:30 p.m., William Pitt Union Ballroom, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Admission is $5 and free for students with a valid Pitt ID. For more information, call Nicole Proviano at 412-648-7900.

4/4 The Pitt University Book Center presents a reading by author Philip Beard from his debut novel Dear Zoe (Viking Penguin, 2005), at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Drive, Oakland. For more information, contact Melissa Grube at 412-648-1453.

THEATER

3/31 Pitt Kuntu Repertory Theatre will continue its presentation of the 1992 Tony Award Winner Jelly's Last Jam, based on the book by George C. Wolfe and directed by Edward G. Smith, in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium of Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The play runs through April 9. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays. Matinees are scheduled for 1 p.m. April 2 and 11 a.m. April 7. For ticket and group sales information, call 412-624-7298.

4/6 Pitt Repertory Theatre presents The Boundary, written by Tammy Ryan and directed by Melanie Dreyer, in the Henry Heyman Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes and Bigelow avenues, Oakland. The preview performance is April 6 and Opening Night is April 7, both at 8 p.m. Performances will take place every day (except April 11) at 8 p.m., through April 17. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Admission is $25 and the preview performance is $17. For more ticket information, call 412-624-7529 or visit www.pitt.edu/~play.

DANCE

4/1 Pitt's Dance Ensemble will present Dance Project, 2005, at 8 p.m., Trees Hall Dance Studio, Allequippa and Darragh streets, Oakland. General admission is $6 and $3 for students. For more information, call 412-648-8262.

4/2 Pitt's Dance Ensemble will present Dance Project, 2005, at 8 p.m., Trees Hall Dance Studio, Allequippa and Darragh streets, Oakland. General admission is $6 and $3 for students. For more information, call 412-648-8262.

MUSIC

4/3 Pitt's Men's Glee Club, directed by Richard Teaster, will give a performance at 3 p.m., First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, 159 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. General admission is $10, students and seniors $5, and free for students with a valid Pitt ID. For more information, call 412-624-4125.

FILM

4/6 As part of the Women Studies Film Series, Pitt's Women's Studies Program present a screening of Bent (1997), directed by Sean Mathias, at 3:30 p.m., Room 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. A discussion lead by Pitt Visiting Lecturer Stacey Waite of the Department of English will follow. For more information, call 412-624-6485 or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

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