University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 7-13

LECTURE

4/7 As part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writer Series, poet W.D. Snodgrass will give an Evening Reading at 8:30 p.m., Room 125, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Drive, Oakland. For more information, call Pitt's Department of English at 412-624-6506 or visit www.english.pitt.edu/events/pcws_schedule.html.

4/7 Matthew Lamanna, assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, will deliver a lecture titled "Exploring for Dinosaurs on Three Continents," 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.

4/7 Charles T. Campbell, a professor of chemistry at the University of Washington, will deliver a lecture titled "Probing Chemical Reactions at Surfaces: A Few New Methods," at 4 p.m., Room 12B, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8200.

4/7 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.

4/8 As part of Pitt's Department of Mathematics 2005 Colloquium, Nail Akhmediev, a professor of the Optical Sciences Group at Australian National University, will deliver a lecture titled "Dissipative Solutions in Life, Science, and Technology," 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.

4/11 Kathy Johnston Keane, a PhD. candidate in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will deliver a lecture titled "Caravaggio's Drama: Traces of Early Theater in Seventeenth-Century Italian Painting," 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.

4/13 John P. Friel, president and CEO of Medrad, Inc., will deliver a lecture titled "Medrad: What It Takes to Win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award," at 4:30 p.m., Room A-115, Crabtree Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St., Oakland. This event is hosted by Pitt's Center for Bioethics and Health Law. For more information, contact Beth Ann Pischke at 412-648-7120 or pischke@pitt.edu.

4/13 Salvatore Babones, assistant professor of sociology at Pitt, will deliver a lecture titled "Microcredit, Piecerates, and Women's Labor Force Participation in the Scottish Industrial Revolution," as part of Pitt's Women's Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series, at noon, Room 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

CONFERENCE

4/8-10 The three-day conference titled "Cultural Rights: Trends and Prospects" is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center and Department of Music. The conference will be held April 8 and 9 at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland, and April 10 in the Babcock Room on the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave. A concert held in conjunction with the conference will be presented at 8 p.m. April 8, Bellefield Hall, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. General admission is $15 and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is free for students with a valid Pitt ID. For additional ticket information and reservations, call 412-624-4125. Registration for the conference is required and costs $10 for one day and $20 for the entire conference. Registration forms must be received by March 28. For a downloadable registration form or more information about the conference, the underlying position paper, and its speakers and performers, visitwww.musicandculturalrights.org.

MUSIC

4/8 Pitt's Department of Music presents a concert as part of the "Cultural Rights: Trends and Prospects" conference at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. General admission is $15 and student admission is $10. For more information, call 412-648-7372.

4/9 Pitt's Women's Choral Ensemble, directed by voice teacher Lorraine Milovac, will give a free concert at 8 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, Bayard Street and Bellefield Avenue, Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Music. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

4/10 The Heinz Chapel Choir, directed by Pitt lecturer in music John Goldsmith, will give a free performance at 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Music. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

4/11 Pitt's Department of Music presents "Music Monday," featuring performances by Pitt students, at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. Admission is free. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

4/12 Pitt's Department of Music will hold its free Honors Recital at 8 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Drive, Oakland. For more information, call

412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

EXHIBITION

4/7 Pitt will host a traveling exhibition titled "The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers," the work of photographer, writer, and filmmaker Rich Nahmias, that runs through April 23 in the Kimbo Gallery, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. A documentary film titled "The Hands That Feed Us" will accompany the photographs. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday, noon-5 p.m. As part of the exhibition, visitors are invited to meet photographer Nahmias at an Open House from 2 to 6 p.m. April 10 in the Kimbo Gallery. An Act 48 teacher-training workshop will accompany the exhibition from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 11, Room 542, William Pitt Union. For more information or to register, call 412-648-7572.

THEATER

4/7 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.

4/7 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 $19, the preview performance is $17, and student admission is $10. For more ticket information, call 412-624-7529 or visit www.pitt.edu/~play.

4/9 Disney's Theatrical Productions, New York, in conjunction with Kuntu Repertory Theatre's 30th anniversary at Pitt will host an open call for adult and child singer auditions for Disney Presents The Lion King, in Room G8, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For directions, call 412-624-7298. For information about the auditions, call the casting hotline at 212-827-5450 or visit www.disneyonbroadway.com.

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