University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Sept. 8-15

The following events are open to the public. 

EXHIBITIONS 

9/8-25     The Lives They Left Behind—a photographic exhibition featuring the contents of suitcases left behind in the late 19th to mid-20th century by the patients of the now closed Willard Psychiatric Center in New York’s Finger Lakes region—is being presented in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The exhibition hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. For more information, call 877-391-3820 or visit www.suitcaseexhibit.org. 

LECTURES 

9/9          Matthew Murray, photographer for the abandonedamerica.org collection—a Web site that comprises photography, essays, poetry, and prose related to abandoned institutions—will deliver a lecture related to The Lives They Left Behind exhibition at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, call 877-391-3820 or visit www.suitcaseexhibit.org. 

FILMS

9/14        One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), directed by Milos Forman, will be shown in conjunction with The Lives They Left Behind exhibition at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, call 877-391-3820 or visit www.suitcaseexhibit.org. 

THEATER

9/10-19   The University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre presents A One-Man Archy & Mehitabel, written by and starring Gale McNeely, in the Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, 4301 Forbes Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-PLAY (7529) or visit www.play.pitt.edu. 

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