University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Nov. 12-19

The following events are open to the public.

LECTURE 
11/13 Avila Kilmurray, director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, will address the role of philanthropy in advancing community and peace building in Northern Ireland in her lecture, “Philanthropy in Northern Ireland—Bridging Divides, Bringing Peace, and Building Community,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 3911, Wesley W. Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. Free and open to the public. RSVP to gspiapf@pitt.edu. 

THEATER
Through 11/18 Pitt Repertory Theatre presents the comedy/drama Compleat Female Stage Beauty, written by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Pitt doctoral student Dave Bisaha, Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt’s Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland. Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Opening night performance Friday, Nov. 9 followed by a post-show reception. For tickets or more information, call 412-624-PLAY (7529) or visit www.play.pitt.edu . 

11/12 NoPassport theatre alliance and press will present a free staged reading of the play Spark, which involves three sisters caught up in the aftermath of war, written by NoPassport founder Caridad Svich and directed by Pitt theatre arts faculty member Lisa Jackson-Schebetta, 7 p.m., Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt’s Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-PLAY (7529) or visit www.play.pitt.edu. 

FILM
11/19 The Pittsburgh Consortium for Adoption Studies and Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences present Made in India, a film by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha about surrogacy in India. The filmmakers will introduce the film and take questions afterwards. Free to the public, 7:30 p.m., 5200 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, contact Marianne Novy at mnovy@pitt.edu. (This event has been rescheduled from its original date in October.)

EXHIBITIONS
Through 11/30 Students in Pitt’s Museum Studies course, within the Department of History of Art and Architecture, present an exhibition titled Face Value: (De)Constructing Identity in Portraits at the University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Drive, Oakland. Opening reception is Nov. 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and by appointment. For more information, call 412-648-2423 or write to uag@pitt.edu.

11/16 The University Library System presents Pitt’s second annual Audubon Day, featuring a free public display of 20-24 prints from John James Audubon’s Birds of America, 9 a.m. – 4:45 p.m., Room 363, Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Roberta Olson, curator of drawings at the New York Historical Society, will speak about her work with the original Audubon watercolors at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Jeanann Haas at 412-648-8199 or jeanann@pitt.edu.

REMEMBRANCE DAY—NATIONAL ROLL CALL
11/12 Pitt’s Office of Veterans Services presents participation in the Remembrance Day National Roll Call to honor American servicemen and women. Pitt staff, faculty, and community volunteers will read names of those who have died in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Opening ceremony is from 9 to 10 a.m. For more information or to volunteer to read names, call 412-624-3213 or visit www.veterans.pitt.edu. 

MUSIC
11/15 The Emerging Legend Series presents the music of the trio RichPatrick, performing the music of Ireland and Scotland in a blend of traditional and contemporary Celtic tunes, 1-2 p.m., Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. The free series is presented by the University of Pittsburgh Library System and Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society. For more information, visit www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm. 

11/18 Pitt’s Music on the Edge presents Sequitur, New York City’s critically acclaimed contemporary music group, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Avenue, Oakland. Tickets are available by calling 412-624-7529 or by visiting www.music.pitt.edu/performance/tickets. Tickets in advance are $15; students and seniors, $10. At the door, $20 and $15 respectively. Pitt students are admitted for free. For more information, call 412-624-4125.

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