University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Nov. 16-22

LECTURES

11/16 Daniel Holm, a professor of geology at Kent State University, will deliver a lecture titled "Proterozoic Crustal Growth and Evolution of the Upper Great Lakes Region" as part of the Pitt Department of Geology and Planetary Science's Fall 2006 Colloquium Series at 4 p.m., Room 11, Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. in Room 219, the Space Research Coordination Center (down the hall). For more information, visit www.geology.pitt.edu.

11/17 Stacey Waite, a Ph.D. candidate in Pitt's Department of English, will read from her new collection of poems, Love Poem to Androgyny (Main Street Rag, 2006), at 4 p.m., Room 501, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by the Pitt Women's Studies Program. For more information, call 412-624-6485 or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

11/20 Ira Rothstein, an assistant professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture titled "The Problem of Motion: It's No Longer Just Academic" as part of the Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Physics Colloquium Fall 2006 Series at 4:30 p.m., Room 7500, Wean Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. Refreshments will be served at 4:15 p.m. For more information, visit www.phyast.pitt.edu/events.

11/20 Philippe Jarne, the director of research at the Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, France, will deliver a lecture titled "The Evolution of Self-Fertilization in Snails" as part of the Pitt Department of Biological Sciences' Monday Seminar Series at 4:15 p.m., Room 169, Crawford Hall, Fifth and Ruskin avenues, Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~biology.

MUSIC

11/18 Percussionist Michael Lipsey will give a performance as part of the Pitt Department of Music's Music on the Edge Series at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. Admission for students with a valid Pitt ID is free. Tickets may be purchased through Pro Arts Tickets, 412-394-3353 or www.proartstickets.org.

11/20 The Pitt Department of Music will present a free concert titled "Music Monday" at

8 p.m., Bellefield Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.music.pitt.edu.

THEATER

11/16 Pitt Repertory Theatre will continue its presentation of A Toothache & a Plague & a Dog: Osvaldo Dragún's "Three Plays for the Theatre," directed by Melanie Dreyer, at 8 p.m., Room B-72, Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The play, which runs through Nov. 19, will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. A special matinee performance will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 18. General admission is $19. Tickets for senior citizens, Pitt Alumni Association members, as well as Pitt and UPMC faculty and staff are $15. Student admission is $10, or $34 for Student Semester Passes, which will cover five admissions. General admission season passes are $60 for four performances and $85 for six performances. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 412-624-7529 or visit www.play.pitt.edu.

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