University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Dec. 3-10

EXHIBITION

12/3 "Free At Last? Slavery in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th Centuries," an exhibition by the University of Pittsburgh, is being presented at the Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District. The exhibition runs daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 5. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/news/free-at-last/.

CONCERT

12/3 The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Music. For more information, visit www.music.pitt.edu./blog/?cat=5.

12/5 Pitt's African Music and Dance Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Music. For more information, visit www.music.pitt.edu./blog/?cat=5.

12/6 Pitt's Women's Choral Ensemble will hold a concert at 8 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield Avenue, Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Music. For more information, visit www.music.pitt.edu./blog/?cat=5.

LECTURES

12/3 Allan Zuckoff, a professor in Pitt's School of Medicine, will deliver a lecture titled "Grief and It's Complications: Understanding How Grief Works (and When It Isn't Working)" at 6 p.m., Carnegie Library, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. The event is part of the 2008-09 Mental Health and Wellness Lecture Series. For more information, visit wpic.upmc.com/PDF/WPICMentalHealthWellness0809.pdf.

12/4 Michal Friedman, a doctoral candidate in Columbia University's Center for Israel and Jewish Studies in the Department of History, will deliver a lecture titled "Recovering 'Jewish Spain': Jewish History as 'Historia Patria' in Late 19th-and Early 20th-Century Spain" at 3 p.m., 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the University of Pittsburgh European Colloquium. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.

FILM

12/10 Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies will present "Cleopatra," at 7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is part of the Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano Fall 2008 Film Series. For more information, contact amigoscinelatinoamericano08@gmail.com.

SPECIAL EVENT

12/7 Pitt's Nationality Rooms Program will sponsor a Holiday Open House at noon in the Commons Room and the Nationality Rooms, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~natrooms.

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