University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Oct. 26-Nov. 1

MUSIC
Pitt Jazz Ensemble Performance, Walt Maddox, an original member of The Marcels, will take the stage with the ensemble, noon Oct. 28, O’Hara Student Center Ballroom, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

Pitt Jazz Concert, a gala concert highlighting jazz music, 8 p.m. Nov. 1, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

THEATRE
Misterioso-119, a drama teacher takes a job at a convent-turned-women’s prison, Oct. 22-26, Henry Heymann Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial, student lab production of University of Pittsburgh Stages, www.play.pitt.edu

EXHIBITIONS
Conflict Zone, a traveling photography exhibition that chronicles the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Oct. 16-31, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, College of General Studies, www.conflictzone.org

All In: The University in the Great War, photography exhibition recognizing the significant role Pitt played in the World War I war effort, through Dec. 13, ground floor of Hillman Library, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/exhibits/ww1/

FILM SCREENING
The Girls in the Band, feature-length documentary discusses racism and sexism in the 1930s and 1940s and focuses on female musicians from the 1930s to today and their unwillingness to give up their love of music, 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Symposium Think Tank: Future of Jazz Performance and Jazz Education, James Johnson, executive director of the Afro American Music Institute, will serve as the panel discussion leader, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, Afro American Music Institute, 7131 Hamilton Ave., Homewood, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

Media Internships: Writing on the Job, David Shribman, executive editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will moderate, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, William Pitt Union Ballroom, Pitt Department of English, The Pitt News, www.english.pitt.edu

LECTURES
“Political Order and Political Decay,” Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, 4 p.m. Oct. 27, Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd., Oakland, Center for Metropolitan Studies Wherrett Lecture Series, www.gspia.pitt.edu

“Musicians' Local 471 Anthology,” Harry D. Clark, president of the African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Oct. 28, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

Terri Lyne Carrington’s Online Master Class, Terri Lyne Carrington, master drummer and Berklee College of Music professor, noon Oct. 30, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, visit www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem to view the class

Style Analysis and History of Selected Vocalists, Connaitre Miller, director of Afro Blue, 3 p.m. Oct. 30, O’Hara Student Center Dining Room, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

Music Business Lecture and Q&A Session, Guy Eckstine, president, Iconique Music Group, and Ed Eckstine, founder and CEO, Debris Entertainment, 7 p.m. Oct. 30, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

History of Women in Jazz: Female Jazz Instrumentalists from the Early 1900s to Present, Tia Fuller, alto saxophonist, 10 a.m. Oct. 31, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

Vocal Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal Techniques, Afro Blue choir, noon Oct. 31, Nordy’s Place, lower level of William Pitt Union, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem

Basics of Bass, Esperanza Spalding, bass, noon Nov. 1, Hill House Association Senior Community Services Center, 2038 Bedford Ave., Hill District, 44th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, www.music.pitt.edu/jazz-sem