University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 22-28
CONCERT
Men's Glee Club 125th Anniversary Concert, celebrating the 125th anniversary of one of the oldest extracurricular activities on campus, 8 p.m. March 28, First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, 159 N. Bellefield Ave., Department of Music, http://music.pitt.edu/events/men’s-glee-club-125th-anniversary-c140827
ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Do You Remember Me? (Ti Ricordi Di Me?), the story of a comedic courtship between Roberto, a kleptomaniac and author of scary fairy tales, and Bea, an elementary school teacher who suffers from narcolepsy and unpredictable memory loss, 7 p.m. March 27, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, http://www.italianfilmfests.org/pittsburgh.html
Gold Will Set You Free (Oro Macht Frei), a film that weaves the testimony of nine Roman Jews together with historical research about the September 1943-June 1944 Nazi occupation of Rome, 8:30 p.m. March 28, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, http://www.italianfilmfests.org/pittsburgh.html
EXHIBITION
Get to The Point! an exhibition of early drawings, paintings, postcards, engravings, maps, and photographs from the University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives Service Center that document the history of the Point and Point State Park, through April 25, ground floor of Hillman Library, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/exhibits/thepoint/
LITERARY READING
Fiction author Lauren Groff, 6 p.m. March 28, O’Hara Student Center Ballroom, 4024 O’Hara St., Pitt Department of English and Alexandra L. Rowan Memorial Foundation, www.writing.pitt.edu/node/630
LECTURES
“Bridging the Employment Gap for College Students with Disabilities,” Thomas J. Ridge, chairman of the National Organization on Disability and former governor of Pennsylvania, 1-2 p.m. March 25, University Club Ballroom B, 123 University Pl., Thornburgh Family Lecture Series on Disability Law and Policy, www.thornburghforum.pitt.edu/news-events/thomas-j-ridge-chairman-national-organization-disabilty-former-governor-pennsylvania
“From Fairytale Hip-Hop to Ferguson USA: A Canon of Prejudice,” Jeffrey Q. McCune Jr., associate professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Performing Arts Department, Washington University in St. Louis, 3-4:30 p.m. March 25, William Pitt Union Dining Room A, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, Humanities Center, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Africana Studies, http://gsws.pitt.edu/events/lecture-fairytale-hip-hop-ferguson-usa-canon-prejudice
“The Passions in Print: Musical Taxonomies and the First Death of Affect Theory,” Roger Matthew Grant, assistant professor, Music Department, Wesleyan University, 4 p.m. March 27, 132 Music Building, http://music.pitt.edu/events/lecture-roger-mathew-grant-wesleyan150109
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