University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 23-March 1

The following events at the University of Pittsburgh are open to the public.

LECTURE

2/23 The University of Pittsburgh's Henry Clay Frick Department of the History of Art and Architecture presents as part of its Spring Term Colloquium a lecture titled "Portraits for Mortuary Rituals in 14th-Century Japan: A Case Study Based on Moromori-ki" by Pitt Associate Professor Karen Gerhart. 203 Frick Fine Art Building, noon. For more information, call 412-648-2400.

2/23 University of Pittsburgh Pitt Program Council presents a lecture titled "An Evening with Dan Patrick," an ESPN SportsCenter anchor. William Pitt Union Assembly Hall, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Advance tickets, $4 for students and

$8 for nonstudents, at the door, $6 for students and $12 for nonstudents. For more information, call 412-648-7900.

2/25 The University of Pittsburgh Women's Studies Program presents a Brown Bag Lunch Lecture titled "Addicted to War: Masculinity and War Correspondence" by Carrie Rentschler of Pitt's Women's Studies Program. 2E30 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, noon. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies or call 412-624-6485.

2/26 The University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery presents as part of its "Divinities, Demons, Kings, and Clowns: Puppets of India and Southeast Asia" exhibition a lecture-demonstration titled "Raga and Rasa: Savoring the Color of Sound in Hindustani Music" by Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Amelia Maciszewski. Univeristy Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 412-624-4184.

3/1 The University of Pittsburgh Women's Studies Program presents a lecture titled "Deconstructing Barbie" by Alison Babusci, a storyteller, artist, and yogini expert. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies or call 412-624-6485.

3/1 The University of Pittsburgh's Henry Clay Frick Department of the History of Art and Architecture presents as part of its Spring Term Colloquium a lecture titled "Adventures and Misadventures While Researching Angkor Wat" by Indiana University of Pennsylvania Professor Eleanor Mannikka. 203 Frick Fine Art Building, noon. For more information, call 412-648-2400.

THEATER

2/23- Pitt Repertory Theatre presents the off-broadway musical Bat Boy, directed by

2/29 Jennifer Ewing Pierce. Charity Randall Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, Feb 21.

$27general admission. $24 faculty/staff/alumni, $15 students. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~play or call 412-624-7529.

EXHIBITION

2/23- The University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery presents the "Divinities, Demons,

3/27 Kings, and Clowns: Puppetry of India and Southeast Asia" exhibition curated by Kathy Foley, professor of theater at the University of California Santa Cruz. University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Mondays-Saturdays

10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Thursdays 10 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, call

412-624-4184.

BOOK SIGNING

2/ 25 University of Pittsburgh Professor of Theatre Arts Bruce McConachie will deliver remarks and sign his book, American Theater in the Culture of the Cold War (University of Iowa Press, 2003). Henry Heymann Theatre, lower level, Stephen Foster Memorial, 4 p.m. To reserve a seat, call 412-624-3606.

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