University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Dec. 8-15

The following events are open to the public. 

CONCERTS 

12/8                 Pitt’s Department of Music will present the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a free concert of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.music.pitt.edu/events. 

12/11               Pitt’s Department of Music will present the Women’s Choral Ensemble Holiday Concert at 8 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.music.pitt.edu/events. 

12/10-12/12     Pitt’s Department of Africana Studies will present the musical production Nativity: A Christmas Gift performed by Pitt’s Shona Sharif African Dance and Drum Ensemble, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday, Seventh-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-648-2276. 

LECTURES 

12/6                 Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, will deliver a free lecture titled “Career and Family Conundrum,” at 3:30 p.m., Ballroom B, University Club, 123 University Place, Oakland. The event is the 2010 McKay Lecture, sponsored by Pitt’s Department of Economics. For more information, call 412-648-7073. 

12/8                 Tony Norman, columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will deliver a lecture titled “Columnizing in a Postracial World” at noon, School of Social Work Conference Center, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems and is part of the center’s Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC Fall 2010 Speaker Series. Lunch provided. For more information, call 412-624-7382 or visit www.crsp.pitt.edu. 

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