University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 2-9

The following events are open to the public. 

MUSIC 

3/2                     The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will present Rimsky Korsakov’s Sheherezade in a free concert 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. 

3/4                     The Emerging Legend Series presents singer/songwriter T. Mitchell Bell at noon, Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. The free series is presented by the University of Pittsburgh Library System and Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society. For more information, visit www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm. 

3/5                     Pitt’s Department of Music presents Music on the Edge: entelechron—music of John Cage, 8 p.m., The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. Copresented with The Andy Warhol Museum. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.music.pitt.edu/events. 

EXHIBITIONS 

Through 3/18  Pitt’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture presents Mind Space, Maximalism in Contrasts, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 412-648-2400. 

FILM 

3/2                     Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, Cultural Studies Program, and Humanities Center and the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater copresent An Evening With Video Artist Monica Enriquez-Enriquez, a free screening of un/binded desire (Enriquez-Enriquez) and a director’s talk following the film, at 7 p.m., Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty. Registration is required. The event kicks off the SUNSTAR Music Festival. For more information, visit www.kelly-strayhorn.org/. 

THEATER 

Through 3/12  Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre presents Mahalia Jackson: Standing on Holy Ground, at the Seventh-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. Matinees are at 1 p.m. March 5 and 11 a.m. March 10. For more information, call 412-624-8498 or visit www.kuntu.org. 

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