MONDAY

DOWNTOWN: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation will offer free, self-guided tours of the old Allegheny Jail Museum, 440 Ross St., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A portion of one of the cell blocks was preserved when the jail was renovated to house the Family Division of Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. The tour takes about 30 minutes, so attendees should arrive no later than 12:30 p.m. For reservations or more information: marylu@phlf.org or 412-471-5808.

OAKLAND: Chamber Music Pittsburgh will present the Emerson String Quartet in concert at 7:30 p.m. in Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave. The program will include works by Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms and Dmitri Shostakovich. Preceding the concert, a lobby recital will be held from 7 to 7:20 p.m. in the Grand Foyer of the music hall.Tickets range from $39 to $46, with student tickets available for $15. For tickets or more information: www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org or 412-624-4129.

WEDNESDAY

SHADYSIDE: The 81st season of the Solomon Freehof Book Review series, sponsored by the Sisterhood of Rodef Shalom Congregation, will open with a presentation by Barbara Burstin, professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. She will discuss her books, “Steel City Jews: A History of the Pittsburgh Jewish Community from 1840-1915” and “Steel City Jews in Prosperity, Depression and War, 1915-1950.” The program will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave.

DOWNTOWN: “When East Meets West” will be the topic for the first program in the 33rd season of Music 101, the lunchtime lecture/​performance series presented by the Pittsburgh Symphony Association. Cellist Adam Liu will be the presenter. The program will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms at Heinz Hall. The session is open to the public; no reservations are necessary. The $2 admission fee will benefit the Pittsburgh Symphony. For more information or to order a $9 brown bag lunch: 412-361-3346.

OAKLAND: The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will perform in concert at 8 p.m. in the Bellefield Hall auditorium on the Pitt campus. The program will include works by Rubinstein and Dvorak with piano soloist Gabriel Freedman. Free.

THURSDAY

BLUFF: The Duquesne University Jazz Ensemble featuring director Mike Tomaro will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Dr. Thomas Pappert Center for Performance and Innovation in the Mary Pappert School Music on the university campus, 600 Forbes Ave. Admission, $10. For more information: www.duq.edu/​music or 412-396-6083.

FRIDAY

DOWNTOWN: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation will conduct tours of the Gateway Center Historic District on Fridays in October. Participants will have the opportunity to explore Gateway Center-area buildings and rooftop gardens constructed in the 1950s and 1960s during the first Pittsburgh Renaissance. The creation of the 36-acre Point State Park also will be discussed. The one-hour tour will meet, rain or shine, at noon at the Gateway T Station near Liberty Avenue at Stanwix Street. For reservations or for more information: marylu@phlg.org or 412-471-5808.

SATUDAY

OAKLAND: “Coins in the Ashes: A Family Story of Grief, Gratitude and Grace” will be the program for the next meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. Joe McHugh — writer, musician and radio journalist — will recount his 12-year search to locate the family of his childhood caregiver, a woman named Helen, without knowing her family name or forwarding address. The program will take place at 10 a.m. in the International Poetry Room on the second floor of the main branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave. The program is free and open to the public. For more information: www.wpgs.org or 412-687-6811

SQUIRREL HILL: “A Joyful Occasion,” a concert by the Edgewood Symphony, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. in the Agnes and Joseph Katz Performing Arts Center of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave. The program will feature works by Mozart and Schubert; featured artist will be clarinetist Ryan Leonard. Tickets are $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students. For tickets: www.edgewoodsymphony.org

SUNDAY

OAKLAND: The Pittsburgh Concert Society will hold the second of its Major Winners Recital at 2 p.m. in the Kresge Theatre in the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave. Violist Katerina Istomin and soprano Kristina Vidic will perform. The program will include works by Duparc, Floyd, Prokofiev, Bach and more. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and free for students. For tickets: www.pittsburghconcertsociety.org.

EAST LIBERTY: Durufle’s “Requiem” will be performed by the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh at 3 p.m. in East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 South Highland Ave. Premier tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for students; general admission tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students. For tickets: www.themendelssohn.org.

MOUNT WASHINGTON: Music on the Mount, Duquesne University’s community-based performance series, will host its first concert for the 2015-16 season at 3 p.m. in St. Mary of the Mount Church, 403 Grandview Ave. Wonder Quartette and Triano Woodwind Quartet will perform. Free. For more information: www.duq.edu/​music or 412-396-6083.

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First Published: October 5, 2015, 4:29 a.m.