The Andy Warhol Museum's Sound Series welcomes the Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective MEN to the Warhol Live outdoor stage (weather permitting) at 8 p.m. The group focuses on the energy of live performance and radical potential of dance music. MEN began as the DJ/remix team of LE TIGRE members JD Samson and Johanna Fateman and quickly grew to include members Michael O'Neill (Princess, Ladybug Transistor) and Ginger Brooks Takahashi (LTTR, The Ballet). Tickets are $12. Call 412-237-8300 or visit www.ticketweb.com.

Stop by the Pittsburgh Banjo Club Open Rehearsal, from 8 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays, at the Allegheny Elks Lodge, 400 Cedar Ave., North Side. The rehearsal and sing-along are free. Snacks, light food and refreshments will be available. For information, 412-321-1834 or www.thepittsburghbanjoclub.com.

Be among the first to see "The Dutch Italianates: Seventeenth-Century Masterpieces From Dulwich Picture Gallery, London" at the exhibition's opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at The Frick Art Museum, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze ($25, members $20, reservations recommended). The 39 paintings, by Dutch artists who infused their landscapes with the feel of the Roman countryside, are traveling for the first time from England's oldest public art gallery. For information, 412-371-0600 or www.TheFrickPittsburgh.org.

The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble opens its 2009 season with a world premiere by Pierre Jalbert. His "L'oeil ecoute (The Eye Listens)" is a collaboration with Belgian filmmaker Jean Detheux. Also on the program is CMU composer Roger Dannenberg's "Critical Point." At 8 p.m. at City Theatre, South Side. $10-$15, first-time patrons get in free; 412-431-CITY.

Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 East Carson St., South Side, celebrates an anniversary through the exhibition "Self-Portrait: Silver Eye at 30," opening with an artists' reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday ($5, free to students and members). For information, 412-431-1810 or www.silvereye.org.