"Ancient Steppe Bronzes: Who Wore Them and Why" is the topic of a 1 p.m. talk to be given today in the Carnegie Lecture Hall by Trudy Kawami, director of research at the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington, D.C.

The lecture complements the exhibition "Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation," which opens in Carnegie Museum of Natural History today. For information call 412-622-3131 or visit www.carnegiemnh.org.

Video artists

In conjunction with the exhibition "Drawn by Reality -- Encapsulated in Life," which opened this weekend at Wood Street Galleries and SPACE, Downtown, an artist talk will be held at 1 p.m. next Saturday. The exhibition, which was curated in Amsterdam, comprises 11 emerging European video artists showing for the first time in the United States.

Speakers are Miriam Backstrom, Rick Buckley and Femke Schapp, of Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands respectively. Exhibition admission and the talks are free. For information, call 412-471-5605 or 412-325-7723.

PSA member screening

A new member screening will be held by the Pittsburgh Society of Artists tomorrow at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Drop off works between noon and 1 p.m. and pick them up between 3 and 4 p.m. For information, call 412-323-0293.

Behind the myth

A "Slovak Roma Photo Exhibit" will be shown Tuesday through Nov. 12 at Point Park University, Downtown. Photographers Matthew Kollasch and Sandy Carter show the actuality behind the romanticized myth of this marginalized population often referred to as "gypsies."

A panel discussion of the Roma's story will be held from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. and an opening reception will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m., both on Tuesday on the 2nd floor of Thayer Hall. Events are free and open to the public. Reception reservations should be made to Janice Klambus, 412-392-4733.

The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Slovak Cultural Association, which says Pittsburgh is home to the largest concentration of Slovak emigrants and their descendants in the world. For information, call 412-392-3411.