It’s the weekend. Here are some happenings in Pittsburgh.
Spring Gallery Crawl
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Spring Gallery Crawl starts at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Downtown. There will be more than 20 free events throughout the Cultural District.
The Crawl After Dark dance party will begin at 10 p.m. at Space Gallery at 812 Liberty Ave.
Highlights include “Deaf Brown American Mom,” by Flan Flaherty at Space, “Simply Devine: A Retrospective of Danny Devine,” at 820 Liberty Ave. and “Brain Bone Blood” by DS Kinsel.
Kinsel and Flaherty will be doing an artist talk and walk starting at 707 Penn Ave. from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
There will be pop-up events, music and the Pittsburgh Art Bus will be on display and will feature live painting.
Details: TrustArts.org
Last chance
This is the final weekend to see “Pompeii: The Exhibition” at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
It features 180 artifacts from 79 A.D. that tell a story of an ancient Roman city.
There are gladiator helmets, armor, weapons, a ship’s anchor, lamps, jugs, other household objects, furniture, jewelry, medical instruments and tools.
A video introduces the exhibit. When the doors open at the Scaife Exhibition Gallery in PPG Science Pavilion, Aphrodite, the 1,200-pound marble statue, appears.
Tickets are $19.95 for adults, $14.95 for seniors, $11.95 for children 3-12 and children 2 and under are free.
Details: carnegiesciencecenter.org
Duck derby
The Steel City Duck Derby benefiting Partners For Quality Foundation begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
There will be 5,000 rubber ducks racing on Lake Elizabeth in Allegheny Commons Park on the North Side.
The event raises funds for the Partners For Quality family of nonprofit agencies, which supports 5,000 local people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges.
People can adopt a duck that will race in what’s called the Steel City Duck Derby at 1 p.m. The top three finishers will win cash prizes.
There will also be a festival with food trucks, face painting, tattoos, games and music.
Details: duckrace.com
Pull an all-nighter
The 25th annual Art All Night is from 4 p.m. Saturday until 2 p.m. Sunday, at 6 30th St. in Lawrenceville. The free 22-hour festival features art and performances from new, emerging and established artists. In addition to art, there will be live performances, films and interactive activities for children and adults.
The previous year’s event was online and included artwork, music, films, and performances from more than 700 participants.
Details: artallnight.org
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas stars as Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Benedum Center, Downtown.
Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Melanie Moore is Scout Finch, Jacqueline Williams plays Calpurnia and Justin Mark is Jem Finch. The show holds the record as the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history. It began performances on Nov. 1, 2018, and played to sold-out houses until Broadway shut down in March 2020 with the pandemic.
Set in Alabama in 1934, it tells the story of racial injustice and childhood innocence.
Tickets start at $33.
Details: trustarts.org
