ART
The Art Center, 344 S. Main St., continues the annual Age of Aquarius Festival through Feb. 21. In addition to exhibits, Beatlemania Night will be featured at from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday with musical entertainment by Andy Mangini and Brian Sholes. Cover is $3. Regular hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, noon to 3 and 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Art Center admission is free. Call 724-283-6922 or visit www.theartcenterbutlerpa.org.
Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., presents a display called "Jade: Stone of Heaven" plus a separate exhibit of white elephants and other ivory pieces in addition to the permanent collection. A Chinese New Year celebration is coming on Feb. 21. Regular museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and free for children younger than 8; children must be accompanied by an adult. Tours are led by trained docents and are available with advance notice. The museum also has a gift shop specializing in objects relating to China and Japan. Call 724-282-0123.
<B>Andy Warhol Museum</B>, 117 Sandusky St., opens two new exhibitions on Saturday. "The End: Analyzing Art in Troubled Times" and "Breaking News: Brigid Berlin, A Retrospective" will then continue through June 1. These two exhibitions feature more than 34 contemporary artists from around the world who work in a wide variety of media. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays; closed Mondays. Admission is $15 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, and $8 for students and children. Call 412-237-8300 or visit the Web site, www.warhol.org.<B>Silver Eye Center for Photography</B>, 1015 E. Carson St., presents "A Map of Latin American Dreams," featuring 18 black-and-white portraits by Fellowship 2008 award recipient Martin Weber, through March 7. Weber's social documentary photographs use the words and handwriting on blackboards to portray individuals as anchored to their own narratives. Also, 10 honorable mention photographers are exhibiting one piece each. Regular gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Call 412-431-1810. Admission is free. Call 412-431-1810.<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., is showing the first monographic exhibition dedicated to the work of Fernando Romero and his Mexico City¿based practice Laboratory of Architecture from Feb. 28 to May 31. An architect's lecture and opening reception is planned for Feb. 27. The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the reception. The architectural etchings and engravings of "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Architecture and the Spaces of the Imagination" runs through Feb. 15. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with additional hours until 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Closed major holidays. Admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, and $11 for students and children 3 and older, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.cmoa.org.<B>Mattress Factory, </B>500 Sampsonia Way, is showing "Predrive: After Technology" through April 5. Call 412-231-3169.
<B>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, is featuring the work of James R. Stewart of Fredonia, a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient in painting, through Feb. 28. Admission is free. New gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call 724-652-2882, or visit the Web site, www.hoytartcenter.
