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Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., will host another installment in its Chinese Film Series with "Raise the Red Lantern" at 2 p.m. Saturday. Set in the 1920s, the film tells the story of 19-year-old Songlian who is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, a 50-year-old powerful warlord who already has three wives. Call for reservations. The next spring garden lecture is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 22 and will feature Jonathan Dreher. Cost is $20 for nonmembers and lunch is included. Reservations are required. Call 724-282-0123.
<B>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, will feature California wines at its ninth annual wine festival at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $100 by reservation or $75 for current Hoyt members. Reservations are required and are available by calling 724-652-2882. Admission to the gallery 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, except holidays. Call 724-652-2882, or visit the website, www.hoytartcenter.<B>Blue Heron Gallery</B>, 600 Main St., Volant, presents "Collections," a selection of photographs by Kathy Chridon through June 27. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, except holidays. Call 724-652-0752.
<B>Frick Art and Historical Center</B>, 7227 Reynolds St. in Point Breeze, opens "Small But Sublime: Intimate 19th Century American Landscapes" on Friday. American artists spanning the Hudson River School to American Impressionism are represented in these small-scale paintings. The exhibit continues through Sept. 5. Free admission to tour Clayton, the restored turn-of-the-20th-century home of the Henry Clay Frick family, will be offered on Tuesday for International Museum Day. Admission to the art museum is free as always. The Frick is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission is free, however there are charges for docent-led tours of Clayton, the former home of Henry Clay Frick, and some educational programs. Call 412-371-0600.<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., is showing "Imagining Home: Selections from the Heinz Architectural Center." It includes more than 125 drawings, models, books and games that reveal ways the home has been envisioned over the last 200 years. The show runs through May 30. Continuing are "Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper from the 18th through 20th Centuries" through Aug. 15, "Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries and Prints from the Collection" through June 13. Regular 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. Free admission is offered from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday for International Museum Day. Regular admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens age 65 and older, and $11 for students with ID and children age 3 to 18, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the website, www.cmoa.org.<B>Society for Contemporary Crafts</B>, 2100 Smallman St., and <B>Pittsburgh Center for the Arts</B>, 6300 Fifth Ave., are hosting the 2010 Fiberart International, an exhibition of contemporary fiber art, through Aug. 22, as presented by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh. For more information, visit the website, www.fiberartinternational.org.
