Harmony Museum, Mercer Street, Harmony, hosts a German buffet dinner at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. April 16 in the museum's Stewart Hall, 218 Mercer St. The cost is $15, and proceeds benefit the museum. Prepaid reservations are required by calling 724-452-7341.

<B>Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens</B> continues its spring flower show through April 24. The conservatory at One Schenley Park is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours until 10 p.m. Fridays. Admission is $12 for adults; $11 for senior citizens age 62 and older and students with valid ID; $9 for children ages 2 to 18; and free for children younger than 2. Call 412-622-6914 or visit www.phipps.conservatory.org.<B>Carnegie Science Center, </B>North Side, has added three laser shows featuring music by The Doors & Hendrix, Radiohead and Creed in the Buhl Digital Dome. Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is $17.95 for adults and $9.95 for children ages 3 to 12. Omnimax films are extra. Call 412-237-3400 or visit www.carnegiescience center.org.<B>Heinz History Center</B>, 1212 Smallman St., presents “America’s Best Weekly: A Century of The Pittsburgh Courier.” Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens age 62 and older, $5 for students with ID and for children ages 4 to 17, and free for children 3 and younger. Call 412-454-6000.<B>Children’s Museum</B>, 10 Children’s Way, Allegheny Square, hosts Studio Music from 11:30 a.m. to noon, and SpaceShape Garden from noon to 2 and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., all Saturday. Ken Waldman “Alaska’s Fiddling Poet” will perform at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Music Together, building on a young child’s natural enthusiasm for music and movement, is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday. The exhibit “Whoosh! It’s All About Air” continues through May 29. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $11 for adults, $10 for children ages 2 to 18 and senior citizens, and free for children younger than 2. Parking is $5 for non-members or $3 for members. Call 412-322-5058. The website is: www.pittsburghkids.org.<B>Carnegie Museum of Natural History, </B>4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, offers “Explore Evolution” through July 24. 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. Admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Art, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, and $11 for students with ID and children ages 3 to 18, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit www.carnegiemnh.org.