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June 30, 2011 Last Updated: June 30, 2011 01:07 PM Weekend Entertainment

Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., has planned a children's Japanese brush painting classes from 2 to 3 p.m. Fridays from July 1 to 29. This program is for children in grades one through six. Cost is $13 for non-members and $10 for members. Upcoming programs include Tanabata (Japanese star watching festival) children's program at 1 p.m. Wednesday, including storytelling and decorating a bamboo tree. Cost is $5 for first child and $4 for each additional child. An introduction to Kusudama program for grownups to make a Christmas tree ornament by using Japanese paper folding is planned for noon July 7. A fee is to be determined. Lucky Dragon Casino Night is planned for 6:30 to 11 p.m. Aug. 5 and a Feng Shui workshop for adults from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 6. Call 724-282-0123.

Saxonburg Area Artists Co-Op, 215 Main St., Rear, in Saxonburg, has summer gallery hours of 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, 1 to 9 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays. Other times are by appointment. Call 412-260-5779, 724-352-1759 or 412-849-4648.

Bottlebrush Gallery, 539 Main St., Harmony, is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 724-452-0539 or visit www.bottlebrushgallery.com.

Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., hosts the Pittsburgh Biennial through Sept. 18, featuring artwork exploring the broad themes of “labor” and “work.” Museum 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. Added hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays are offered from the Fourth of July through Labor 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.Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., hosts “Keystone.1, The First Pennsylvania Photography Biennial” featuring 16 statewide artists who work in contemporary photography, through Aug. 27. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. Call 412-431-1810 or visit www.silvereye.org.Society for Contemporary Craft, 2100 Smallman St., features “Bridge 11: Lia Cook, Mariko Kusumoto, Anne Drew Potter” through Oct. 22. The exhibit features textiles, small metals and ceramics. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; closed holidays. Call 412-261-7003.Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, features a historical center, art museum and car and carriage museum. Admission is free. For a tour of Clayton, the former home of Henry Clay Frick, admission is $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and students, and $6 for children 16 and younger. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays and major holidays. Call 412-371-0600.