Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., features a Chinese film series and spring garden lecture series, among other events. On display regularly are a netsuke exhibit, as well as hundreds of pieces of ancient and contemporary Asian art and Meissen porcelain. Regular 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>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, hosts the "Home Grown Acoustic" show featuring a blend of folk, country and blues with a classic rock edge by Steve Cohagan at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10 and include refreshments. Reservations are requested. "Charles Basham: Paintings and Pastels" concludes Friday. Admission to the gallery is free. 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 Web site, www.hoytartcenter.<B>Blue Heron Gallery</B>, 600 Main St., Volant, features "Egyptian Mummy Cases" by the third grade students of New Wilmington Elementary School through Saturday. 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>Sewickley Spring Gallery Walk</B> takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Free metered parking begins at 4 p.m. Friday. The exhibitions will be on display through "Sewickley Unleashed," a street fair on Broad Street to benefit Animal Friends on Saturday. Free metered parking is available Saturday.<B>Society for Contemporary Crafts</B>, 2100 Smallman St., and <B>Pittsburgh Center for the Arts</B>, 6300 Fifth Ave., are hosting 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 Web site, http://fiberartinternational.org.<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., is showing "Imagining Home: Selections from the Heinz Architectural Center," more than 125 drawings, models, books and games that reveal ways the home has been envisioned over the last 200 years, 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. 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 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 Web site, www.cmoa.org.