It’s the first weekend in April and the Pirates home opener is Friday at PNC Park on the North Shore. Here are some ways to spend it.
Retro Fair
The Senator John Heinz History Center is hosting the 10th annual Vintage Pittsburgh Retro Fair in partnership with The Neighborhood Flea from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The event features more than 50 vendors selling one-of-a-kind clothing, accessories, home décor, vinyl records and more.
Access to the event is included with regular admission. Prices are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $11 for students and children ages 6-17. Children under 5 are free.
Details:heinzhistorycenter.org
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— Heinz History Center (@HistoryCenter) March 26, 2024
Quantum
Quantum Theatre presents Howard Barker’s “Scenes from an Execution” at Abiding Missions in Allentown through April 27. Performances this opening weekend will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The show, set in 16th-century Venice, examines the complex relationship between art and power, ambition and responsibility, church and state.
Female painter Galactia has been commissioned to paint a vast canvas celebrating a bloody and triumphant battle — but it’s not so simple. Her own interpretation defies expectations, as does this production. It is directed by Andrew William Smith and stars Lisa Velten Smith.
Tickets start at $58.
Details: quantumtheatre.com
The Frick
“Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt: Forging the Frick Collections in Pittsburgh and New York” opens at The Frick Pittsburgh on Saturday in Point Breeze.
The exhibition features work from the collections of 19th-century industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his daughter, philanthropist Helen Clay Frick.
The highlight of the exhibition is one of only 36 known works by Vermeer, “Girl Interrupted at Her Music.” The painting was featured last year in the landmark Vermeer retrospective at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The exhibition showcases more than 60 works from both The Frick Collection in New York and The Frick Pittsburgh, including paintings by Monet, Degas, Whistler and El Greco.
Spread across seven galleries in the Frick Art Museum, the exhibition showcases the evolution of the joint collections of the Frick family starting in the 1880s.
Admission is $24 for adults, $20 for seniors, students and youth under 17 military and veterans, adults with disabilities, teachers and first responders. Electronic benefit transfer is $1.
Details: thefrickpittsburgh.org
Say cheese
Good Taste! Pittsburgh presents Say Cheese from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at Kingfly Spirits in the Strip District. The event features six stations showcasing artisanal cheeses. Experts will share stories behind the cheeses and what to pair with them, such as artisanal bread jams, spreads and carefully selected condiments, as well as wine.
Chef Alekka Sweeney will show how to incorporate cheese in desserts and main dishes.
Tickets are $45.
Details:goodtastepittsburgh.com
Lint art
Artist Cheryl Capezzuti is hosting a pop-up art party from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at The Laundry Club, a working laundromat in Lawrenceville.
Capezzuti, of Brighton Heights, creates figures fashioned from recycled laundry lint. In 1999, Capezzuti cleaned the lint trap in the dryer in her grandma’s home shortly after she passed away. The feeling of holding the last fibers shed from the life of someone she loved transformed the project into the meaning of love and loss and the role art can play in the possibilities of memory.
People are invited to donate a load of dryer lint created by laundering items from someone that they miss, write a note about their laundry experience and bring it to the event or anytime between 3 and 9 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday at The Laundry Club, 3824 Penn Ave.
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The event is free.
Details:studiocapezzuti.com
JoAnne Klimovich Harrop is a TribLive reporter covering the region’s diverse culinary scene and unique homes. She writes features about interesting people and a weekly column about things to do in Pittsburgh. The Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist began her career as a sports reporter. She has been with the Trib for 26 years and is the author of “A Daughter’s Promise.” She can be reached at jharrop@triblive.com.