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Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., presents the annual Chinese New Year celebration on Feb. 20. The Maridon houses 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.
PITTSBURGH<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., hosts "H_edge" installation designer Cecil Balmond at the museum for a lecture from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday. A reception will follow the talk and the exhibit will be open until 7 p.m. that day. Continuing is "Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries and Prints from the Collection" through June 13. "The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs" will be shown through April 25. 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. Admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, and $11 for students and children age 3 and older, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.cmoa.org.<B>Silver Eye Center for Photography,</B> 1015 E. Carson St., presents the 2009 Fellowship Award Exhibition "Si Dios Quiere (If God Wants): Photographs by Katrina M. d'Autremont" through March 20. New gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. Call 412-431-1810 or visit www.silvereye.org.<B>Frick Art and Historical Center</B>, 7227 Reynolds St. in Point Breeze, is showing the painting "The Last Gleanings" by Jules-Adolphe Breton through March 28 in Clayton. 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>Society for Contemporary Crafts</B>, 2100 Smallman St., presents "Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser" through March 20. The opening reception will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 12, and will be accompanied by an artist talk at 5:30 p.m. with reception to follow. In conjunction, SCC presents "Nailed and Riveted: New works by Robert Villamagna" in the satellite gallery at One Mellon Center in downtown Pittsburgh in the T Station lobby. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and by appointment Mondays; closed holidays. Call 412-261-7003.<B>North Hills Art Center</B>, 3432 Babcock Blvd. in Ross Township, has new gallery hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Admission and parking are free. Call 412-364-3622 or visit the Web site, www.northhillsartcenter.com.