Things to do in Western Pa.

Paint outdoors with the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley, or make a Valentine shadowbox at home with The Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

Learn about ongoing preservation efforts at Fallingwater or the history of the world’s largest architectural plaster cast in Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hall of Architecture.

Laugh with comedians or be amazed at magicians.

These and other virtual education and entertainment options are coming up.

The details are here, in this week’s Big List.

Art happenings

• Held over: The inaugural exhibition at Contemporary Craft’s new, permanent home at 5645 Butler St., Upper Lawrenceville, has been extended until March 20. “The Heart Lives Through the Hands” features large-scale paper and mixed media artworks and an immersive sculptural installation by internationally renowned street artist Caledonia Curry.

Admission is free; timed tickets are required to assure social distancing.

Details: contemporarycraft.org

• Be my Valentine: Teens and adults can make a vintage-style Valentine shadowbox during a virtual Pop-Up Studio at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 10, hosted by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Basic materials will be provided in a kit; participants will need scissors, hot glue and paint and can add other personal touches.

Fee is $15, or $10 for members, who pick up the kit. Add $8 to have the kit mailed. Registration deadline is Jan 27 at 888-718-4253 or thewestmoreland.com.

• Outdoor painting: The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley invites artists to participate in a special Winter Plein Air Paint Out from Feb. 18-20, to capture outdoor scenes of the surrounding area. The weekend will culminate in a wet show and sale of the works from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 21.

A nonrefundable $30 fee is required for registration; cash prizes totaling $500 will be awarded. For information and registration, visit the museum at 1 Boucher Lane, call 724-238-6015 or email ligonier@sama-art.org.

Books

• Book launch: Knitting expert Tanis Gray will discuss her latest book and answer knitting questions during a livestream book launch at 7 p.m. Jan. 28. Gray’s latest knitting pattern book is “Star Wars: Knitting the Galaxy: The Official Star Wars Knitting Pattern Book.”

The event is hosted by Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Yarns by Design, both in Oakmont.

Details: mysterylovers.com

Comedy

• Yuk it up: Arcade Comedy Theater is streaming these shows on YouTube Live: “Talking Tunes With These Few Goons,” 9 p.m. Thursday; and “Arcade Improv Night: Zero Suit + Select Start,” 9 p.m. Friday.

For more upcoming shows on all streaming platforms, visit arcadecomedytheater.com.

Film

• Dark humor: The Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival will stream “Corpus Christi,” a darkly humorous Polish film about a young man who impersonates a priest after being rejected from attending seminary, from Jan. 23-29. Fee is pay-what-you-want with a $5 minimum.

A live discussion with director Jan Komasa is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 28. Session is free, but registration is required.

Details: cmu.edu

• Cinema at home: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has launched a new lineup for the Harris @ Home film series, available for streaming through Feb. 15. Titles include “Rock Camp: The Movie,” documentary on program that brings would-be shredders together for lessons with real-life rock stars; “The Reason I Jump,” exploring the experiences of nonspeaking people with autism from around the world; and “The Changin’ Times of Ike White,” about a music prodigy convicted of murder who went off the grid after an early release and acclaimed album.

Details: trustarts.org

Kids’ stuff

• Acting out: Gemini Children’s Theater is offering winter and spring acting classes in the Ryan Arts Center in McKees Rocks. Classes are offered in four age groups from 4-17. Topics include creative play, puppetry, story writing, theater games, scene work, improvisation, monologue studies and technical theater skills such as lighting, sound, prop and costume design. Sessions adhere strictly to CDC safety guidelines.

Details: geminitheater.org

• Bedtime stories: Tony Award nominee Lilli Cooper is the Dream Queen who guides adventurers through “Sleep Squad,” a family-friendly, interactive, virtual theater experience offered by Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Adapted from stories written by kids, the adventures include a visit to a desert island, a dinosaur’s birthday party and an intergalactic nightclub. Available through Jan. 31, the on-demand production is designed as a new kind of bedtime ritual for kids ages 4-12.

Details: trustarts.org

• Love this: Kids can create a collage-style “LOVE” painting on canvas during a virtual Children’s Saturday Studio at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 6, hosted by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Specific materials will be provided via an art kit, but participants also will need scissors, acrylic paints and brushes, hot-glue gun and glue sticks.

Fee is $15, or $10 for members, who pick up the kit. Add $8 to have the kit mailed. Registration deadline is Saturday at 888-718-4253 or thewestmoreland.com.

Lectures

• World’s largest: The plaster cast of the West Portal of St.-Gilles-du-Gard in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hall of Architecture is the topic of programs at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 27 and Feb. 3. The world’s largest architectural plaster cast was made directly from the original abbey in the south of France. Topics include the history of the 12th-century abbey, the surrounding region and the abbey’s importance as a stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

To register for the pay-what-you-wish session, visit cmoa.org.

• Wright stuff: Scott W. Perkins, Fallingwater’s director of preservation and collections, will discuss current and upcoming preservation projects, along with recent acquisitions to the collection, at the UNESCO World Heritage site in Fayette County during a Zoom conference at 6 p.m. Jan. 28.

Fee is $5 for the program hosted by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.

Details: phlf.org

Magic

• Nothing up my sleeve: New York’s longest-running Off-Broadway magic show, “Monday Night Magic,” is livestreaming at 8 p.m. Mondays. Offered in partnership with Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, each interactive installment features two performers and a question-and-answer session.

The Jan. 25 session will feature Jon Armstrong and Jon Stetson with host David Corsaro. Tickets start at $20 at stellartickets.com.

Music

• Roots music: An hour of original music by The Olga Watkins Band will stream at 7 p.m. Thursday on City of Asylum’s virtual channel. The Pittsburgh-based band melds influences from blues, funk, soul, jazz, reggae and rock into its songs.

Details: alphabetcity.org

• People’s music: Episode 5 of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s online “Front Row” series will debut at 7:30 p.m. Friday. “For the People (Part 1)” presents a program of works written in the past 100 years by five female American composers, filmed at the Washington Penn Plastics Hangar and Heinz Hall.

Details: pittsburghsymphony.org

• Too cool for school: City Theatre Company is offering tickets for the digital premiere of singer/songwriter Jill Sobule’s concert movie, “F***7thGrade,” going on sale Jan. 25. The world premiere production, described as “a Rock’n’Roll celebration of coming of age and coming out,” was slated as the final show of City Theatre’s 2019-20 season prior to the pandemic shutdown of live performances.

The concert version of the show was staged and recorded over three nights at an outdoor, drive-in venue at Hazelwood Green in front of an invited audience. At-home viewing prices start at $15; to order, visit citytheatrecompany.org.

• Jazz online: The latest installment of the BNY Mellon Presents JazzLive at Home series features pianist, composer, producer and educator Alton Merrell. Produced by Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the free online series also has episodes showcasing Sean Jones, Kenia and Thomas Wendt.

Details: trustarts.org

Theater

• All for one, one for all: Pittsburgh Public Theater will offer access to online readings of TJ Young’s “The Inseparables,” a loose adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ “The Three Musketeers,” from 7 p.m. Thursday through 10 p.m. Sunday. The readings are part of the Public PlayTime benefit series, “Classics N’at.”

Donations start at $10. For information and registration, visit ppt.org.