Visit Teutonia Mannerchor’s Maifest or join a Smithsonian curator for talk and tastes of wine

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

You have to be a member to go into the North Side’s storied German club, Teutonia Mannerchor, but you can celebrate Maifest in tents there this weekend. Admission is $5 and comes with a souvenir beer mug, which you can fill by buying beer along with a range of German-style foods.

Friday’s fun starts at 5 p.m., there’s an opening Parade of Flags at 5:45, and then music commences with the Barons until things close up at 11.

Saturday, they ring in spring from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., with music through the day by Autobahn and Mädel Jäger.

Don’t miss: Tours of the club will be offered each day (pghmannerchor.com).

The Senator John Heinz History Center offers a talk about the history of wine, food and Prohibition on Sunday that will include a tasting of wines from Pittsburgh Winery and home wine makers.

The program, “In Vino Veritas: A Smithsonian Conversation on Wine,” starts at 2 p.m. Sunday. The speaker is Paula J. Johnson, who documents wine history as part of her curator job at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. She is responsible for the food technology and marine resources collections and is the project director and co-curator for the Smithsonian’s new “FOOD: Transforming the American Table, 1950-2000” exhibit.

The program will include her talking about local angles with Ron Casertano of CFP Winemakers.

And then attendees can check out “American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition,” a traveling exhibit from the National Constitution Center that depicts 1920s America through artifacts, displays and interactive activities. The exhibit will be on display at Pittsburgh’s Smithsonianaffiliated history center through June 10.

Tickets for the talk and tasting are $20 and should be reserved early via www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events.