SATURDAY-SUNDAY
Kids Fest online
This weekend would normally have seen flocks of families flooding the streets of the Pittsburgh Cultural District and reveling in the activities of the 34th annual EQT Children’s
Theater Festival.
The festival’s in-person events were wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has a few at-home activities to keep families busy.
For example, The Frog Stop Scavenger Hunt has shifted to things to do while quarantining. Suggestions in the categories of make, listen, learn, move, help and read can be found online at https://pghkids.trustarts.org/ kids/plan-your-visit/frog-stop-scavenger-hunt. Upload photos of at least four of six categories accomplished to https://trustarts.typeform.com/to/RNhRRN and receive a voucher for a treat from The Milkshake Factory.
Here are other at-home activities courtesy of the 2020 Children’s Theater Festival:
The Queen’s Gambit Chess Institute is offering free chess classes at all levels via Zoom. Free, registration required at https:// pghkids.trustarts.org/events/3675.
Saturday at 1 p.m.: Arcade Comedy’s “Live Penny Arcade” is a special virtual presentation for the EQT Children’s Theater Festival. Before every show, kids can submit questions and ideas. Families are encouraged to think up characters, settings and dialogue, and submit ideas through the Arcade Comedy website: www.arcadecomedytheater.com/ pennyarcade.
Saturday at 4 p.m.: Music Open Mic on Zoom via the Sunburst School of Music, RSVP in advance to reserve a performance slot, or tune into the Zoom meeting to check out the performances. Registration and details at https://pghkids.trustarts.org/ events/3656.
Sunday at 11 a.m.: An interactive Origami Workshop for ages 5-7 with origami master Kuniko Yamamoto. You will see how origami transforms paper into shapes such as a panda, an elephant, a puppy, a cat, a daisy or a rose as Kuniko shares her skills and storytelling, and together, you will fold a few simple origami models. To participate, you should have five sheets of notebook paper or letter size (8½ x 11), or origami paper, and a printer to print instructions in advance. Registration and details: https://pghkids.trustarts.org/ events/3712.