The Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl returns with a number of exciting exhibits. Also check out the inaugural Handmade Arcade Modern Craft Market, or watch a drag showcase at the new Stonewall Inn Pittsburgh — here’s what to do this weekend.

Theater
If “Primary Trust” is indeed the final production under the name Pittsburgh Public Theater (the group plans to merge with Pittsburgh CLO), the troupe bids fair to go out in style. Eboni Booth’s drama about a loner finding community in unexpected places won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The Pittsburgh-premiere production stars Pittsburgh favorite Monteze Freeland as the laid-off bookstore worker Kenneth. Performances run Wed., March 25, through Sun., April 12.

Visual art
Art galleries aren’t the first place you look for sports photography. But with the NFL draft looming, Pittsburgh hosts a big exception. “Michael Zagaris: 60 Years of NFL Photography” showcases game-day and behind-the-scenes images by the legendary longtime San Francisco 49ers team photographer at Downtown’s 707 Gallery. The exhibit is heavy on the Steelers and native son Joe Montana. Zagaris will attend the Fri., March 27, opening reception. The event enlivens the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s monthly Gallery Crawl, which also includes a new iteration of local artists Sam Berner and Chris Donadio’s lighthearted performance series “Spidrmanthemusical,” at Wood Street Galleries.

Film
Cult and genre film restoration company Vinegar Syndrome teams with Row House Cinema on the new screening series Cult-O-Rama (a complement to current Cult-O-Rama offerings at Row House Lawrenceville). It runs the final Friday of each month at Row House Hollywood, in Dormont, and begins Fri., March 27, with the revenge thriller “New York Ninja,” shot in 1984 but incomplete and abandoned until Vinegar Syndrome rescued it in 2021. On April 24, the series continues with “Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D,” from cult mavens Troma Entertainment.

Marketplace
Professional curators have chosen more than 100 makers from Pittsburgh, the region and beyond for Handmade Arcade’s inaugural Modern Craft Market. The new shopping event at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, modeled on markets like American Craft Made Baltimore, showcases handcrafted products from clothing, jewelry and accessories to furniture, home decor and more. The ticketed event in partnership with Contemporary Craft and Pittsburgh Glass Center starts with a VIP session Fri., March 27; admission Sat., March 28, and Sun., March 29, is pay-what-you-can, with free tix for those who need them.

Dance
Dance and culture from the banks of Colombia’s Magdalena River take the spotlight at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. On Sat., March 28, touring Afro-Columbian dance ensemble Palenque performs “Yuma: Dancing Down the Magdalena River.” The show, with live music, is based on the research of ethnographer Melissa Teodoro, a professor at Slippery Rock University and artistic director of the SRU-based troupe. The evening includes an art and photography exhibit based on Teodoro’s research.

Drag
Sisters PGH marks the national Trans Day of Visibility with the grand opening of The Stonewall Inn Pittsburgh, its trans-led drop-in and community resource center Downtown. The new center will offer transgender and gender-expansive people everything from showers and laundry service to a food pantry and case-management resources. The early-evening ribbon-cutting on Tue., March 31, will be followed by “The Illusion That Causes Confusion,” a benefit drag showcase hosted by Ciora L. L’Oreal and Jezebel Bebbington D’opulence.