Watch the furries Downtown for Anthrocon’s 20th anniversary, check out fireworks and other Fourth of July celebrations throughout the city, or cheer on your favorite team at a World Cup watch party — here’s what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.

Visual Art
Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media’s Annual Member and Student Exhibition is a special one this year. It marks the 80th anniversary of the group that began as the Arts and Crafts Center of Pittsburgh and later became Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and PCA&M. The new show includes work by 52 member and student artists, but also features films, photos and exhibit posters from the Shadyside-based group’s eight decades of arts education and exhibition. The show runs through Aug. 23.

Visual Art
Japanese and Japanese-American artists living and working in the Pittsburgh region take the spotlight in “Nikkei: Pittsburgh Voices.” Nikkei refers to members of the Japanese diaspora; the exhibit at Sharpsburg’s Atithi Studio includes work in a variety of media by seven artists, including Brent Nakamoto, Eriko Hattori and Reiko Yamamoto. The gallery is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and by appointment. The show continues through July 25.

Furries
America250 is also Anthrocon20. That is, the 20th year here for the convention that annually draws 18,000 or more participants dressed as anthropomorphized animal characters. Once seen as a fringe pursuit (fursuit?), furrydom is now fully embraced by politicians and chamber-of-commerce types. This year’s con runs Thu., July 2, through Sun., July 5, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The public is welcome to July 4’s free Fursuit Parade and Anthrocon Block Party, on Penn Avenue between 9th and 11th streets.

Music
The South Hills Chorale and other regional choirs join The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh for Sing Democracy 250. The Fri., July 3, concert at Downtown’s O’Reilly Theater features two newly commissioned works. Brandon A. Boyd’s “Redeem the Dream” is based on Langston Hughes’ iconic poem “Let America Be America Again.” And Michael Bussewitz-Quarm’s “US” is a call to good citizenship as a way to renew democracy.

Festival
If you’re looking for an Independence Day Celebration, the City of Pittsburgh’s will surely be the biggest around, and among its own largest ever. Starting the afternoon of Sat., July 4, Point State Park, Liberty Avenue, the North Shore Great Lawn and Grandview Park will host an array of live music, line dancing, kids’ activities, food trucks and more. There’s even a Ferris wheel on the North Side (ticketed, for charity). Fireworks follow. A complete schedule is here.

Festival
World Cup fever escalates in Pittsburgh with the arrival of the Pennsylvania World Cup Fan Zone at Acrisure Stadium. The free, multi-day celebration of soccer includes watch parties, live music, youth soccer clinics and more both inside and outside the stadium. The Fan Zone is in effect Sat., July 4, July 5 and July 9, culminating in the July 19 World Cup final watch party inside the stadium. Registration is required.