ALL WEEKEND 'Hattie' on the Horizon New Horizon Theater's "Hi Hat Hattie" stars Shaunyce Omar in a musical biography of Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Academy Award. The "Gone With the Wind" supporting actress was celebrated by Hollywood for her portrayal of the O'Haras' house servant Mammy, but attacked by the NAACP and others for perpetuating stereotypes. (Today)

Whether or not you have children, chances are you once were one. And if you were fortunate, books -- from your parents, the school library, a maiden aunt at Christmas -- were a part of your childhood. If so, there should be something for you in the all-ages exhibition "Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration." (Yesterday)

Four Egyptian artists/activists are in Pittsburgh this week to participate in closing events Saturday for the exhibition "Sites of Passage" at the Mattress Factory museum, North Side. The events are public and included with museum admission. (Yesterday)

"Putting the GO back in Gospel" says a sign on the front of the Christian Fellowship Baptist Church on the North Side. But it was nearly the church itself that had to go. On Monday, a sheriff's sale was postponed until March 5 for the century-old stone church at 2453 Perrysville Ave. after an Oklahoma mortgage company agreed to work out payments by its pastor, the Rev. Algie Robinson Jr. (02/07/2012)

Photographer Ivette Spradlin grew up in Florida and Georgia. When she moved to Pittsburgh a few years ago, she was not prepared for the long gray winters and the isolation they impose. (02/07/2012)