It’s finally the weekend. And after you’ve completed your Black Friday or Small Business Saturday shopping, here are some other fun things you can get yourself into.

Zoo Lights

Zoo Lights returns to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in Highland Park for the fourth year on Friday. The drive-thru event features thousands of LED lights that transform the park into a winter wonderland. There are more than 150 animal-shaped illuminated figures, including new images of this year’s zoo babies and an animated recreation of Eat’n Park’s classic Christmas tree and star commercial, as well as Daniel Tiger and friends from Fred Rogers Productions.

A downloadable podcast is available to bring seasonal music to each vehicle.

The tour takes about 30 minutes. Timed ticketing begins at 5:15 p.m. Cost is $45 per vehicle.

Details: pittsburghzoo.org

Glowland

The Oakland Business Improvement District’s Glowland, a winter light festival of art, music and play encompassing two square miles of Oakland, opens this weekend. Part of the exhibit features “EXPosure” at Schenley Plaza — an interactive installation created by Canada’s Lucion Media composed of three self-inflated vinyl spheres. Visit after dark and, by moving a light source in front of your face, you can generate a creative, artistic and living projection of yourself.

Details: glowlandpgh.com

Holiday happenings

The Mt. Oliver and Allentown neighborhood business districts are hosting a small business shopping event, cookie tour and Light Up Night on Saturday. The cookie tour is from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and will feature more than 35 businesses between the two districts for a day of holiday shopping.

Light Up Night in Mt. Oliver is from 4 to 7 p.m. and includes an indoor winter artisan market at 200 Brownsville Road. There will be live music by Caleb Smith and disc jockeys from Tech25, a company that helps make event technology education and training more accessible, based in Mt. Oliver.

Santa Claus visits at 4:30 pm, followed by the tree lighting at 5:30 pm. There will be food for sale by Vocelli’s and beer from Inner Groove Brewing.

Details: facebook.com

Courtesy of Hilltop Alliance The Mt. Oliver and Allentown neighborhood business districts are hosting a small business shopping event, cookie tour and Light Up Night on Nov. 25.  

Suite Life

“Suite Life: A Theatrical Jazz Benefit Concert Celebrating Icons Billy Strayhorn and Gene Kelly” is at 7:30 p.m. at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty on Saturday.

It will celebrate the theater’s namesakes with the music of composer Billy Strayhorn and the imagery of performer Gene Kelly.

Strayhorn, born in 1915, lived in Homewood. Gene Kelly, born in 1912, grew up in East Liberty. The concert travels back in time and delivers an immersive visual and sonic experience with dance, live music, monologue and storytelling.

There will be a VIP reception at Duolingo’s East Liberty headquarters at 5900 Penn Ave. at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

Details: kelly-strayhorn.org

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Sip and shop

Millvale Community Development Corporation’s Shop and Taste Millvale event is Saturday. More than 30 businesses are participating.

They will be offering special deals, samples and shopping. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free parking. Attendees can pick up a map and a playing card at 216 North Ave. and have a chance to win a prize for visiting more than 20 businesses.

Details: millvalecdc.org

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