This Weekend... the arts have it!

Chestnut Hill College music students will be performing "Once Upon a Mattress".  This Princess and the Pea musical runs on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 9 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m. in the College Auditorium.  $10 adult tickets, $5 for children and $3 for students.
http://www.chc.edu/News/2011/April/College_Music_Department_Presents_Once_Upon_a_Mattress/

Tickets still remain for this weekend's Treehouse Rocks! concert.  6pm on Saturday night with Meg's Melodies.  A singer-songwriter, she's known for charming audiences with the personalization and interactive nature of her songs.  Tickets for kids are $15 and include a meal.  Adult admission is just $5.
http://www.treehouseplaycafe.com/

Hopefully, you caught the longer post here about the Mt. Airy Kids Literary Festival going on at the Big Blue Marble all weekend.  Tons of fun to be had, authors to meet, and books to enjoy.  Check it out!
http://www.bigbluemarblebooks.com/kidslit11.html

Petrushka is playing at the Annenberg Center downtown:
"Known the world over for his astonishingly innovative puppet shows, master puppeteer Basil Twist makes his Philadelphia debut withPetrushka and breathes new magic into the legendary 1911 Ballets Russes production. Delight your eyes and ears as puppets fly, dance and float in midair and tell the tale of the tragic love triangle between three magical puppets whose stories emerge amidst the swirl of the Russian carnival. Russian identical twin pianists, Julia and Irina Elkina, perform a special two piano version of Stravinsky’s masterpiece and nine hidden puppeteers combine Czech and Japanese puppetry traditions in a tour-de-force of puppetry technique. It’s a true spectacle of wonder and fantasy perfect for adults and children alike!"
I've heard it's well worth the trip, and using the code FUNSAVERS, you can get $10 tickets for several performances:
Friday, April 8 @ 8 pm 
Tuesday, April 12 @ 7:30 pm 
Wednesday, April 13 @ 7:30 pm 
Thursday, April 14 @ 7:30 pm 
 http://www.annenbergcenter.org/tickets/?id=124

Petrushka is only one of the amazing events happening as part of the Philadelphia International Children's Festival.  From music, theater, and dance to a fun zone with face-painting or a show with John Lithgow.... you'll find plenty to keep the kiddies engaged and maybe even amazed:
http://www.annenbergcenter.org/tickets/childfest.php

And last in the line up, but first in beauty, the Morris Arboretum celebrates the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival with a variety of activities on Saturday. The events are for both children and adults, and will celebrate the art, culture and gardens inspired by the 35 varieties of cherry trees that grace the Arboretum with their blossoms each spring.
http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/events_JapaneseCherryBlossom.shtml