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Cave Canem’s annual faculty poetry reading will be held this Thursday, 7 pm, at the Hill House. This year’s readers will be Toi Derricotte, Yusef Komunyaka, Cornelius Eady, and Carl Phillips. We’re very lucky to be hosting these poets in our city, and I’m sure that this reading will be fantastic! (FYI: Cave Canem is a week-long poets’ retreat for more
If you were listening to WDVE 102.5 this morning, you heard me talking about this little website here. A big thanks to Jim and Randy for inviting me to join this morning. Here is a summary of some of the events we discussed… 3Ps – Pittsburgh Party for a Purpose Fri. June 22, 8pm Bar UGLY, Northside $10 donation supports PULSE – Pittsburgh more
I have a thing for cheesy titles. I also have a thing for hot dogs. As if Pittsburgh Restaurant Week wasn’t enough to make next week’s dining amazing. It just got way better. Franktuary has just improved lunch. Franktuary, the amazing hot-dog-shop-in-a-church is celebrating customer appreciation week, June 25-June29 with specials galore. Free more
There are some awesome craft fairs sweeping the country and Pittsburgh is no exception. Stop by Braddock this Sunday (June 24) for the I Made It! Sunday Market. Last month they had 20 vendors, this month they have over 50 vendors who will be selling all sorts of cool stuff from Ipod covers to cupcakes. The other reason to stop check out the more
If you have not made a trip downtown after dark I don’t know what you are waiting for. There is an AWESOME light display being projected on 5 different buildings downtown. Even better, next week is Pittsburgh Restaurant Week (Mon-Thurs) – participating restaurants are offering a 3 course meal for $30. This is all part of the Pittsburgh Celebrates more
Sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun. I received an email from Tracy last week alerting me to this performance. The Peking Acrobats will be at Heinz Hall on Thursday, June 28. Fun Fact about these guys… They were (briefly) in the Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13 movies. They are the group that is performing when — is it the Brad Pitt character? — asks “Which more
The Creative Treehouse is having an open house. The Creative Treehouse is located in Bellevue and is a shared workspace for all sorts of creative types. Jesse Hambley is the brains behind this project. I first met Jesse last year at PodCamp and I now sit next to him every day as he just joined the marketing team at Spreadshirt. more
