Monthly Archives: April 2009

Radio Round Up – April 17, 2009

Image by Fire Monkey Fish via Flickr Making the Connections Book Launch Party Friday, April 17 4-7pm @ The Shadow Lounge Check out the new book that chronicles some of the community projects that were part of the Pittsburgh 250 celebration Tech Fair aka Spring Carnival at Carnegie Mellon University Friday, 8pm Free Concert with New Pornographers Game more

History Books – Making the Connections

Making the Connections Book Launch Party Friday, April 17, 2009, 4-7 pm Shadow Loung, 5972 Baum Blvd, East Liberty RSVP on Facebook here. One of the final events of the Pittsburgh 250 celebration was the community connections wrap up session back in December.  The afternoon turned out to be a lot more fun that I had anticipated.  As part of the more

Sierra Club Enviromental Film Festival featuring Mark Dixon from YERT

Image by michael and anna via Flickr Saturday, April 18th, 2009, 6-10pm is the 2nd evening of the Sierra Club’s Environmental Film Festival. They have a great line up of 5 different films for the evening – including a showing of some of the YERT footage. YERT stands for Your Environmental Road Trip (see the our post on the YERT kick-off and follow more

The 4th Annual Attack Theatre Dirty Ball

Image by carolclarinet via Flickr Attack Theatre is an award winning Pittsburgh based dance/music/video perfomance group. The Dirty Ball is their annual fundraiser that is now in its fourth year. I have not yet attended the Dirty Ball but I can say with certainty that I have heard rave reviews from many people who have attended in the past. The more

I still call it the "Tech Fair" – Spring Carnival at Carnegie Mellon and Goldfish

I cannot believe that I have been blogging about PGH for over 3 years and I have not published a word about the tech fair.  One of the must do events of the spring when I was a kid was to attend the Tech Fair – year later when I was working at Carnegie Mellon for the summer – I was confused when everyone kept talking about this Spring Carnival – apparently more

Lawrenceville Blossom Tour

Lawrenceville businesses will open their doors for the fourth annual Lawrenceville Blossom Tour, a free event to be held April 17-19, 2009. Twenty-five of Lawrenceville’s most interesting merchants will pass out a variety of flower and herb seeds to all visitors (while supplies last). Each merchant will offer a different packet of seeds, so visitors more

Only 980 miles from home

Only 980 miles from home, originally uploaded by IheartPGH. more