Monthly Archives: May 2009

Kid Friendly Event – Celebrate Moms, Kids Books and Local Book Sellers

Thanks to @suzigurl for sending us the link to this event. It is kind of a cool story that started with a Tweet back in Decemeber – a group of people organized some events in New England to celebrate authors of kids books.  So a group of Pittsburghers are working to bring the events to town in time for Mother’s Day – Mothers Love Kids Books.  This more

East End Microbrewery Hike

Image via Wikipedia Since the playoff game is on Friday night and hopefully Sunday – Saturday afternoon is free this weekend.  A great afternoon to combine some exercise with beer.  Check out the Venture Outdoors mircobrewery hike. We’ll start this activity with an easy hike through Frick Park to get our bodies moving. Afterward, we’ll head over to more

Rhyme Calesthenics 6 – The Wheel of Hip Hop

UPDATE – This event is May 15 – NOT May 8 – my error – I was so excited for Rhyme Cal – I didn’t want to wait a week.  This event comes highly reccomended to me by a number of IheartPGH readers. Rhyme Calisthenics is an MC competition that combines the intensity of a rap battle with the excitement and unpredictability of a game show. While rap battles more

Radio Round Up – May 1, 2009

Image by Marcos Vasconcelos Photography via Flickr May 2nd is Opening Day Kennywood Opens for the Season Kayak Pittsburgh Saturday Night is also a Fireworks Paddle Pittsburgh Riverhounds Home Opener against Maryland Fan Boys and Last Weekend for the Vader Project at Warhol Comedy about friends who travel to Skywalker ranch to steal the more

Greek Food Festival Time

Image via Wikipedia I love the St. Nicholas Greek Food Festival starts Sunday May 3rd! St. Nicholas is in Oakland, directly across the street from the Carnegie Museum. Please note that there is often a long line – but the wait is worth it.  Click here to read our post about the 2008 Festival. Festival Hours for 2009 are… Sunday: Noon to 8:00 more