Radio Round Up – April 2, 2010: Geek, Green and Spring Things

Bakery Love - what is your favorite bakery?
Image by IheartPGH via Flickr

Here is what we discussed on WDVE today – you can listen to IheartPGH chat with Jim and Randy of the DVE morning show most Friday mornings at 6:45 am.

Geek Arts/Green Innovators Festival

  • This months First Friday on Penn Ave has a giant art and enviroment festival
  • Friday, April 2 5-11pm – Start at Pittsburgh Glass Center
  • Demonstrations, Activities, Live Music, Food, Wine, Fashion Show, Art and More – see what is happening with geek and green in Pittsburgh
  • Stop by The Cotton Factory HQ on Penn Ave for extra special t-shirts not available online
  • Friday and Saturday at Heinz History Center – meet the Stanley Cup and other Pittsburgh Hockey memorabilia
  • Share photos of your homemade, tin foil Stanley Cups with IheartPGH here.
    The Stanley Cup.
    Image via Wikipedia

Spring Has Sprung! Bikes and Italian Ice

  • Starting Saturday, April 3rd and running every Saturday through the summer 8am-3pm
  • Lawrenceville hosts their own mini flea market at the corner of Butler and 36th Street
  • Crafts, antiques, live music and more!
    Tweed Ride Portland 2010-64
    Image by BikePortland.org via Flickr
  • ClankWorks is Pittsburgh’s newest bicycle shop located in Lawrenceville.
  • To celebrate the leisure activity of bicycle riding they are hosting Pittsburgh’s first Tweed Ride
  • April 3rd, Meet at Doughboy Square at 3pm – the ride will finish at Piper’s Pub on Carson Street

Egg-cellent Egg Hunt at Carnegie Museum

  • Saturday, April 3rd, 10-2pm – scavenger hunt for egg related activities around the museum
  • lots of hands on activities, free with museum admission

About Lindsay


Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh for as long as she has been blogging - but fortunatly there are lots of great things about Pittsburgh to share. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon. Lindsay is also working on BlogLocal which is building a map of blogs with local content.