SXSW Panel on Local Blogging – We Need Your Vote!
SXSW (South By Southwest) is an annual music festival held each March in Austin, Texas. In addition to music, SXSW hosts an interactive festival and a film festival. The programming for the interactive festivals is submitted and voted on by…
G-Tree – Help Plant More Trees in Town
Lets talk Pittsburgh trees! Trees are an important thing here in the city – they help to keep the air clean and the city cooler. Tree Pittsburgh (which used to be called Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest) is an organization…
Register for the 4th Annual GLUE Conference!
First things first, we are not talking about rubber cement or Elmer’s glue – GLUE is about cities, neighborhoods and people. If you are a new reader or new to GLUE .. GLUE is short for the Great Lakes Urban…
from the Pacific to PGH
A good friend of IheartPGH is moving back to Pittsburgh! I am along for the ride. You can follow the trip on twitter @pghorbust and Tumblr pghorbust.tumblr.com. Right now we are headed across New Mexico on our way to Elgin,…
Pop-Up Pittsburgh
In a previous post about the state of used bookstores in Pittsburgh, Lindsay mentioned the emergence of a new business model, the pop-up. Pop-up businesses occupy a retail or cultural space for a short period – a day, a week,…
Bocce in the Burgh
Last weekend was all about pinball. This weekend… its all about bocce. The Heinz History Center hosts the 2nd Annual Bocce Tournament and celebration of all things italian. The tournament raised funds for Italian American Endowed Fund. The history center…
Scooters,Pinball, Bicycles & More in Pittsburgh This Weekend
Pinball, Pinball, Pinball – World Pinball Championships in Pittsburgh August 11-14, 2011, 10am- Late Free to watch – the top pinball competitors from around the country are competing for $40,000 in prizes 300+ pinball machines available for you to play BikeFest Kickoff…
3 Super Free, Super Fun, Family Activities For This Weekend
So you aren’t at the beach this week with the rest of Pittsburgh – that doesn’t mean you can’t have some family fun. You can mow the lawn next weekend. Here are 3 FREE events that you can check out…
BikeFest + Batman = The Batcycle
Bike Pittsburgh is celebrating all things bicycle in Pittsburgh from August 12-21, 2011. 10 days, 1 big bad fundraiser, 70+ bicycle events for cyclists of ever level, a photo contest and fun in the sun – thats BikeFest in a…
Want $5000 To Start a Business in Pittsburgh, Submit Your Idea to BusinessBout
BusinessBout is a competition for one new business idea to win $5000. Entry for the BusinessBout is pretty simple – just submit a 2 page summary of your business idea. One idea will walk away with $5000 to help start…
Fight Cancer with Cornhole
We haven’t heard of any cornhole tournaments in awhile. While the sport certainly has become pretty popular here in Western PA – if you are new to the game. Cornhole is kind of like horseshoes but played with bean bags…
5 Reasons to Attend the Millvale Brewfest
Just across the river from Lawrenceville, Millvale has got a ton of cool stuff going on: New Sun Rising – a non profit organization that is supporting and funding more community projects in Millvale The Saxifrage School – an innovative project that…
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