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Maya - who has written 38 posts on IheartPGH.com.

Maya moved back to Pittsburgh in July 2008 after spending two years in Ithaca, NY. She is currently revisiting all the things she loves about the city and looking for more things to fall in love with. She works in Lawrenceville and considers herself IheartPgh's unofficial Lawrenceville correspondent.

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Pecha Kucha Night! (That’s pe-chak-cha to Pittsburghers)

18 March 2010

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Pecha Kucha is the onomatopoeic Japanese word for the sound of conversation – A.K.A. an event for the local creative class to meet and network while presenters share their stories, collections, products and/or work in 6 minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.  [...]

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J’eet Open Weekends

18 January 2010

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You may have read an article or two about how fabulous the new J’eet Cafe in Lawrenceville is.  Well, I heart that they are now open Saturdays for brunch!  For all the poor working stiffs who can’t make it to try out their extensive menu of crepes, sandwiches and salads, this is the solution.  My [...]

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Building a Beloved Community

14 January 2010

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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Union Project on Monday, January 18th.   The event is separated into Afternoon and Evening Activities and the event program is designed for the whole family:

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WYEP Holiday Hootenannny this Thursday!

14 December 2009

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I started out with a lot of clever openings to this post … and then I decided to look up the exact definition of ‘hootenanny.’  The first definition is exactly what you envision, (n.) “a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.”  However, an older use of the word hootenanny is [...]

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Behind Our Scenes:”Backstage” Artists at SPACE

10 December 2009

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Often times museum employees “are artists who dedicate their days promoting the artwork of others and their nights & weekends creating artwork of their own.” Curators Laura Mustio and Nicole Rosato celebrate this fact with a new show, Behind Our Scenes, opening Friday night from 6-9PM at SPACE (812 Liberty Ave. in Downtown). [...]

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PGH Photographs

9 December 2009

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I heart these images of Pittsburgh (hint, hint) at Gallery on 43rd St in Lawrenceville by photographer Scott Davidson of Portersville, PA.  The black and white panoramic views of Pittsburgh are available in different sizes (from greeting cards to six-feet-wide canvases).  Gallery on 43rd St also has tons of gift items and fine art from [...]

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