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Independent Bookstore Day & A Map of Every Independent Bookstore in Pittsburgh

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The last Saturday in April is Independent Bookstore Day, the official hashtag for Independent Bookstore Day is #BookstoreDay. The #BookstoreDay hashtag is a great way to take a peak at how folks across the country are celebrating local booksellers. Indie bookshops across the country are hosting parties and inviting customer and friends to buy books from their local booksellers.  If you are interested in learning more about the business of book selling, Kim Lyons wrote a story for the Trib this week, Independent bookshops find unlikely prosperity, that digs into some of the statistics on the brick-and-mortar bookstore trends. Independent… Read the rest

Four Things To Do This Week

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This week: Oscar season kicks off and one of the best musicals of all time visits Pittsburgh!   Steel City Poetry Slam Tuesday, ~9:30p, $5 Shadow Lounge, Shadyside The Steel City Poetry Slam is held on the third Tuesday of every month at the Shadow Lounge on Baum Blvd. Sign up sheet goes out usually between 9:15 and 9:30pm, and the slam starts shortly thereafter. More info: https://www.facebook.com/steelcityslam   Pittsburgh Job Fair Monday, 11a Holiday Inn, North Hills All job seekers are encouraged to network, submit resumes and connect with hiring managers from some of the area’s top local employers.… Read the rest

Shakespere N'at – Sonnet-a-thon

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( Image via Wikipedia If Shakespeare is your thing – check out this Sonnet-a-thon.  I have to say my first reaction to even the word Shakespeare is to run quickly in the other direction – it evokes memories of bad high school english papers.  Reading and writing were not my strength in high school days and I far preferred calculus and chemistry to anything literature related.  It is still amusing to me that I now spend many hours writing.   But event to a literary novice – this event looks pretty fun. Join other Shakespeare lovers at Te Cafe in Sq.… Read the rest

Keystone Edge Video on Small Press Festival

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Last month, OpenThread organized the first Small Press Festival here in Pittsburgh.  OpenThread is a regional arts collective that has been working on events to connect other writers and artists in Western PA.  The Small Press Festival was a month long celebration of the smaller publications here in Pittsburgh including a weekend expo of local small press publications. Filmmaker Ben Hernstrom has put together a nice little video about the festival for Keystone Edge (a sister site to Pop City Media that focuses on the entire state of Pennsylvania).… Read the rest

The New New Yinzer on Myron Cope, Pork, This American Life, Full House and Phil Collins

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The New Yinzer is not a person, it is an online magazine, and it is back with new content. It has been a while since I have heard anything from the New Yinzer folks. I was very happy to hear that the New Yinzer is back with a brand new edition. I am not sure if they are still using this logo but I like the logo so I thought I would include it here. This issue of the New Yinzer includes and article about Myron Cope’s magazine work. The Yinzer Gourmet column offers up what looks to be a… Read the rest