The Real Story Behind Charlotte’s Web
Since tomorrow might be gray and rainy… here is a great indoor activity perfect for anyone who loves books. Mystery Lovers Bookshop, located in Oakmont, is whole shop dedicated to mystery books, they also sell other books and can order…
Pittsburgh Signs Project on BoingBoing & Book Giveaway
The Pittsburgh Signs project photos and book are featured on the BoingBoing today – “Pittsburgh Signs Project: appreciation of the glorious signage of Pittsburgh.” BoingBoing is a popular blog, that originally started as a zine in 1988, that covers interesting information from around the web.
The Beginning of a Bookstore
You may have noticed a post here on I<3PGH a few weeks ago about the East End Book Exchange. Book lover and occasional I<3PGH blogger Lesley Rains is exploring the idea of setting up a used book store here in Pittsburgh….
For the Love of Travel Guidebooks – Offline Guides to Pittsburgh and Beyond
Obviously we love blogs, and we like Pittsburgh, and we believe blogs can be a pretty good way to learn about a city. But in this post we take a look at a non digital form of local information –…
Elvis the Penguin, Brett Keisel, Books and Kids
Well this is a whole lot of random fun wrapped into one event. The Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley is hosting this event to collect books and money for the Homeless Children’s Education Fund. Penguin Bookshop Children’s Festival Satruday, July 16 2011 10:00 am Location: 420…
Bringing Life Back to the East Liberty Borders
I have been excited about this ideas since we first got an email about it last month. Fleeting Pages is a project to turn the East Liberty Borders – which closed for business a few weeks ago into a pop-up…
Drinking in the Library – Friday, May 20
Yes, the Library with books – the actual Carnegie Library on Carson St. – which should not be confused with the bar named “The Library” which is also on Carson St. just a block away. The bar has drinks but…
Pittsburgh Libraries
Image via Wikipedia The Allegheny County library system is, in this writer’s humble opinion, the greatest single asset the Pittsburgh region can boast of. The libraries are an inexhaustible source of entertainment, knowledge, and wisdom, and because all of the…
Author of Stuff White People Like to Give Lecture at CMU
Chritian Lander, author of the widely popular blog and book Stuff White People Like will be giving a free talk at CMU on Tuesday. If you haven’t checked it out before – Stuff White People Like – is a list…
Still Time for Some Summer Reading + $30 Joseph Beth Books Giveaway
We have books on the brain today and wanted to share some links that might be helpful for anyone looking for a few more books to read instead of beach reads – think burgh reads. Scroll down for info about…
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…
History Books – Making the Connections
Making the Connections Book Launch Party Friday, April 17, 2009, 4-7 pm Shadow Loung, 5972 Baum Blvd, East Liberty RSVP on Facebook here. One of the final events of the Pittsburgh 250 celebration was the community connections wrap up session…
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