Pittsburgh Signs Project Now Available on Amazon.com
Image by theamericanroadside via Flickr If you are a regular reader you will know that we really like signs (and sometimes climb over guard rails to photograph them) and that we have been following the Pittsburgh Signs Project from its…
Author Lecture: Timothy Keller, The Reason For God
While I heart PGH is happy to answer lots of questions about Pittsburgh – questions like the reason for pierogi are more what this website is about. The Reason for God is a book and this event came to me…
Making Cities Stick – Sticky Cities
If you haven’t yet heard of GLUE than I am excited to share this with you. Abby Wilson who is from Pittsburgh and her friend Sarah Szurpicki is from Detroit (full dicloser – I have know Abby for 14 years)….
Walk Pittsburgh from anywhere
If you have read any of my posts on Urban Hike, you will know I am a big fan of walking around this city. When I was in high school I read Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood. Annie writes about…
Pirate Ship in the Park
Family fun for everyone at Blue Slide Park. This Saturday is the annual Story Walk. Beginning with Books is an organization that exists to get more kids reading at a young age. Each year Beginning with Books host a Story…
Party for Potter
Sorry I am not talking about a party for Chris Potter editor of the city paper (Chris – we will have a party for you) – I am talking about the man of the hour Harry Potter. I am one…
Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend
(Things to do in between checking prices on flights to Florida…) Friday, February 9 Ron Jeremy Book Signing , 7:00 p.m., Joseph Beth Booksellers, Sahsside Works With appearances in Reindeer Games (2000), The Boondock Saints (1999) and 21 Hump Street…
TNY Presents…Love Bites
The New Yinzer is a magazine. http://www.newyinzer.com. I am happy to write about this event. A few years ago, before IheartPGH, possibly before blogs exisited, the New Yinzer published a book called Pittsburgh Love Stories. I had to hunt for…
Autumn’s Harvest is this Saturday Night at Planet Art in Mt. Lebanon
Come on by Saturday Night from 6-9 pm for the opening reception of “Autumn’s Harvest, Coiled Gourds and Baskets by Ceres Rangos and Pinched Clay Pots by Marlene Boyle”. We’ll have desserts, wine, hot apple cider, and lots of fun!…
Wanted: anyone in Pittsburgh area who knew/met Nelson Eddy or Jeanette MacDonald
For a documentary film about the lives of 1930s movie stars/singers Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, I’d like to hear from anyone, particularly in the Pittsburgh area, who might have known or seen Nelson and Jeanette. This would include hearing…
Are you a New Yinzer?
From the cool kids over at the New Yinzer: Who is The New Yinzer? It seems like everyone has their own unique perspective on what makes a New Yinzer. We here at TNY would like to hear yours. What do…
The Newest New Yinzer
The Newest New Yinzer is here! After a brief hiatus The New Yinzer is back and better than ever. “The New Yinzer” is a literary journal that has lots of stories about Pittsburgh written by some Pittsburgh authors and some…
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