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

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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Chili and Crafts at Southside Works + Pop Up Markets

The folks at the ImadeIt Market may have had their valentine’s day show at the Union Project canceled due to the snowmageddon that took over Pittsburgh back in February but they are back with an awesome way to chase away the winter chills – Chili Contest! Here is the deal – Joseph Beth Books has moved [...]

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Shamrocks and Bald Heads for St. Baldrick’s Foundation (and I Shamrock PGH T-shirt Giveaway)

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a foundation that supports children with cancer.  Each year they have a fundraiser where individuals volunteer to raise money and shave their heads – it is fun and it is a show of solidarity with kids who lose their hair to chemo and radiation treatments. A felllow Pittsburgher, Bill Toland,  has [...]

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Pittsburgh Parking Chair Day at the Children’s Museum

Image by Funky Dung via Flickr Thanks to the folks at The Cotton Factory for tipping us off to this oh so Pittsburgh event (they are also the founders of the Facebook Group for The Parking Chair). Stop by the Children’s Museum on Saturday between 10am and 3pm to watch artists decorate Praking chairs and play some [...]

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Souper Duper South Side Soup Contest – Tickets are Going Fast

It is that time of year… soup season… and it is really soup season this winter. This Saturday is the 6th annual South Side Soup Contest.  Soup Hoppers get to stop by different locations along Carson Street and sample soup between Noon-3pm and vote on the best soups of the afternoon.

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Zippity Zip Car Party at Easy Street Saloon

Image via Wikipedia Calling all zip car drivers and zip car wanna be drivers.  The folks from Zip Cary have organized a little zippity happy hour of sorts. What is ZipCar? ZipCar is a car sharing company.  You sign up and become a member, they send you a membership card with a microchip.  There are ZipCars in designated [...]

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