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Alternative Fuel: East End Brewing 2012 Keg Ride

Iva — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:36:02 +0000

Say hello to Iva! She comes to IheartPGH with photo skills and a super camera! We’re excited for more of her posts that will have way better photos than the ones from my sad little Blackberry camera. Check out her awesome photos from the East End Brewing Keg ride last weekend

Cyclists love getting together and riding in absurdly large groups. I believe we’re entertained by the idea of being a spectacle — children shout “Wow! Bicycles!”, people stand on stoops taking video with flip cameras, traffic patterns react to the bikes and not the other way around. And, in my experience, cyclists LOVE beer. Why else would Pittsburgh have a bicycle bar on the South Side and maybe the most popular cycling jersey in town is the Big Hop jersey.

East End Brewing has it’s finger on that pulse. The 8th annual Pedal Pale keg ride sold out 600 registrations — after adding an extra hundred registration slots four days before ride. Proceeds from registration fees went to ABOARD’s autism connection and BikePGH. Someone even donated $250 to pull a keg!

Part of the magic of the Pedal keg ride is that the destination is kept a secret, right up until the kegs pull over. Beginning at the brewery’s new location on Frankstown Avenue The procession mostly meandered through the beautiful neighborhood of Highland Park, making a full loop around the reservoir. Then, 600 cyclists descended upon Station Street Hot Dogs, tapped some tasty kegs and destroyed hot dogs like it was our job.

Check out more photos at BikePGH’s public Flickr group!

Franz Family Spaghetti Benefit Dinner This Thursday

Molly — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:49:08 +0000

Greater Pittsburgh family—please help the Shaler community help an amazing young man by attending a Spaghetti dinner this Thursday night.

Joey Franz is a 10-year-old boy who attends a Shaler Area elementary school as a fifth grader. Joey loves dancing, acting, and performing and he is quite the talented child. Not only does he love the spotlight, he is positive, funny, and very smart.

Unfortunately, Joey was born with some very serious health problems, including cardiac and liver disease. He has been through many hospitalizations, surgeries, and procedures in his young life. Doctors have told Joey that he is a “ONE OF A KIND” child and his family and friends couldn’t agree more. This month, Joey will be having intense liver surgery and needs your help.

On Thursday January 19, friends and family will be hosting a spaghetti benefit dinner for the Franz family. The event will be held at Burchfield Primary School in Shaler Township from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cost for tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for kids—your ticket includes salad, spaghetti dinner, a soft drink, and dessert.

Please help Joey’s friends and family make the evening successful by volunteering your time! Thank you!

Where: Burchfield Primary School

When: Thursday, January 19 (tomorrow night)

Address: 1500 Burchfield Road, Allison Park, PA

Time: 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Cost: $8 for adults & $4 for students (under three is free)

Missing Goats, Profiteroles, Zombie Moms, and Progressive Dinners

Maya — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:30:19 +0000

What is that called when a bunch of seriously good things collide? The opposite of a perfect storm? Maybe we should be calling it a perfect artistic storm for Lawrenceville artists Gab Cody and Sam Turich. The duo have been receiving major accolades lately for their work on Fat Beckett, which just had its world premiere at Quantum Theatre. Add to that their Lawrenceville hit Mombies is screening at the Sprout Fund’s Tenacity tomorrow night. And the Kickstarter launch of their new project – Progression – a narrative film based on the Lawrenceville progressive dinner.

Fat Beckett: (Pittsburgh now– Luxembourg soon.) By Gab Cody in collaboration with Rita Reis. Directed by Sam Turich. The show runs through December 18. It’s a beautiful hilarious piece. Reviews: Pittsburgh Tatler, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post Gazette The show is sold out for several nights, but tonight is open and there are still tickets available for closing weekend! Buy tickets here. Student and artist rate available at the door: Buy Fat Beckett Tickets

Progression: Progression is a feature-length narrative film project, set in Lawrenceville, shot in Lawrenceville and about a real-life Lawrenceville institution: the 27-year-old progressive dinner, which began with about 15 friends and has become a community event with more than 150 participants. Written and to-be-directed by Gab Cody and Sam Turich. We need your help! Any amount helps! Visit here to watch a teaser trailer and contribute: Visit Progression on Kickstarter

Tenacity: The Sprout Fund’s 10-year anniversary gala promises to be an incredible event! $25 Balcony Seating now available. Limited seats remain on the main floor. Doors open 7pm; curtain at 8pm. For complete information on performances and event supporters, visit tenacity.sproutfund.org. And– they’re showing Mombies, which is a treat to watch with a big crowd!

Cookies and Cards Reception for the CHS Holiday Gift Card Drive

Lindsay — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:46:15 +0000

We are happy to support the Community Human Services (CHS) holiday gift card drive again this year. This is a great and easy way to support CHS and help them get holiday gifts to some Pittsburghers who might not have much of a holiday. Last years Cookies and Cards event was a blast – a nice chance to hang out with some old friends and to meet some new ones. This year the event will be held at the Shiloh Grill in Mt. Washington.

CHS has been working in Oakland and neighborhoods around Pittsburgh since the early 1970s. CHS offers a variety of programs to serve people in the Pittsburgh area. CHS has a range of programs to help those dealing with homelessness and mental health.

You can help CHS with their holiday programming by donating a gift card or two. Stop by the event on Monday December 5 or you can send gift cards to their offices in Oakland

Cookies and Cards Reception for the CHS Holiday Gift Card Drive
Monday, December 5, 2011
5-8pm
Shiloh Grill, 123 Shiloh Street, Mt. Washington
Facebook Event Link

Tree Pittsburgh Presents Arbor Aid 2011

Maya — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:28:29 +0000

Arbor Aid is an annual fundraiser for Tree Pittsburgh, an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the City’s vitality by restoring and protecting City trees. This fundraiser has grown over the years into one of Fall’s more fun and unqiue events. Art made from salvaged wood is exhibited, food and drink is plentiful, and entertainment this year is provided by Pairdown, and the Armadillos. And the folks at Tree Pittsburgh know that to make it a true Pittsburgh celebration you need to include an epic Cookie Table … and a Hug a Tree Photo Booth. So strap on your dancing shoes and head over to Guardian Storage Solutions this Friday, October 28th at 9pm.

Reverse Keg Ride 2011 Includes Costume Contest for Best PGH Costume!

Lindsay — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:02:42 +0000

Image by robjdlc via Flickr

For those of you looking for a way to celebrate Halloween while getting some exercise – think of it as canceling out the candy – or you really love bicycles and beer – this is the event for you. Its time for the annual Reverse Keg Ride.

What is a Reverse Keg Ride?

A few years ago, End End Brewing decided that the best way to get the first keg of Pedal Pale Ale to the bar was by bike. And thus the keg ride was born. And each year a few more people decided to come along for the ride. This spring over 400 people joined the ride to deliver the first keg AND raise money for some local charities.

Since the keg rides have been so popular, in 2009 it was decided that the way to end the pedaling season was with a reverse keg ride back to the brewery – another chance to raise some money, drink some beer and take a bike ride through Pittsburgh with a few hundred people.

Keg Ride, but its Halloween Weekend?

Yes, it is! So the bicycle beer loving folks are holding a costumer contest – and it is a good one. Prizes will be awarded for Best Beer-themed Costume, Best Pittsburgh-themed Costume and Best Overall Costume,

How does this work?

Well, talk about another great example of a Pittsburgh collaboration. East End Brewing is working with the folks at Venture Outdoors to make sure this is a well organized and safe event. East End Brewing knows beer. And Venture Outdoors are experts in organizing large groups of people to do fun things outside.

Reverse Keg Ride Details

Saturday, October 29th. Rain or shine.
Breakfast and Check-in at 9:00am
Depart at 10:00, arrive at 11:00-11:30am
Cost: $15 for pre-registration (on-line), $20 for Day-of-ride registration. This is a charitable contribution that goes to support “Advisory Board on Autism and Related Disorders” (aka ABOARD), a non-profit agency, providing a lifeline of support for families and individuals with autism.
What you get: a continental breakfast, morning coffee, a fun day of riding your bike in a big group… and this year’s very first SNOW MELT WINTER ALE fresh from the brewery.
Get all the details and warnings about hills here. Ready to register – you can do that here.

The Best Beer to Enjoy at Every MLB Ballpark (bleacherreport.com)
More beer-related news (pittsburgh.metblogs.com)
Two brewers battle for rights to historic Pittsburgh beer label (philly.com)

Step Up To See the City

Lindsay — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:13:13 +0000

Image by peterp via Flickr

Well I was just about to write about the Fineview and South Side Slopes Step Treks. But Diana Nelson Jones and I must be thinking the same thing. She just posted about both of these events on her blog for the Post-Gazeete – Walkabout. So click here to read her post about both of these great events.

This is one of my favorite photos of Pittsburgh that I took on the Step Trek in 2006. That was the graffiti on the wall at the time. I wonder if it is still there…

Fineview Step-a-thon 2011

Saturday, October 1, 8:30 am
1300 Howard Street Pittsburgh, PA
Register here – http://stepathon.org/registration/

South Side Slopes Step Trek

Saturday, October 8, 11am
Josephine & 21^st Streets
Register here – http://www.southsideslopes.org/steptrek/registration

Was it Professor Plum, with the Candlestick … in the Library?

Lindsay — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:01:31 +0000

Image via Wikipedia

One of my all time favorite movies is Clue – yes the Clue with Mrs. White, Professor Plum and the singing telegram – so I love that the upcoming fundraiser at the Carnegie Library includes a live action version of Clue. This Friday, September 23, its After Hours @ the Library. The Carnegie Library has been hosting these occasional fundraisers at different Libraries around town – this week the After Hours party is at the library in Oakland. For $25 you can support the library, have some snacks, enjoy some drinks, listen to the musical stylings of Joy Ike AND play live action game of Clue.

What’s Live Action Clue you ask? It is our optional, super low key and awfully fun way to win some cool prizes and help Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh solve a murder mystery. You’ll stroll through the party enjoying your drinks and some great snacks donated by local restaurants and may see Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Green or Colonel Mustard having a fabulous time at the library too. You also may see the rope bartending and the wrench reading a magazine… Your job is to ask these characters if they have a clue for you. Once you get all the clues (or lack of clues, hint, hint), you’ll be able to figure out who done it, with what and in what room. It is easy, fun and optional.

Event Details:

After Hours @ The Library
Carnegie Library in Oakland
September 23, 2011, 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Tickets are $25 but there are still tickets available on Groupon here for $13.

For my fellow Clue fans – the singing telegram…

Click here to view the embedded video.

Deconstructing the Carnegie Libraries (lib.niu.edu)
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (cr.nps.gov)
The Next Page: Preserve Pittsburgh’s legacy with library tourism (post-gazette.com)
The Library History Buff (libraryhistorybuff.org)

Sat. Sept 3 – Raffle for Steel City Big Pour Tickets

Lindsay — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:25:01 +0000

Long time readers of IheartPGH know how much we <3 the Steel City Big Pour. The Big Pour is beer festival/annual fundraiser for Contruction Junction. We didn’t even blog about this years event because the tickets sold out so quickly – a testament to the popularity of this event. Not only does the Big Pour give one a chance to support a great organization like Construction Junction while drinking beer, but it is a very well organized event. We know there is a hard working crew of dedicated volunteers who work year round to make sure this event is a huge success.

One of those volunteers is Dave Lagnese – not only is he a super supporter of the Big Pour but he also volunteers his time to make the Farmers Market Cooperative of East Liberty a success. He is responsible for bringing the Kew Park Coffee Bar to the Farmers Market and does a ton of work to promote the Farmers Market as well.

If you are looking to get your hands on some tickets for the 2011 Big Pour – Stop by the Kew Park Coffee Bar at the East Liberty Farmers Market (it is the building across the street from the Home Depot) on Saturday, September 3 between 7 and Noon. There will be a raffle and an auction for a pair of Big Pour tickets.

Steel City Big Pour Ticket Raffle and Auction – proceeds benefit the Farmers Market
Saturday, September 3, 2011 7am-Noon
Kew Park Coffee Bar @ the East Liberty Indoor Farmers Market
Auction: 2 Tickets to the Highest Bidder
Raffle: 2 Tickets will be raffled off

G-Tree – Help Plant More Trees in Town

Lindsay — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:36:24 +0000

Lets talk Pittsburgh trees! Trees are an important thing here in the city – they help to keep the air clean and the city cooler. Tree Pittsburgh (which used to be called Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest) is an organization that works with the communities and neighborhoods to preserve and protect Pittsburgh’s urban forest.

Tree Pittsburgh has teamed up with Groupon’s charity site, G-Team, to plant more trees in Pittsburgh. This isn’t your usual groupon deal – just an opportunity to use the Groupon platform to help Tree Pittsburgh plant more Trees. Each donation of $10 will plant another Tree here in Pittsburgh.

Click here to buy a tree for Pittsburgh from Groupon

Don’t have a Groupon Account yet? Click here to sign up for Groupon via our referral link.