People who Play with Electricity

Dorkbot Pittsburgh has a meeting coming up.  Popular in other cities around the country, Dorkbot has had a Pittsburgh chapter for the past year.  I am a big fan of some of the people who have worked to bring dorkbot…

Spaghetti Love for Lawrenceville

Luckily, I read the paper today and I came across this event. I love neighborhood food dinners almost as much as I love Pittsburgh. I love the idea of bringing the neighborhood together over a big pot of Spaghetti to…

Learn to bellydance while balancing on top of glasses!(yep, you read that right)

Sunday, September 16 10:30am-5pm(with a lunch break) The Dance Conservatory of Pittsburgh(3827 Willow Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15234) Vegetarian bellydancer, Deniz, will teach a full day workshop! In this workshop you will learn how to dance on top of glasses!! You…

Meet Hatfield Street

Lawrenceville is one of Pittsburgh’s most happening neighborhoods. Butler street has been booming with new businesses in the past few years. Well, there is a new street of businesses in Lawrenceville, Hatfield street is filling up with more great places…

Art Squared

Twice the art filled fun. As you know the first Friday of each month is Unblurred on Penn Ave. The galleries and businesses along Penn Ave stay open late for all sorts of fun. The folks from the Friendship Development…

Savage Republic

In 1987, I was a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon excited by all the music being exposed by the innovative, forward-thinking college DJs at WRCT-FM. One of those was my friend Norm Veenstra, who had a particular interest in dark-tinged rock…

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…

Putting the 2 in Tuesday

Good golly, Miss. Molly.  Another reason to get out of the house.  But thanks to the Brillobox’s $2 Tuesdays, it is looking like Tuesday is going to be the best day of the week.  Good beer and really good bar…

It Ain’t the Mall!

If you want to do some holiday shopping without putting another nail in the planetary coffin, check out Equita, Lawrenceville’s newest boutique for ethically-minded shoppers. Located at 100 43rd St., inside the Ice House artist studios, Equita sells all kinds…