Category Archives: Northside

Party Like Its 1986

Penn Brewery is celebrating their 25th birthday with an 80′s bash.  Bring back your big hair and rewind your wardrobe to celebrate with Penn Brewery. Friday, July 29, 2011, 7pm-Midnight – DJ Zombo Saturday, July 30, 2011, 7pm-11pm – Velveeta (how can you not like a band whose url is http://www.80scheese.com/) Here is a fun fact about the more

cityLive – People that do more than talk

For over a year now, cityLIVE has been putting together interesting panel discussions and forums on all sorts of interesting topics. Check out my post about the first cityLIVE event here. Both CEOs for Cities and Return to Pittbsuburgh have posted a write up on the last cityLIVE event.The next cityLIVE event, March 12, 2009 at the New Hazlett Theater, more

Make your own political cartoons and campaign buttons at the Warhol's Cartoon Factory

This weekend the Warhol Museum opens a new exhibit called the Cartoon Factory that has got a few of my favoirte things.  I love the warhol because you can screen print things there and this new exhibit gives you a chance to make your own political cartoons or campaign buttons. Cartoon Factory 2008: Scaring Up the Vote November 1- 2, 10am-5pm brought more

$0.80 Admission to the Warhol & Warhol on MTV

it is August 6 is Andy Warhol’s birthday and yesterday he would have turned 80 years old. To celebrate Andy’s birthday – admission to the Warhol Musuem is just $0.80 (Free if you are 80 years old) on Saturday, August 9, 2008. Click here for details at Warhol.org The Warhol Museum is a great place for a quick or long visit. Since admission is only more

North Side Celebration in The Park – July 26, 2008

Thanks to Cosette from CosyMake for posting this great picture of the flyer for the North Side Celebration in the Park Flyer. She will be there selling some of her beautiful hand knit items. The festival is hosted by a North Side native Johnny Angel from Johnny Angel and the Halos. Reasons to Celebrate in the Park: For the Kids – The Children’s more

Happy Birthday Children's Museum – $.25 Admission on Saturday

The Children’s Museum is celebrating 25 years of kid sized fun.  I loved going to the Children’s Museum as a kid and I have been looking for someone to lend me their kid so I can go check out the new and expanded Children’s Museum.  In the past few years they expanded into what used to be the Buhl Science Center.  Check out this blog post on Null more

Garden Party Time at the Matress Factory

One of the best events my sister and I ever stumbled  upon was the Mattress Factory’s Community Garden Party. Every year the mattress factory holds a fancy smancy fundraiser – which I hear is a great event. Plus the theme for this year’s fundraiser is “Let them Eat Cake” – I really like cake. I also really like that right after the fancy fundraiser more