Category Archives: news about PGH

I Made It! Market, Sat., Sept. 29, 12 – 5 pm, Brewhouse, 2100 Mary St., South Side

Visit…the Brewhouse Support….Local Arts SHOP…the next I MADE IT! Market Who: 50 vendors and YOU! Where: the Brewhouse, 2100 Mary Street, Southside When: Saturday September 29th, 12-5pm Free Admission (Look for info. soon on the upcoming I Made It! Scary, October 27, 12 – 5 pm, Braddock) Handmade offerings include…dress-up pillows, more

Pittsburgh designer Zeto in Brooklyn

While this event is in Brooklyn, NY and not Pittsburgh it is worth sharing.  Congratulations to Pittsburgh clothing designer Nami Ogawa.  Nama’s clothing line Zeto will be having a trunk show at Brooklyn’s SodaFine Boutique. If you are in Brooklyn, stop by on September 28th from noon to 7pm.   If you are in Pittsburgh you can more

Hug a Tree for Pittsburgh

I missed this when it appeared a few months back, but there was a story on Treehugger.com about the green initiatives at Pittsburgh’s new Children’s Hospital and the creation of the Pediatric Environmental Medicine Center. Treehugger is a great site for anyone interested in environmental news and problem-solving, and it’s great to see Pittsburgh getting more

The PG is looking for your t-shirt stories

I saw this little post on the website for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today. I thought this might be of interest to some of our blog readers. I am not sure if they are only looking for Pittsburgh stories or for stories from all over. I think I might submit my story about myIheartPGH t-shirt. I am looking forward to reading this article when it comes more

I received this in an email from the folks at VisitPittsburgh.  It is pretty cool that Pittsburgh ranked 3rd in AmericanStyle Magazines top Arts Cities. Help Pittsburgh Be Recognized as TOPS IN THE ARTS! Think Pittsburgh is a contender in the world of art? VisitPittsburgh thinks so and AmericanStyle magazine wants to hear from you. The monthly more

The De-”h”-ification of Pittsburgh???

“We’ve got Fort Pitt. We made it (Pittsburgh) grow, it’s a wonderful place now, and you took away our h. Who the h*** are you”? Ever look at old maps, from around the turn of the last century, and wonder where our h went? Well, I don’t know if many of you iheart-ers know this story, but I heard this on morning today. Thought I’d share (go 2 mins into more

The Mysteries of ‘Mysteries’

For those of you following the filming of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (for better or for worse), yesterday’s Post-Gazette has a new interview with director Rawson Marshall Thurber, who expounds on his love for Chabon’s 1988 novel as well as his admiration for the city itself: “I was blown away by how beautiful [Pittsburgh] more