IheartPGH.com » Radio Round Up http://iheartpgh.com reasons why people love Pittsburgh Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Spring Has Almost Sprung – Radio Round Up – March 19, 2010 http://iheartpgh.com/2010/03/19/spring-has-almost-sprung-radio-round-up-march-19-2010/ http://iheartpgh.com/2010/03/19/spring-has-almost-sprung-radio-round-up-march-19-2010/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:09:20 +0000 Lindsay http://iheartpgh.com/?p=2568 rrr3-19
Here is what we discussed on WDVE today – you can listen to IheartPGH chat with Jim and Randy of the DVE morning show most Friday mornings at 6:45 am.

Craft Night at Hack Pittsburgh

  • Friday, March 19, 2010 – Doors open at 6pm, Crafting starts at 7pm
  • Check out Pittsburghs first Hacker space, make some custom buttons or bring a craft project to work on and I am sure you will learn about 3d printing too
  • In honor of Mr. Rodgers Birthday – Kids get in free
  • Saturday, March 20, 2010
  • Saturday, March 20, 2010 – 1-5pm
  • Join the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation for a walking tour of the county office building and former jail building

New Episode of Should I Drink That & Giveaway

  • Our favorite award winning beer drinkers are back with a new episode – this month they are interviewing Lew Bryson – A Pennsylvania craft beer expert – they have some info on PLCB raids in Philadelpia and a movement to change the state liquor laws
  • Also enter to win a $50 gift card to Pipers Pup and a subscription to Pittsburgh Magazine
  • In celebration of women’s history month – LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) will be showing a documentary about Perel Mesta at the chapel at Homewood Cemetary
  • Perle Mesta was US Ambassador to Luxembourg in the 1950s, she was know as the hostess with the mostess for throwing lavish parties, her favorite drink was champagne and she is buried in Homewood cemetery.
  • Sunday, March 21, 2010 – 2pm @ Homewood Cemetery
  • Facebook Event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=381067855776
  • Pgh Filmmakers and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership have teamed up to show some favorite urban romances
  • March 19-25, 2010 they will be screening When Harry Met Sally and Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  • March 23, 2010 Noon-8pm
  • Ben & Jerry’s Forbes Ave. Sq. Hill
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Leading the St. Patrick's parade
Image by talkradionews via Flickr
Here are the links for this weekend, you can listen to us most friday mornings at 6:45 am – we catch up with with Jim and Randy on WDVE about things to in Pittsburgh!  A thanks to the kind folks at Oh Yeah! Ice Cream (follow them on twitter @oysocial) for coffee and brainstorming on this weekends list.
  • To help raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation which supports kids with cancer – Bill Toland will be shaving his head
  • Make a donation or post a tweet about the event and win an I Shamrock PGH t-shirt
  • Sunday, March 14, 2010 – 2pm, Meet @ Calico Jacks on the North Side
  • Hash House Harriers, 4-5 Mile Run or Walk with beer stops along the way
  • Benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • Wear a green dress

Dog + Yoga = DOGA

  • Sunday March 14, 3pm @ Animal Friends
  • Yoga and meditation for you and your dog
Minty Margarita at Mad Mex

  • 2 of the best things every combined in to one awesome drink – the Mad Mex Margarita meets the Shamrock Shake
  • Lots of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at all of the Pittsburgh area Mad Mexs locaitons (Oakalnd is still out favorite :) )
Carnegie Museum is Free on Thursday Evenings in March
  • Museum is open until 8pm on Thursdays
  • Free admission after 3:30 pm
  • March 15-19, 2010 – Drop off sweaters at the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
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Students having a snowball fight

Image by Oregon State University Archives via Flickr

Most Friday’s at 6:45am we get to give a little update on things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend on the WDVE morning show. Here is a run down of what we talked about this week…

Snowball Fight

  • Saturday, February 27 – Noon, Flagstaff Hill
  • Brought to you by the folks who organized Santarchy
  • Wear a silly hat

Giant Eagle’s Kid-A-Palooza

  • David L. Lawrence Convention Center is transformed into a kid fun zone
  • Kids characters, activities, and indoor games for kids to run off some of that cabin fever
  • Saturday, February 27, 10-6pm
  • http://www.kidapalooza.com
  • Enter to win a foot ball autographed by Troy Polamalu
  • Orchids show runs though Sun at Phipps Conservatory
  • Tropical Sundays – 1/2 off if you wear a tropical shirt, steel drum band 1-3pm
  • Sunday, February 28 10:30 am – West Penn Recreation Center, Polish Hill
  • Humans, office chairs partake in a nonice version of this olympic sport
  • Obscure Games – group of people that like to play games, organizing a Pittsburgh games festival for the summer
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SN855097-1
Image by Funky Dung via Flickr
  • 2 tickets to the March 4th Game – Pitt vs. Providence
  • Enter by leaving a comment HERE to enter
  • Saturday, February 20, 2010
  • Artists will be decorating Parking Chairs and games of musical chairs for the kids
  • Join The Pittsburgh Parking Chair group on Facebook – which already has over 2,000 members

South Side Soup Contest

  • Sample and vote for your favorite soups
  • Saturday, February 20, Noon-3pm – Over 15 stops along Carson St.
  • Tickets are limitied so that there will be enough soup for everyone – sign up online
  • In honor of the Olympics – join the Pittsburgh Curling Club and learn the fascinating sport
  • Saturday, February 20 or 27, 5-9pm, $10, Robert Morris University Island Sports Center

Enjoy the Snow! – Great Snow Friendly Activities with Venture Outdoors

  • They have thought of everything -just sign up at VentureOutdoors.org, put on some boots and show – they bring the gear and the hot chocolate
  • Sunday, February 21, 10am-2pm Level 1 Cross Country Skiing, Kooser State Park
  • Sunday, February 21, 11am-2pm Soup of the Month Hike, Schenley Park
  • 6th Annual Barleywine Festival
  • Kelly’s Bar, East Liberty
  • Saturday, February 20, 4-8pm or Sunday, February 21, 1-5pm
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Snow Shoeing
Image by billandkent via Flickr

SNOMAGEDDON T-shirts, Screen Printing Demo and East End Beer

  • Commonwealth Press is opening their doors on Friday, February 12 at 5pm
  • Come see the shop, check out the screen printing, get some snOMGpgh t-shirts and drink some East End Brewing Beer
  • Friday, February 12, 6-10pm
  • Ages 10+
  • $25 – make your own glass valentine or glass flowers

Brown Bag Opera – FREE

  • Saturday, February 13, Noon
  • Pittsburgh Opera Building, 2425 Liberty Ave in the Strip District
  • Free 1 hour performance, complimentary cookies and coffee too.
  • Saturday  1-3pm – Highland Park
  • Sunday 1-3pm – Schenley Park
  • $5, Register at VentureOutdoors.org
  • Specially organized for beginners and kids

Mt. Lebanon Winter Carnival

  • Saturday and Sunday at Four Points Sheraton North
  • Classes, vendors, knitting, crocheting and more
  • Yes, that is a photo of a crocheted jar of heinz pickles from the 2008 knit and crochet festival
  • Sunday, February 14, 7-11pm
  • $4 per couple
  • Roses, chocolates, hot chocolate and coffee, raffle prizes and more
    Ice Skating @ Schenley Park
    Image by DimitryB via Flickr
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Freak-Out
Image by mrdestructicity via Flickr
  • Saturday, February 6, 2010, Noon-5pm at The Union Project
  • Over 50 vendors with gifts and more for you favorite valentine
  • Casino Night to benefit Western PA Humane Society
  • Saturday, February 6, 2010
  • RARE Opportunity to check out the PAPA – Professional and Amateur Pinball Association Headquarters located in Scott Township – home to over 400 pinball machines

Bring Your Own Meat is back for the Super Bowl

  • Watch the Super Bowl on the big screen at AVA – 126 S. Highland Ave
  • They will be rolling out the grill for all your meat (and vegetables)
Vote GTECH in Pepsi’s Refresh Everything

  • Pittsburgh non-profit GTECH is in the running for $50,000 dollars
  • GTECH = Growth Through Energy Community & Health
  • GTECH helps communities creat jobs and cleaning up vacant lands by growing sunflowers
  • VOTE everyday at http://www.refresheverything.com/gtech
  • Thursday, February 11, 2010 & Friday, February 12, 2010, 8pm
  • The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs music from the classic video games
Advanced Warning…
  • Cupcakes from Dozen – special valentine’s day gift box available
  • Make it Now – Glass Heart or Flowers – Feb 12. at the Pittsburgh Glass Center – Register Now – this event fills up fast - http://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org/events/eventDetail.aspx?catID=3!
  • Tickets are on sale for the South Side Soup Contest and Tour – Saturday, February 20, 2010 – Tickets are limited!  - http://www.showclix.com/event/8132/
YIKES – sorry about that – I spoke too soon – Mardi Gras kicks off next Tuesday!
  • Tuesday, February 16, 2010 – 5 p.m.
  • Hofbrauhaus, SouthSide Works
  • Featuring Dixie Doc from 5-7 p.m. and The Boilermaker Jazz Band from 7:30-11:30 p.m.
  • From 5-7 p.m. $6 Liter and $6 Hurricane Specials.
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Happy Groundhog Day!
Image by Flatbush Gardener via Flickr
  • Friday, January 29, 2010, 9-11pm
  • Cain’s Saloon, West Liberty Ave, Dormont
  • Guest Bartender DVE’s Sean McDowell
  • Pittsburgh’s own Kellee Maize will be celebrating the release of her 2nd CD with a great group of Pittsburgh artists
  • Friday, January 29, 2010, 9pm at Fate Lounge in the Strip District
  • Check out Kellee’s Pittsburgh song City of Champions
  • Saturday, January 30, 2010, 1:30pm
  • Carnegie Library in Oakland
  • 4th Annual Family KazooFest
YinzPlay opens at the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum
Groundhog Day Celebrations
  • Harris Grill hosts their annual Groundhog Day Patio Party – $2 on the patio, funny looking groudhog hats
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Smiley ears!
Image by infowidget via Flickr

Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District

  • FREE – FREE  - FREE
  • Galleries and Shops open late
  • Friday, January 22, 2010, 5:30-9pm
  • Quilt Displays, quilts demos
  • All included in museum admission
Shepard Fairey Supply and Demand at the Warhol
  • Shepard Fairey is the guy who created the HOPE poster of Obama during the 2008 Presidential election.
  • The Warhol has a display of Shepards work from the past 20 years.
  • Exhibit closes at the end of January.
  • On January 19 – the skating rink turned 35!
  • Open for public skating every day
  • Sunday, January 24, 8pm
  • 1993 classic staring Bill Murray is back on the big screen at the Regent Sq
A Blog to Smile About
]]> http://iheartpgh.com/2010/01/22/radio-round-up-january-22-2010/feed/ 0 Radio Round Up – January 15, 2010 – HAITI UPDATE http://iheartpgh.com/2010/01/15/radio-round-up-january-15-2010-haiti-update/ http://iheartpgh.com/2010/01/15/radio-round-up-january-15-2010-haiti-update/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:14:42 +0000 Lindsay http://iheartpgh.com/?p=2254 HAITI UPDATE – The blog That’s Church (aka PittGirl) has a full run down of the story – 2 Pittsburgh sisters who run the BRESMA Orphanage in Haiti are okay and the Pittsburgh bloggers, local politicians and others are working to get a plane to bring Jamie and Ali and ALL of the children back to the United States.  Thanks to the blogs and twitter – the story has recieved wide media coverage.  As on 7:45 this am – the children are now allowed to enter the US.  They are working on a getting a plane and a plan to bring everyone back to US today.  YOU CAN HELP – donations for kids, money and more are needed – but a drop of location has not been announced – follow the facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=253060986318&ref=mf), ThatsChurch and #BRESMA on twitter for updates.
  • Friday, January 15 – Sunday, January 17
  • Somerset, PA – multiple locations
  • Woodcarving, Ice carving, food, crafts,
  • Saturday, January 16 – UMPC Sports Medicine Training Workshop
  • TrainForARace.com for more training events
  • Saturday, January 17, 2010, 1-3pm
  • Learn to build a campfire and fire safety with Venture Outdoors in Riverview Park

The Museums Miss You

  • Lots of great exhibits to check out – Whales at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Sports Works is reopen at the Carnegie Science Center and Pittsburgh Innovates at the Heinz History Center
  • Afternoon activities for kids
  • Evening – community dinner and performances celebrating Dr. King
  • Free and open to everyone
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  • Holiday Bar Crawl
  • Must wear a santa suit
  • Meet outside of Cheesecake Factory in South Side Works at 2pm on Sat.
  • Sat. Dec 12
  • Hunt Armory in Shadyside
  • Awesome handmade items from crafters near and far, tasty food and fun times
  • Help get the truck back on the road
  • Sat. Dec. 12, 9pm-1am, $10 at the door
  • 300 Saline St, Across from Big Jims in the Run
Greg and Donny
  • This weekend – Annie Hall, Stoge Fest, Kids Cartoons with Santa
  • Next weekend – Dinner and a movie – A Christmas Story
Holiday Beer School(s)
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