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October + Fests = Perfect Fall Weekend in Pittsburgh

Happy almost October!  Here is our weekly round up of events we share on WDVE – Fridays at 6:45 am.  Lots of great fall activities for Pittsburghers of all age.  This town has some great ways to put the FEST in Oktoberfest. Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District Friday, September 30, 2011 5-8ish pm FREE fun, food, drinks and more Check more

Wood-Fired Words

This Saturday, October 1st, UnSmoke ArtSpace presents: Wood-Fired Words, a literary event curated by Sherrie Flick of the Gist Street Reading Series. Please join us for an evening of fiction, art, music, books, and homemade pizza (an unbeatable combination)!! Featuring: a fiction reading by Josh Barkan, Into the Furnace writer-in-residence, live more

Fall Festival Time – Farms, Hay Rides, Hikes and More

After Hours @ The Library Fundraiser for Carnegie Library Friday, September 23, 2011 @ the Oakland Branch Drink, snacks and live game of Clue! Oktoberfest at Penn Brewery last weekend for drinking beer in the beer garden Friday, Saturday, Sunday Beer, music, german food = perfect Pgh weekend City Growers – Community Farm more

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

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 more

Pop-Up Pittsburgh

In a previous post about the state of used bookstores in Pittsburgh, Lindsay mentioned the emergence of a new business model, the pop-up.  Pop-up businesses occupy a retail or cultural space for a short period – a day, a week, a month – close, and then reappear at a different location for an equally temporary engagement.  Pop-up business have taken more

3 Super Free, Super Fun, Family Activities For This Weekend

So you aren’t at the beach this week with the rest of Pittsburgh – that doesn’t mean you can’t have some family fun. You can mow the lawn next weekend. Here are 3 FREE events that you can check out with your family this weekend. 1. Brookline Breeze and Brookline Breeze Fest Start your Saturday morning off with a quick 5k jog around Brookline for more

BikeFest + Batman = The Batcycle

Bike Pittsburgh is celebrating all things bicycle in Pittsburgh from August 12-21, 2011. 10 days, 1 big bad fundraiser, 70+ bicycle events for cyclists of ever level, a photo contest and fun in the sun – thats BikeFest in a nutshell.  We have our eye on many great BikeFest events – but there is an extra special one this Sunday – The Batcycle. The more