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October + Fests = Perfect Fall Weekend in Pittsburgh

Lindsay — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:17:44 +0000

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 out CANstruction with the Food Bank @ 937 Penn Ave. Artist work created from canned goods which are then donated back to the Food Bank.

Octoberfests For All the Rest – Art, Bikes, Dogs

Artobertfest - Saturday afternoon block party in Bellevue (1-5). Wine and gallery tour (5-8pm). After party at Bite Bistro (8-10pm).
Biketoberfest – Saturday on the Steel Valley Trail – starts at the historic Pump House, 5, 10, 20 and 30 mile bike rides
Dogtoberfest – Saturday, Southside works – fall fun for you and your four legged friend

A Few Steps Up For a Great View

This Saturday – Fineview’s Step-a-thon
Next Saturday - South Side Slopes Step Trek

Head of the Ohio

25th Annual Rowing Regatta held in Pittsburgh every October
Teams from all over the country will compete on a course that runs between the Point and Washington’s Landing
Open to the public to watch

RAD Days = FREE Fun for Everyone

Saturday – October 1
- Heinz History Center = Free Admission
- Riverquest
Sunday – October 2
- Carnegie Museum of Art = Free Admission
- Children’s Museum = Free Admission
- Mattress Factory = Free Admission
Tuesday – October 4
- PNC Park = Free Tours

Wood Fired Words

a new literary event organized by the folks who brought us the Gist St. Reading series
Author Josh Barkan, Braddock’s writer in residence will be reading
Pizza from the community oven
Saturday, October 1st, 7PM – 10PM. 5$. BYOB. Reading will being at 8PM.
UnSmoke Systems ArtSpace is located at 1137 Braddock Ave, Braddock, PA 15104.

Pittsburgh Ghost Tours

Haunted Pittsburgh Ghost Tours is back with tours scheduled every weekend in October
Tours meet at Grand Concourse and the Carnegie Library
$15 per person

Wood-Fired Words

Lesley — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:30:02 +0000

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 music by the Emily Pinkerton Trio, paintings by John Fleenor, the East End Book Exchange, Pittsburgh’s pop-up used bookstore, and pizza from the wood-fired community pizza oven.

Saturday, October 1st, 7PM – 10PM. 5$. BYOB. Reading will being at 8PM.

UnSmoke Systems ArtSpace is located at 1137 Braddock Ave, Braddock, PA 15104.

For more information, please visit:

UnSmoke ArtSpace: http://unsmokeartspace.com/home.html

Josh Barkan: www.joshbarkan.com

Into the Furnace: http://intothefurnace.wordpress.com/

Emily Pinkerton Trio: http://www.emilypinkerton.com/

East End Book Exchange: http://www.eastendbookexchange.com

John Fleenor: http://www.johnfleenor.com/

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

Lindsay — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:57:23 +0000

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 & Garden Tour

Saturday, September 24, 2011 – 10am-2pm
Self Guided Tour of 16 community gardens
Map and route suggestions available here

Urban Hike Heads to Sharpsburg

Free guided walk through Sharpsburg – with some unique stops along the way
Saturday, September 24, 2011 – 10am
Meet at Silky’s Crows Nest 19th and Marina in Sharpsburg

Allegheny Green + Innovation Fair at Hartwood Acers

Free day of green friendly activities for kids of all ages
Plus hay rides and fall festival activities
Saturday, September 24, 2011 11am-5pm
Stop by the pair Networks’ table and enter to win an iPod touch

Little Italy Days in Bloomfield

All Italy all the time
Food, music and family fun spills into the streets for Little Italy Days and there will be bocce
Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Carnegie Science Center for FREE!

RADical days 2011 starts on September 24 and runs until October 16
Sunday, Spetember 25, 2011 – FREE admission to Carnegie Science Center
Complete 2011 RADical Days calendar available here.

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

Lindsay — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:01:31 +0000

Image via Wikipedia

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 at different Libraries around town – this week the After Hours party is at the library in Oakland. For $25 you can support the library, have some snacks, enjoy some drinks, listen to the musical stylings of Joy Ike AND play live action game of Clue.

What’s Live Action Clue you ask? It is our optional, super low key and awfully fun way to win some cool prizes and help Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh solve a murder mystery. You’ll stroll through the party enjoying your drinks and some great snacks donated by local restaurants and may see Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Green or Colonel Mustard having a fabulous time at the library too. You also may see the rope bartending and the wrench reading a magazine… Your job is to ask these characters if they have a clue for you. Once you get all the clues (or lack of clues, hint, hint), you’ll be able to figure out who done it, with what and in what room. It is easy, fun and optional.

Event Details:

After Hours @ The Library
Carnegie Library in Oakland
September 23, 2011, 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Tickets are $25 but there are still tickets available on Groupon here for $13.

For my fellow Clue fans – the singing telegram…

Click here to view the embedded video.

Deconstructing the Carnegie Libraries (lib.niu.edu)
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (cr.nps.gov)
The Next Page: Preserve Pittsburgh’s legacy with library tourism (post-gazette.com)
The Library History Buff (libraryhistorybuff.org)

Pop-Up Pittsburgh

Lesley — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:39:17 +0000

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 off in cities around the US (you can read a serial pop-up entrepreneur in Denver on BlogLocal’s website). Now Pittsburgh seems to be awakening to the trend. City officials recently announced the launch of Project Pop-Up Pittsburgh, an initiative designed to help bring small business owners and local artists into downtown, specifically into one of the many unoccupied storefronts. You can read more about the project’s goals and guidelines on their website: http://projectpopuppittsburgh.wordpress.com. The deadline for submissions is September 13, 2011 at 5:00PM.

In the meantime, we hope you will continue supporting Pittsburgh’s current pop-up stores (and alerting us to new arrivals). East End Book Exchange recently announced three new pop-up events:

Saturday, August 20th at Commonplace Coffeehouse in Squirrel Hill. 10-4pm
Saturday, August 27th at Assemble (5125 Penn Avenue in Garfield). 10 – 4PM. We will be joined here by Tech-To-Go, the tech pop-up project from BirdBrains Labs.
Sunday, August 28th at Pittsburgh Public Market in the Strip District. 10-4PM.

Check their blog for more details and updates: www.eastendbookexchange.blogspot.com

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

Lindsay — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:52:58 +0000

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 the 30th Annual Brookline Breeze 5k Race.

Stay for a day of fun activities for the family.

Brookline Breeze

Welcome to the official Brookline Breeze website!!! The 30th Anniversary of the Brookline Breeze 5K Race and Fitness Walk is focused on fitness for the whole family! Bring your family for a fun and exciting run or walk and stay to enjoy the music and entertainment at the Brookline Community Festival!

2. PAPA 14 – Pinball World Championships

August 11-14, 2011 @ the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association HQ in Carnegie

Free to attend and watch – lots of pinball machines to play. Watch pinball professionals compete for $40,000 in prizes.

PAPA 14 World Pinball Championships

Each year, PAPA operates the largest, most competitive pinball tournament held anywhere in the world, bringing more than a thousand players and spectators from around the world to enjoy four solid days of brutal pinball battles. And, of course, to have a flipping good time!

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3. The New Hazlet Theater Community Fest

Saturday, August 13
10am-8pm

Music, Crafts, Kids Stuff,

6pm Free screening of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”

New Hazlett Theater
Photo by mikestuf on flickr

New Hazlett Theater

10 am to 8 pm Last activity is a children’s film beginning at 6:00 pm On August 13, 2011, the New Hazlett will host a free community day celebration with fun, food and activities both inside and outside the theater from 10 am to 8 pm.

BikeFest + Batman = The Batcycle

Lindsay — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:28:31 +0000

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 Batcycle – Bicycle Ride

Sunday, August 14, 2011
6-8pm
Meet at Dippy The Dino in Oakland

Image via Wikipedia

To celebrate the new Batman movie being filmed in Pittsburgh, we will go on a Batman themed ride. Dress up like Batman, Robin, or any other Batman character, although costumes are not required. Decorate your bicycle if you’d like. This is a no-drop ride at a relatively slow pace. We will swing by downtown filming locations, and get as close as we can to the road closures. This ride will end at Dippy. Bring your family and of course kids are more than welcome. Rain does not cancel, helmets are required, and our route length will be around 10 miles or less.

Click here for the entire BikeFest Calendar.

East End Book Exchange at Commonplace Coffee

Lesley — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:21:39 +0000

Hey all,

This is last minute, East End Book Exchange just confirmed their location for this weekend:

We’ll be at Commonplace Coffee in Squirrel Hill (5827 Forbes Avenue, near Murray Ave).

TOMORROW, Saturday, August 6th from 10am-4pm.

Visit their website for more information: http://eastendbookexchange.blogspot.com/2011/08/east-end-book-exchange-at-commonplace.html

Buy some books, try some excellent coffee, help support two great local businesses!!

East End Book Exchange

Lesley — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:08:34 +0000

Hey IheartPgh fans,

I’m working on a great new project and I need your help! Recently, Pittsburgh has suffered from a shortage of bookstores. I’ve started the new East End Book Exchange hopefully to remedy all that!

East End Book Exchange will debut at the Pittsburgh Public Market in the Strip District on Sunday, July 31st, 10am-4pm

Browse and buy from a great selection of fiction and nonfiction

Exchange your used books for store credit

Come down on the 31st and help support Pittsburgh’s newest used bookstore!
For more information on current inventory, contact information, etc, please visit our website and blog: http://eastendbookexchange.blogspot.com/

Questions, comments, concerns? I would love to hear from you! Email us at eastendbookexchange@gmail.com

The Pittsburgh Public Market is located in the Produce Terminal Building near the intersection of Smallman and 17th Street in the Strip District.

Head Up The Ohio River for a Weekend of Fun, Festivals and Free Events (Radio Round Up)

Lindsay — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:09:23 +0000

Sorry we are a little late getting this posted today, already a busy Friday! So many great Pittsburgh things happening today and this weekend. Just drove through Southside Works – lots of things getting set up for the Southside Works Exposed and I Made It Market this weekend too.

Image by maureen lunn via Flickr

Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District

Friday, July 15, 2011
5:30-9pm
FREE events, openings, snacks and drinks

Urban Hike Heads to Ambridge

Saturday, July 16, 2011, 10 am Meet at the Circle K at 1599 Duss Ave
Free guided walking tour of Ambridge

Civil War Day in Ambridge

Saturday, July 16, 2011, 10am-4:30pm
Old Economy Village commemorates 150th Anniversary of the Civil War

Horse Trading Days

the 48th Annual Festival celebrates Zelienople and Harmony
July 14-17
Free concerts including Zelie Idol contest, kids activities including a hamster/gerbil race

Penguin Bookshop Childrens Festival