If  you guessed orchids you are correct.   This is the last week for the orchid show at Phipps Conservatory in Oakland.  You can stop by Phipps Conservatory to check out the orchids and learn more about one of Troy Polamalu’s hobbies.  While you are there you can enter to win a football signed by Troy Polamalu too.

If curling on ice isn’t your thing, then join the folks from Obscure Games for an indoor curling tournament that will be using humans and office chairs.

Human Curling Tournament
Sunday, February 28, 2010 – 10:30am-1:30pm
West Penn Recreation Center, 470 30th Street, Polish Hill
http://obscuregamespgh.com/?p=251

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

• Franktuary is going green with the help of their CORO Fellows! – Our favorite local hot dog shop has been working hard on their sustainability practices – read what they have been up to and check out some of the other great posts about local food on their brand new website.
• Call for Artists: Poster Contest – Three Rivers Arts Festival – Pittsburgh, PA – A division of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – The Three Rivers Arts Festival and the City Paper are holding a poster contest. The grand prize winning design will be used to help promote the 2010 Three Rivers Arts Festival throughout the Pittsburgh region. Four winning designs will be produced as posters.
• Beer Hear! – Should I Drink That in Pittsburgh Magazine – Great article about Doug and Brad and their podcast about beer "Should I Drink That" in the March 2010 Pittsburgh magazine. Should I Drink That and IheartPGH have been friends since we first met at the first Pittsburgh Podcamp. They know their beer and are super nice guys to hand out with at blog and/or beer related events.

Follow IheartPGH on Twitter – we share more links there almost daily!

Image by naturalkinds via Flickr

The New Hazlett Theater:  The New Hazlett Theater is located on the North Side next to the Children’s Museum used to be home to the Pittsburgh Public Theater.  I remember some field trips to the Public Theater when it was located on the North Side – I am pretty sure we went to see “I Do! I Do!” and “Dancing at Lughnasa”.   I  reviewed the Public Theaters Production history to double check this and I have no idea why someone would take a class of middle school kids to see a play about marriage. What theater field trips do  you remember – leave a comment below.

Image by Kath B via Flickr

If we are going to survive the never ending snow this Febraury we are going to need to find some way to enjoy all of this fluffy white stuff.  If snowshoeing and cross country skiing aren’t your thing, then this might do the trick – a big snowball fight.

We can’t let Washington, DC have all of the fun (check out this video from the Washington Post of the snowball fight at Dupont Square).

From the great folks who have organized Santarchy and the Pittsburgh Pillow Fight Club is an invitation for a snowball fight with silly hats:
Snowmagedeon!!! Snow Ball Battle!

What: Snowmagedeon!!! Snow Ball Battle! + Silly Hats!

Image by zokuga via Flickr

When: Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:00 PM

Where: Schenley Park,at Flagstaff Hill,Pittsburgh, PA 15213

COST: FREE!!! One minor non-obligation: Wear a silly/funny hat!

Facebook Event – please feel free to invite your friends to attend too!

A Cacaophony Society Event (same people who brought you Santarchy, Pillow Fight and Clown Bus!)

Might as well have some fun with all this snow. Show up at Schenley Park on Flagstaff Hill by the Gazebo (across from Phipps Conservatory). And at High Noon start blasting snowballs at each other!

Lets see how many people we can get for this!!!

At HIGH NOON, you’ll hear a whistle and just start throwing snow!

Then after we’re all exhausted we can build a giant snow man or do what every you want (sledding, snow sculpture or anything else). Dress Warm, good gloves and if you can wear a silly but warm hat .

Adult and kid friendly EVENT! Have fun! Be Safe and Enjoy!

A Hand Painted Blog of Views of the Cathedral of Learning, originally uploaded by IheartPGH.

This series of painting is "One A Day: 365 Views of the Cathedral of Learning, 1997-1999"

One of the first things I noticed when I arrived at Pitt’s Alumni Hall today was this wall of paintings – each with very recognizable locations from or near Oakland. I spent some time looking at the dates below each canvas – dates are in order but the year varies between 1998 and 1999.

These scenes are painted but from just a few steps back they look like photographs of the neighborhood. What I didn’t realize until I read the description is that each of these is a different view of the Cathedral of Learning.

As I was sitting here waiting to hear the winners on this round of the film factory contest and thinking about the book in my bag "Crush It" by Gary Vaynerchuck – which is about using social media to tell the story about something you are passionate about. I was just wondering what blogs were out there for people who are passionate about filmmaking. I was thinking of how I want to profile more blogs about very specific topics – I am fascinated by people who are using blogs to document specific things – check out blogs like "cake wrecks" or Scanwiches.

Before I opened my book to get back to reading, I wandered over to read about these little paintings – coincedental timing that I stumbled upon a hand painted verson of what would also make a great blog about views of the Cathedral of Learning.

Each of these was painted by Felix de la Concha, a spanish artist who came to Pittsburgh to visit his girl friend who was studying at Pitt. He started the paintings but didn’t have a visa to stay in the US for a whole year so he completed the series over a couple of years.

The series was origonally displayed at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 1999.