Pumpkin Picking at Harvest Valley Farms, originally uploaded by IheartPGH.

Image by Cvalentine via Flickr

Apple Fest 2009

• 4th Annual Celebration of Apples
• Saturday, October 24, 2009, 11am-2pm @ Union Project in Highland Park
• Pie Baking Contest, Apples, Kids Activites, Performances by the Mother/Son Juggling Team “All In Jest”

RiverQuest Spirits of the River Haunted Boatride

• Friday October 23 and Saturday October 24, 7pm
• Cruise the Pittsburgh rivers on RiverQuest’s green boat while listening to ghost stories about Pittsburgh’s river past.

Urban Hike Scavenger Hunt – Bloomfield

• Saturday, October 24, 2009
• Meet at the Friendship Parklet at 1pm
• Teams of up to 5 people
• Bring a digital camera

The Blog Show

• IheartPGH hosts our first ever talk show
• Saturday Night, 11pm @ The Waffle Shop
• Join us live or watch online at WaffleShop.org
• Interviews with local bloggers about the funniest blogs from the burgh and beyond.

The City of Champions Corn Maze

• Lonesome Valley Farms has designed their corn maze to honor Pittsburgh sports heritage
• located next to the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds
• check out a haunted hay ride or try not to get lost in the corn maze
• http://www.lonesomevalleyfarms.com/
• Cash only – there are no ATMs in the cornfield

TitleTown

• New Monthly Soul Music Night at the Shadow Lounge
• From the folks who brought you Viper Soul Club
• 5 hours of soul music, Dance contest with $50 cash prize
• http://titletownpgh.com/

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

• 2008 Three Rivers Film Festival – Opens Nov. 7 – and runs until Nov. 22, 2008 – lots of great films coming to town. Which films do you reccomend?
• new works « garbella – She is a member of the Pittsburgh Craft collective and she makes some great t-shirts and other screen printed items. IheartPGH was the first thing I screenprinted 5 years ago, long before I knew about blogs, so I have a love of anything screenprinted. I want a I bike PGH t-shirt! Check out this cool clock and the rest of her blog and Etsy shop.
• Apple Festival and Pie Contest – Saturday at the Union Project – its all apples at the Apple Festival. There is also an Apple Pie contest.
• Belt buckles, headbands, soap, t-shirts and more – check out some of the items that you will find at Handmade Arcade this weekend
• Madcap recap « Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog – Check out the great picture of the tent in Schenley Park

Click here to see more links we like.