Tag Archives: Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh Signs Project on BoingBoing & Book Giveaway

The Pittsburgh Signs project photos and book are featured on the BoingBoing today – “Pittsburgh Signs Project: appreciation of the glorious signage of Pittsburgh.” BoingBoing is a popular blog, that originally started as a zine in 1988, that covers interesting information from around the web.

The Food Network Stops at The Waffle Shop TONIGHT!

Worlds Weirdest Restaurants, a new show that is being taped for the Food Network Canada, will be at the Waffle Shop tonight (Friday, June 10, 2011) from 10pm-3am.  The public is invited to stop by for waffles and to watch the show.  Can’t make it East Liberty – as always you can watch the Waffle Shop streaming live at WaffleShop.org. Worlds more

From Earth Day to Easter Eggs – A Weekend of Spring Festivals

It is shaping up to be a super spring weekend in Pittsburgh.  We know that Friday is a hockey night in this town – but here are some things to keep you busy until game #3.  You can listen to IheartPGH chat live with Jim and Randy on WDVE 102.5 FM most Friday mornings at 6:45 am. The Tech Fair CMU now calls this Spring Carnival – but more

Author of Stuff White People Like to Give Lecture at CMU

Chritian Lander, author of the widely popular blog and book Stuff White People Like will be giving a free talk at CMU on Tuesday. If you haven’t checked it out before – Stuff White People Like – is a list of things that has been called the preppie handbook for today’s generation.  It is fascinating and often totally hilarious. I think more

Test Driving the Chevy Volt – Pittsburgh Auto Show

From Lindsay: Thanks to the folks at Chevy for inviting us to the pre-auto show preview.  I have been really impressed at how eager the team at Chevy is to work with local bloggers.  They were kind enough to not only giveaway Steeler’s tickets last fall but they were also very happy to help turn the test drive party into a fundraiser for the CHS more

So you have always wanted to open a cafe?

Maybe you are sitting at your desk right now – reading IheartPGH and other hilarious blogs – just trying to make it to 5pm.  You have dreams of opening your own cafe – spending your days brewing coffee and talking to regular customers.  Well here are 2 opportunities here in Pittsburgh that might just be the ticket to your own cafe with the support more

The Writing on the Wall, or Rather, in the Sky

If you are out and about in Downtown or Oakland on Friday and Saturday around 5:30pm – look up in the sky.  The Sky is the Limit is a new project from Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor of Art Kim Beck.  An airplane skywriter will write messages over Pittsburgh taken from billboard advertising. The Sky Is The Limit Friday, October 1 more