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Treaders Choice: Two Opening Receptions at the Mattress Factory

September 12, 2013 Treading Art

[note] From Lindsay: another great event suggestion from Treading Art!  I’m particularly interested in seeing the photos from the DETROIT artists.  If you are interested in Detroit and other rust belt cities – keep an eye on the GLUE (Great Lakes Urban Exchange) Facebook page here. [/note] Treading Art has been putting together an amazing list of weekend events around Pittsburgh.  Each week we feature one of the events from their Weekend Treadings list. This weeks Treader’s Choice event is an awesome opening reception at the Mattress Factory.  Check out all of Treading Art suggestions for this weekend here. Opening… Read the rest

Filed Under: Treader's Choice, Weekend Treadings Tagged With: Chiharu Shiota, detroit, Janine Antoni, mattress factory, pittsburgh

Writing about the Rust Belt – GLUE and Rustbelt Almanac

April 10, 2013 Lindsay

I’ve got two great projects to share with you, both are related to sharing stories about rustbelt cities including Pittsburgh. If you have been a regular reader of IheartPGH over the years, you have probably read a few of our posts about GLUE.  GLUE stands for Great Lakes Urban Exchange – a project that was started by a Pittsburgher and a Detroiter (is there a Detroit equivalent to the word Pittsburgher?).  I’ve been fortunate to attend many of the GLUE conferences, the most recent conference was held in September 2011 here in Pittsburgh.  Through GLUE I have had the chance… Read the rest

Filed Under: Blogs, Community Resources Tagged With: detroit, GLUE, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Urban Exchange, pittsburgh, Rust Belt, Rustbelt Almanac

Post-Gazette Article on the Upcoming Why Pittsburgh Party

September 14, 2009 Lindsay

Image via Wikipedia I wrote about the Why Pittsburgh Party on Friday and I wanted to post a follow up because I was worried that the info would get lost in the weekend emails.  The Post-Gazette beat me to it with a great article about the upcoming Why Pittsburgh Party on September 17, 2009 (click here for the party details). Here are some highlights from the article: Carrie Hagan, a graduate student in history and policy at Carnegie Mellon University, met Ms. Wilson through the League of Young Voters and joined the party committee “and the next thing I know… Read the rest

Filed Under: News about PGH, Uncategorized Tagged With: detroit, GLUE, Great Lakes Urban Exchange, I will stay if, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Shadow Lounge, why pgh, why Pittsburgh

Eat Detroit for Lunch

June 3, 2008 Lindsay

Yet another reason to love Franktuary – they come up with good ideas for lunch.  You can literally can eat Detroit for lunch at Franktuary. Try our Stanley Cup Combo! Two Detroit Franks (chili, yellow mustard, chopped white onions), side of pierogies, and a Pennsylvania Punch! Only $7.50 including tax! You can support Pittsburgh hockey and a great Pittsburgh business in one convenient combo.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Restaurants Tagged With: detroit, Franktuary, hot dog, Stanley Cup

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