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• The Banff Mountain Film Festival :: Byham Theater, Pittsburgh – The 2009 Banff Film Festival will be in Pittsburgh on April 10 and 11, 2009. Tickets are on sale now!
• Urban Velo #12 Preview at Urban Velo – I picked up a copy of one the past issues of Urban Velo and was really impressed. They do a great job with this publication, which covers lots more than Pittsburgh. I am looking forward to seeing issue #12
• Peoples Cartel | We Just Like It – Pittsburgh T-shirt company – People's Cartel is featured on the blog We Just Like It.

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• Encyclopedia Destructica – The Pittsburgh Craft Collective Blog highlights this business that makes handbound books and zines in lawrenceville. They also have public binding parties too – you can help to create their next zine.
• Nine Mile Run Geology Tour – This looks like an interesting look at Nine Mile Run. Sunday. Nov. 2 at 1pm
• The Buzz » Blog Archive » Welcome to the Berner Blog – I have been bugging Georgia Berner to write a blog about her business, which is a manufactuing business here in Western PA that makes air curtains. Georgia Berner is a wealth of knowledge about business and manufacturing and I hope you will check out her blog. This blog post has a good explaination of air curatins too.

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Image by remolacha.net fotos via FlickrI caught a glimpse of this thing from the article in the Post-Gazette last Friday and I can’t believe I didn’t find it sooner. The Coolspring Corn Maze is a 10 acre maze of cornfields, which is impressive enough but the whole maze is in the shape of a stage coach. This field of fun is located near Mercer, PA it is probably about an hour and a half drive away from Pittsburgh. This year’s theme is the Wild West, so that explains the stage coach and they have set up a wild wild west town.

This family checked out the maze on Oct. 12 – I think it is funny that just two weeks ago they were wearing shorts to check out the maze and now I am sitting here watching the snow falling.

I did some asking around about this and I found someone who did the maze last year – you can go at night and try the maze in the dark. They also have hay rides and a farm market too.

Maze Hours:
Friday 5-11pm
Saturday 1-11pm
Sunday 1-6pm
The maze is open through Halloween weekend. More info at CoolspringMaze.com

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• two kitties: Huang Xiang: House Poem – Check out this great picture of the House Poem by a blogger who was visiting Pittsburgh
• Talk – n – Walk Series – Regional Environmental Education Center : Venture Outdoors – Each Talk-N-Walk program consists of a fact-packed, hands-on presentation followed by a nature hike on the beautiful trails around the Center reinforcing your newly acquired knowledge of the day’s topic. Pre-registration required for planning purposes. Main audience is adults (ages 12-15 must be accompanied by an adult) although younger children may be able to attend, contact Jessica to find out.
• PGH is a City: Good Night, States – Another blog about Pittsburgh and a blogger who likes Good Night States!

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• $5 Kayaking for College Students in October! – College students will be able to kayak for $5 with their student ID and Kayak Pittsburgh coupon (pictured right) on weekends throughout the entire month of October.

  This college student discount is offered as part of Pittsburgh Connections, a project sponsored by Venture Outdoors, Richard King Mellon Foundation and the American Eagle Foundation

• Good Night States at WYEP – FREE SHOW – Thursday October 16, 2008
• Sierra Club Allegheny Group » Dudley Edmondson Nature Photography Show – Oct 8 – This looks like a great event with a great lineup of panelists for a discussion of the challenges and benefits to the minority community of expanding participation in outdoor activities.
• Equita – Essentials for Ethical Living – Pittsburgh Shop – Congratulations to Equita – this award winning Pittsburgh shop is moving from the Ice House to a new retail location on Butler Street. Sustainable shopping just got easier. Equita also has a full online shop. Look for the new shop to open Oct. 1, 2008.

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Sunny days are here again. Okay, I know this week has been a bit chilly but Joe Dinardo says it is going to be 70 on Friday – which is perfect because Friday, May 2nd is opening day for Kayak Pittsburgh. To celebrate the return of warm weather and kayak season – free kayaking all day on Friday. For more info visit KayakPittsburgh.org.