Tag Archives: pgh250

Links Worth a Look for August 26th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Cupcake Fest – Sept. 21-27, 2008 – Cupcake Fest is our week-long celebration of all things cupcake. We have a week full of fun events including a cupcake eating contest, a chance to invent a cupcake flavor for our menu, an "Official Cupcake Day" proclamation from the Mayor's more

History Mystery Run

Pittsburgh’s Hash House Harriers (aka PGH H-3) refer to them selves as “the drinking club with a running problem.” What is Hashing? You have just stumbled upon an International phenomenon, where a group of people, “Hashers”, follow a cryptic trail that has been marked with flour by the “Hare”. This trail leads to beer, water, snacks, and a lot of camaraderie.   more

Pittsburgh: The Opera

I saw a flyer for this at the Union Project today – when I first looked at the flyer I thought it might be along the lines of MTV’s Carmen: A Hip Hopera – which was popular a few years back. But Pittsburgh: The Opera looks even better. This is way more than opera – video, interviews, puppet show, dance and more. Pittsburgh: The Opera sold out more

Radio Round Up – January 4, 2008

Happy Birthday Pittsburgh! – 2008 is Pittsburgh’s 250 birthday.  It is a whole year of events to celebrate all over the region.  Major bike race across the state of PA coming this summer.  TourofPA.com for more info. Second City Does Iron CityChicago’s famous sketch comedy troupe comes to PittsburghSpecial show commissioned for Pittsburgh’s more

Funny Theater: Second City does Iron City

I know I mentioned this back in December but this performance tops my list of things to do in January. Second City is a famous and funny comedy troupe from Chicago. They have prepared a very special, very funny performance to celebrate Pittsburgh’s 250 birthday – Three Rivers Run Through It. The Post-Gazette has a nice article on their performance more