Radio Round Up – March 20, 2009 – Happy Spring

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Would You Be My Neighbor Day – March 20

• Wear a sweater to honor Mr. Rogers
• Check out the film My Tale of Two Cities at Waterworks Cinema, Friday, Mar. 20 at 7pm – Mr. McFeely will be there
• Free Admission at the Children’s Museum all day on March 20.

Happy Spring! – Free Italian Ice

• Today is the First day of Spring
• Free Italian Ice from Noon – 10 pm today at all Rita’s locations.

Black and Gold Sprints – Bike Racing in the bar

• the folks at Urban Velo are bring bicycle racing to Saturday nights
• They will bring the bikes to the bar – this Sat. March 21, 7-11pm at Over the Bar Bicylce Cafe on Carson Street
• $10 to enter, Open Qualifying from 7-9pm
• More info at http://www.blackandgoldsprints.com/

Mustache March

• Mustache’s for Kids was a charity that was started in 1999 – men compete to grow mustaches to raise money for Children’s charities
• Sat. March 28, 2009 7pm @ Shootz Cafe – March Mustache Extravaganza
• More info and a mustache gallery at MustachePGH.com

You be the DJ at Schenley Plaza

• The Pittsburgh Parks conservancy is looking for folks who want to DJ for lunch hour at Schenley plaza in April and May. You bring the ipod with the play list – they will set up the rest.
• Sign up here at PittsurghParks.org/plaza-music

Preserve Pittsburgh Summit

• Sat. March 28, 2009 – 8:30 am – 4pm, reception to follow
• Day long summit on preserving historic buildings in Pittsburgh
• The Summit is free, tickets to the reception are $25
• Summit includes bus tours of historic buildings and lunch

Citizen Journalism Training Project

• The Public Square Project is a new program in Pittsburgh focus in getting more people to participate in journalism
• Every Thursday in March at the Union Project from 6-8pm
• Learn about how to be a citizen journalist and tell stories about your neighborhood
• All works shops are FREE!