Yearly Archives: 2009

Steel City Big Pour 2009 – Tickets Now on Sale!

If you like beer – then you may have heard about this event – which has become one of the top beer drinking events in town and just as important – all of the proceeds from the event benefit Construction Junction. Tickets for the 2009 Steel City Big Pour went on sale this morning – get them before they are gone.

Click here to buy tickets at ProArtsTickets.org

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Details

  • Event Date: September 13th
  • There are two sessions: 12-3p and 5-8p (separate tickets required for each session)
  • Tickets are $45 in advance, no tickets will be sold at the door. (Note: there are no service charges on top of the $45)
  • $20 Designated Driver tickets
  • Tickets are ONLY available over the web at Proartstickets.org

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Keystone Edge Video on Small Press Festival

Last month, OpenThread organized the first Small Press Festival here in Pittsburgh.  OpenThread is a regional arts collective that has been working on events to connect other writers and artists in Western PA.  The Small Press Festival was a month long celebration of the smaller publications here in Pittsburgh including a weekend expo of local small press publications.

Filmmaker Ben Hernstrom has put together a nice little video about the festival for Keystone Edge (a sister site to Pop City Media that focuses on the entire state of Pennsylvania).

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Random Acts of Pittsburgh Kindness

Here are a few links and websites I wanted to share because Pittsburghers are nice people and a few clicks or dollars can go along way.

First, I want to start by linking to this post on BikePGH – R.I.P. William Thomas, kid’s bike mechanic extraordinaire – this is a really nice post about a really nice Pittsburgher who donated his time to fixing bikes for kids.

Just Vote to Help a Greenburg Family win a $10,000 Family Room Makeover

I have posted about this on twitter but I wanted to give one last link for this one. Today, July 31 is the last day to vote for Megan B. at the Nestle Family Dream Room Makeover Contest. One great family from Greensburg has made it to the final round!! So take a moment to visit and vote for Megan B. Greensburg PA.

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Kiva Fellowship: From Pittsburgh to the Phillipines (with a few stops in between)

One of the blogs that I have recently stumbled across from an email exchange about the upcoming Netroot Nation is The Causemopolitain – which is a great blog about Sloane’s Kiva fellowship in the Phillipines. Yes, that Kiva, the micro lending site that Oprah has talked about where you can support small businesses from around the globe. Sloane is originally from Pittsburgh – and we actually went to grade school together way back when.  If you have any interest in social entrepreneurship and the Kiva process – you should definitely check out The Causemopolitain.

You can help with Sloane’s Kiva Fellowship by making a contribution

Mexico Mission Trip

I have been following the blog With love from Pittsburgh for awhile now – with a name like that how could I not follow along.   Laura wrote a nice post last week about her boyfriends mission trip to Mexico – I was about to head back and make a donation but it looks like he has successfully completed his fundraising for the trip.  Laura – please leave a comment if there are other things people can do to help!

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Radio Round Up – July 31, 2009 – Talking Pierogi

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Return of the Living Dead

  • Friday @ 10pm
  • Saturday @ Midnight
  • The Oaks Theater in Oakmont

Waffle Shop Guest Host Challenge

  • Saturday, August 1 at the Waffleshop
  • Corner of Baum and Highland in East Liberty
  • YMCA Camp Kon-o-Kwee
  • FREE Family Festival
  • Saturday August 1pm-9pm
  • Camp Activities – Zip line!
  • Live Music All Day from great performers like Grushecky and the Houserockers and more
  • Free
  • Every Sunday in August at the Highland Park Reservoir
  • 5-7pm
  • August 4, 2009

Pittsburgh needs a pierogi festival like this one…

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The 48 Hour Film Project: Pittsburgh – August 7

The 48 Hour Film Project is happening in Pittsburgh and 80 other cities this summer. Teams of filmmakers get together and have just 48 hours to make a short film. You can still register to participate. The project kick off is on August 7 and screenings will be the following week. Check out the 48 Hour Film Project website to see some of the previous films from Pittsburgh.

Some other local bloggers talking about the 48 Hour Film Project – Bittersweet Harvest, Venango-go, PCTV.

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