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Making Cities Stick – Sticky Cities

If you haven’t yet heard of GLUE than I am excited to share this with you. Abby Wilson who is from Pittsburgh and her friend Sarah Szurpicki is from Detroit (full dicloser – I have know Abby for 14 years). Abby and Sarah started GLUE last fall to look at the cities in the Great Lakes area and see what is working and what isn’t working. These cities are a lot like Pittsburgh, post industrial and each city has lots of great stuff to share.

GLUE Cities: Akron, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines, Detroit, Duluth, Erie, Flint, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Lansing, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Pittsburgh, Rochester, St. Louis, Toledo, Youngstown Continue reading →

Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to Pittsburgh

You will have a hard time sitting still for this and that is a good thing.  After watching some of these films you will be wanting to head outside to hike/bike/ski/mountain climb/surf/bike/travel.  If you are a regular reader of this blog you will know I am really big on city stuff.  I know that you don’t associate urban dwellers with the great outdoors – but that is far from the truth.  I was forced to do some outdoors stuff as a kid – girl scout camp and cross country skiing were not my favorite activities.  But in the past 15 years I have had the good fortune to travel to Alaska, Colorado and Hawaii and seeing the mountains and the sea makes you want to try all of these sports.  The films presented as part of the Banff Mountain Film Festival are the next best thing to visiting these places, and sometimes even better.  While I finally tried surfing I am still not sure if I am up for white water kayaking.

I have long been a fan of ski movies (I think this one –Warren Miller’s Fifty, while it may be seen as cliche by some skiiers, is a good place to start.) Even if you are not a hard core outdoors fan the Banff Film Festival is still a great set of films to watch.

Venture Outdoors – which is an awesome organization that I am happy to support (see my other blog posts on Venture Outdoors)- has been bringing the Banff Film Festival to Pittsburgh for a few years now.  Venture Outdoors exists to help people get outside right here in beautiful Western, PA – with programming for all levels of expertise from “I don’t own hiking boots” to “I prefer to sleep in my sleeping bag on the living room floor because it feels like camping.”

So I hope you will consider attending the Banff Film Festival (details here – http://www.ventureoutdoors.org/banff.asp) while it is here in Pittsburgh on April 4th and 5th and check out some of the great activities that Venture Outdoors has planned for the spring and summer.

Here is an intro clip for this years Banff Mountain Film Festival

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Radio Round Up – March 28, 2008

Here is a summary of what we talked about this week on WDVE. I know that 6:45 is a little early for some Pittsburgh fans. If you have an interesting place or event that you would like to have us review please send an email to info@iheartpgh.com.

Intro to Disc Golf

  • Come learn about this interesting sport – golf, but with frisbees
  • Schenley Park is home to one of the disc golf courses in Pittsburgh
  • Venture Outdoors is holding and Intro to Disc Golf workshop on Sat from 1-4

Women’s History Month with LUPEC

  • LUPEC = Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails
  • LUPEC has been hosting events all month
  • Final event is Sat at Kelly’s in East Liberty, 8pm
  • They will be celebrating the life of style icon Isabella Blow, wear your favorite, fancy hat

Political Game Night

  • 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club is the oldest independent democratic club in the US
  • Saturday night is their annual event
  • Political trivia, fun and games
  • Guest appearances by some local politicians

Getting Serious about Video Games – FREE EVENT

  • March 31st and April 1st – CMU hosts a FREE symposium on Video games, complete with an arcade
  • CMU has one of the leading programs in Entertainment Technology – ETC
  • Top video game designers will be here from around the country and some are located right here in Pittsburgh
  • Learn about video games and test out some games created by students
  • More Info: TheArtofPlay.com

PUMP Quiz Night

  • Monday 7pm
  • Inn-termission Lounge, 1908 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
  • Bring your friends
  • Fun and Prizes for all

PUMP Quiz Night is Back

Last month’s PUMP Quiz night was really great – 3 rounds of trivia with fun prizes for all.  A great way to spend a few hours sharpening your brain.

Put on your smarty pants and join us for PUMP Quiz Night! Quiz Night returns on Monday, March 31st, 7:00 PM at The Inn-termission Lounge (1908 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203). Bring a team of 4 and test your knowledge in this Free event. PUMP provides the fun, the prizes—you provide the answers, the fellowship, and this time a covered dish because there’s no kitchen where we’re going!

Politcal Game Night

With just 4 weeks left until the 2008 Primary, Pittsburgh has become a hot bed of political events.  Pittsburgh is also home to the the oldest continuous independent democratic club in the US.  Saturday night is their annual event – this year it is political game night.  Great trivia and I guarantee you will see some of your favorite elected officials there for the fun.

The 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club Presents Political Game Night

Saturday March 29th, 7:00 pm
Schenley Park Skating Rink

Test your political savvy with original adaptations of your favorite game shows: Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune! Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!

Featuring: Chris Moore (KDKA radio and WQED television talk show host) and Allen Kukovich (member of the Pennsylvania house and senate for 27 years).

Games start at 8:00 pm.

$15 in advance ($20 at the door).

Are you too young to be President? Tickets just $10 for those under 35 and for students and limited income.

Visit pgh14widc.org for more info