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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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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!… Read the rest

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!… Read the rest

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