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New Monthly Beer Tasting at The Warhol

Beer ChurchThis is a nice twist on an already great idea. Big Burrito has been hosting wine tastings at the Warhol for years. They are spicing things up a bit with new beer tastings. Even better they are kicking off this new event with the folks from Church Brew Works. My friends from New York City came to Pittsburgh last weekend – one of our many stops on Saturday was the Church Brew Works which they now call the beer church. I am a fan of the beerimisu event if our server said it wasn’t made with beer. Beer tasting and beer prizes – this is a great idea for happy hour!

Friday, March 14, 2008, 5:30 and 7:30 PM

Join The Warhol and big Burrito as we kick off a new series of Good Friday events.

On the second Friday of every month, a regional microbrewery will be presented by the brewers themselves or their distributors. The ticket price includes a smattering of beer snacks and full admission to the museum.

The beer tastings kick off on March 14. Meet the Church Brew Works Brewer Brant Dubovich and Tony “The Beerman” Knipling, Specialty Brand Manager of Vecenie Distributing. On exhibit for the evening will be Celestial Gold Pilsner, Pipe Organ Pale Ale, Pious Monk Dunkel and ThunderHop IPA. Church Brew Works prizes will also be given out to lucky participants.

Radio Round Up – March 7, 2008

Brad Yoder at Franktuary

  • Brad Yoder preforms live at Pittsburgh’s most lively hot dog shop
  • Friday, March 7, noon-1:30
  • Lenten Specials are available


Pierogi, Pickles, Pittsburgh Art

  • Pittsburgh through the Associated Artist of Pittsburgh’s Eyes
  • Last weekend at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
  • Local artist art about Pittsburgh, Part of the PGH 250 celebration


Dylan Doc

  • The Other Side of the Mirror: Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival
  • Live music from local bands – Brad Yoder, Paul Luc and others
  • Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Saturday, March 8, 6:30pm
  • Mellwood Screening Room

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner

  • Eat soup and take home a handmade bowl
  • Benefits Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and Just Harvest
  • Sunday, March 9, 2-7pm, $20

PopCity Live – Green Jobs

  • PopCity Live – Panel discussion series hosted by PopCity Media
  • Green Jobs in Pittsburgh – local experts including Nathaniel Doyno from Steel City Bio Fuels
  • Wednesday, March 12, 6:30 pm
  • The New Hazlett Theater, North Side,
  • FREE

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner

This event has come highly reccomended from a number of IheartPGH readers – thanks for the great suggestions, please keep sending them.

Eat soup, support good causes, take home a handmade bowl.  Local artists have made and donated bowls for this event.  $20 gets you in the door, a meal of soup and you can pick out one of the bowls to take home – over 1200 bowls have been donated for this event.  Live music and celebrities (who have created some bowls too) and silent auction.

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner
Sunday, March 9, 2008, 2-7pm
Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 5th Ave

Click here for more info on the event.
Benefits: Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank & Just Harvest

Photograph 2006 Empty Bowls from Post-Gazette

Green Jobs. Good Jobs.

Its time for another PopCity Live.  I attended the first of the PopCity Live series and was really impressed.  Every month or so, the folks from PopCity Media put together a group of local of experts on a particular topic for a panel discussion and questions from the audience.  This is a great chance to learn about some really interesting people and things in Pittsburgh.  The events are FREE and are followed by a free reception with some tasty treats.  I can say this is one of the best events I attended last year.   Please rsvp ahead of time (just send an email to rsvp@nowall.com) so they can have a name tag ready for you when you arrive.

I think this panel on Green Jobs is going to be really interesting.  Pittsburgh has a great opportunity to be a green city, and there are already a lot of people working on that now.  I have had the opportunity to get to know Nathaniel Doyno in the past few years and I know he has been doing some really great things with Steel City Bio Fuels.  The other panelists look very interesting too.

Labor = Green!
March 12, 2008 at 6:30 pm
@ the New Hazlett Theater
Free!
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New Women Soccer League

I have recieved alot of great info from some enthusiastic soccer fans who are working on putting together a new women’s soccer league in western PA. The Women’s Greater Pittsburgh Soccer league has already been featured in the Post-Gazette – click here to see the article.  Keep reading for all of the details on the league. Continue reading