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You Can Now Legally Drink at the Speakeasy in the William Penn

May 19, 2017 Lindsay

Pittsburgh SpeakeasyThis is one of this historic things about Pittsburgh that I think is so fascinating that I assume everyone knows. But I am amazed how many people don’t know that the new(ish) bar in the basement of the William Penn Hotel which is named Speakeasy, really was a speakeasy back in the day. I love old hotels. I love visiting old hotels. I love the book “Eloise,” which is about a girl who grew up in the Plaza hotel in New York city. I love the stories about the New Yorkers who lived in the Plaza hotel for years. (Check… Read the rest

Filed Under: Books N'at, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: #thisplacematters, cocktail history, Eloise, Historic Preservation, Pittsburgh Drinks, Plaza Hotel, preservation month, prohibition, The Speakeasy, William Penn

Independent Bookstore Day & A Map of Every Independent Bookstore in Pittsburgh

April 28, 2017 Lindsay

Pittsburgh Independent BookstoresUPDATE 4/24/2019: Please visit Very Local Pittsburgh for an updated Guide to Independent Bookstores in Pittsburgh.  Info on Independent Bookstore Day 2019 events in Pittsburgh is available here.  The last Saturday in April is Independent Bookstore Day, the official hashtag for Independent Bookstore Day is #BookstoreDay. The #BookstoreDay hashtag is a great way to take a peak at how folks across the country are celebrating local booksellers. Indie bookshops across the country are hosting parties and inviting customer and friends to buy books from their local booksellers.  If you are interested in learning more about the business of book selling,… Read the rest

Filed Under: Books N'at, Guides, Literary Tagged With: #bookstoreday, Bookselling, Bookstore Day, bookstores, city-of-asylum, map

Book ‘Em Needs Your Books & Paper Bags

July 11, 2016 Lindsay

Attention book lovers! Book ‘Em is a Pittsburgh non-profit that needs your help to send books to prisoners in Pennsylvania. I spent a few hours yesterday in the basement of a building on Penn Avenue yesterday with a group of volunteers who were picking out books and packing them up to be sent to prisoners across the state.  I had no idea that the basement below the Thomas Merton Center was set up as a little book-shop by mail.  If you love browsing book stores and picking out books then this is the volunteer opportunity for you! Prisoners from across… Read the rest

Filed Under: Books N'at Tagged With: books, Non-profit organization, Non-Profits, pittsburgh, volunteers wanted

Have a drink with Littsburgh next Tuesday!

November 6, 2015 Ryan Morden

Writing is a lonely activity. Reading is solitary pursuit. That is why Littsburgh is hosting an inaugural happy hour next week to bring those who share those two isolated passions together. Littsburgh, a website launched by a trio of booklovers in August, is designed to connect the literary community in Pittsburgh. The website is a hub for booksellers, authors, media outlets, and nonprofit organizations who share a love for books. Littsburgh hosts a calendar of author readings, book signings, and posts sample chapters of new books. “We love Pittsburgh and we know the scene is awesome,” Said Rachel Ekstrom, Littsburgh… Read the rest

Filed Under: Books N'at, Events Tagged With: Blogs, Literature, littsburgh, pittsburgh bloggers

Yinztern Catherine is applying for the Millennial Trains Project!

January 30, 2014 Catherine

You might remember last July when Lindsay applied for the Millennial Trains Project with her idea The United States of Pittsburgh. She received a tremendous amount of support and I’m hoping you’ll be able to donate to my campaign too! I’m going to explore local independent bookstores and public libraries at each of the stops along the trip. Libraries and bookstores are such cornerstones of communities and I want to discover what places in other cities are doing to engage their neighborhoods. I also want to tie it all in with the digital age by seeing the extent that libraries… Read the rest

Filed Under: Books N'at, Fundraisers, Pittsburgh Lovers Tagged With: bookstores, community engagement, Fundraising, libraries, millennial trains project, Social media

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