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Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while trying to come up with a good slogan for your neighborhood …)

(Work and personal stuff is taking a lot of my time, but I wanted to at least post these things even if I don’t have a chance to really do a write up… So I may get a chance to expand this later, or I may not.)

Friday, May 4
Unblurred , Art n’at… 6:00 p.m., Penn Avenue
Luchador Karaoke Bowling , Sadly, my lucha mask was lost at the cleaners, so I’m suing for $65 million… 9:00 p.m., Arsenal lanes, Lawrenceville

Saturday, ¡Drinko De Mayo!
drinko_de_mayo
 Asian heritage Day, Yes… What better day to celebrate Asian heritage than Cinco De Mayo? 10:00 a.m., Heinz History Center, The Strip
The Hi-Speeds Cinco de Mayo Party , Bonus: They’re giving Spanglish lessons… 10:00 p.m., Gooski’s, Polish Hill
Boca Chica, Not advertised as giving Spanglish lessons, but hey, you never know… 10:00 p.m., Garfield Artworks, Garfield
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Because Knowing Where To Go (and drink) Is Half The Battle
(Further Suggested Reading)
knowing_half – Pittsburgh City Paper
– Pittsburgh Post Gazette
– Craigs List
– This Is Happeningâ€â€?â€â€?â€â€?â€â€?â€â€?–

Got an event planned? Would you like a whole flock* of yinzers with disposable income to show up? Let Git Aht know by sending the electronic mail to gitaht@gmail.com.

(* Note: “Flock� being, y’know.. very loosely-defined…)

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while fleeing for your life from a good source of lycopene …)

Friday, April 27
Wine Tasting at The Warhol, 5:30 p.m., The Warhol, North Shore Side
warhol_wine_bottle Have some grape in the company of screen prints at the Warhol. Big Burrito provides four different wines and accompanying cheeses, The Warhol provides the atmosphere. If you see anyone dressed up as Valerie Solanas, keep your eye on them. If you dress up as Valerie Solanas, have someone keep an eye on you.

Phat Man Dee, 6:00 & 9:00 p.m., Backstage Bar at Theater Square, Le District de Cultural, Dahntahn
phatmandee Running two shows a night like she’s workin’ the Vegas circuit, Dee drops by the Backstage Bar for a couple shows, and she’s at the point now where it’s like “Yeah, sure, I can stop by on my way somewhere else, sing a song or two” like she’s running the joint, then maybe stopping off at Jilly’s for a whiskey. Dee’s got a growing repertoire and she’ll show it off tonight, so stop by before the show, after the show, during the show, for the show.

Jalsah, 8:30 p.m., The Zenith, Sahsside
clash According to the site, Jalsah is “a community event designed to promote awareness about middle-eastern music, culture, and dance. It is a place for both teachers, students, and non-initiates to network and learn more about traditional forms of music and dance.”

So, I think that means you can head on down there and jam out. I’m frantically calling around to see if I can rent a tuba. I’ve never played a tuba in my life, but I think they need one to add some bottom to it, some presence. The folks at Zenith trying to eat their delicious vegetarian meals would appreciate it, is what I’m thinking. Oom-pah.

Attack Theater “Games Of Steel”, 8:00 p.m., Kelly Strayhorn Theater, ‘Sliberty
GamesOfSteel Attack Theater brings the show back to town after performing on a country wide tour, and these are the last performances in the Pittsburgh area. Aiming to make dance more accessible, AT presents a show filled with ladders to nowhere, seesaws, and a live band. Dance Magazine calls the show “ever-entertaining and hellishly fun” which is coincidentally exactly what my ex-wife called our marriage in the divorce papers, but unlike Dance Magazine, she went on to say, “but I’m just tired of the marathon bongo-playing sessions/beer tastings/cohiba smoking on weeknights when I have to go to work the next morning. And besides, he leaves his friggin’ socks everywhere. I swear, I found one in the fridge.*”

(* Aht v. Aht , 149 F.2d, 103-104 (1st C.Pl. 2004))

Saturday, April 28
Charity Bar Crawl, 4:00 p.m., Shootz, Sahsside
Drinking For A Cause kicks off with an early one, but the charity involved is worthy so we’ll quiten down and bend with the breeze. Benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, the cost is 10 bucks and will tours all the way down Carson, starting at Shootz with the registration (not to worry if you can’t make it at 4 as they’re not moving on until 5:30, a much more palatable drinking hour) but other bars could be Jekyll’s, Tiki, and personal favorite Bar 11. Speaking of which, the scars have actually just about healed so I’m ready to go back to 11. Cause I go to 11. No, I’m not just gonna make 10 louder. Eff you.

Art All Night, 5:00 p.m., The Catalyst Building, Lawrenceville
Sleep All Day!No, Slaughter won’t be there, but The Spuds will, and that means something if you are, like me, of A Certain Age.

The annual mini-fest kicks off at 5 with events that are, y’know, for kids. Around 8, the music starts with The Spuds, followed by acts every hour or so the rest of the night (including Joy Ike who I saw performing at Flux a couple weeks back) until midnight when DJ Zombo spins until the wee hours.

The cool thing about the whole, well, thing is that anyone who wants to put a piece in can. Check the details on submissions here. This is an annual Good Gig, and last year they had over 10,000 people stroll through, so go early or go late, but you should go.

Sunday, April 29
Art All Night, 10:00 a.m., The Catalyst Building, Lawrenceville
And if you can’t make it Saturday night, well, it goes on into the next morning. So stop by after brunch and see it all until 2 on Sunday, with more music starting at 10 o’clock in the blessed a.m.
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Because Knowing Where To Go (and drink) Is Half The Battle
(Further Suggested Reading)
knowing_half – Pittsburgh City Paper
– Pittsburgh Post Gazette
– Craigs List
– This Is Happeningâ€â€?â€â€?â€â€?â€â€?â€â€?–

Got an event planned? Would you like a whole flock* of yinzers with disposable income to show up? Let Git Aht know by sending the electronic mail to gitaht@gmail.com.

(* Note: “Flock� being, y’know.. very loosely-defined…)

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while waiting to die …)

So yeah, we’ve got the biggest population decline in the country if you don’t count areas devastated by natural disaster, and sure, you could argue that the weather in Pittsburgh is a natural disaster year after year, but the thing is, it’s not so much people moving away anymore, it’s that we’re dying off. Moving into the ground, as it were, rather than the Sun Belt. In droves. And those of us left behind aren’t reproducing enough to keep up the population. And we’re not attractive to immigrants. And any other reasons you’d like to come up with. Well, whatever, let’s make lemonade. From an IM exchange with a friend yesterday:

Patrick: Last one out, please turn off the lights. Thanks.
http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_095075136.html
Laura: “Pittsburgh! Where Pittsburghers go to die!”
Patrick: heh
Patrick: you’re quite the sloganeer.
Laura: natural population decline, what a nice way to say “dying in droves”
Patrick: indeed.
Patrick: kinda like using the phrase “released to industry” as opposed to “got fired”
Laura: “Pittsburgh! If you like rain and viewings, stick around!”
Patrick: “Pittsburgh! Crepe-hangers wanted!”
Patrick: “Pittsburgh is for Diers!”
Laura: “Pittsburgh! ‘Not quite dead yet’ for 40 years!”
Patrick: hah!
Patrick: “What happens in Pittsburgh, dies in Pittsburgh!”
Laura: HAHAHA
Laura: “Pittsburgh: When You’d Rather Die.” “You said you’d rather die than visit Pittsburgh? Now you can have it all!”
Patrick:pgh_bumper_sticker
Laura: HAHAHAHHA

So let’s get those new slogans to the tourism board ASAP. And now, Oh, the places you’ll drink!

Friday, April 6
Banff Mountain Film Festival, 7:00 p.m., Byham Theater, Dahntahn
banffLindsay mentioned this the other day here. Basically, it’s a film festival about mountains and the activities you can partake in while you’re on one, whether it’s sport of actually maintaining a residence on one. Friday’s events include guest speaker Arlene Blum, mountaineer (the real kind, not the kind where you call yourself that just ’cause you got drunk at WVU once, and quite frankly, who hasn’t?) and the first woman to attempt to ascend Mount Everest, so if you’d like to hear her speak, show up early.

An Evening With The O’Jays , 8:00 p.m., Benedum Center, Dahntahn
ojaysSee, this is where the hack writer will say something along the lines of “Hey everybody, jump on the Love Train and go see the O’Jays!” And since I’m a hack writer, I’ll say “Hey everybody, jump on…” You get the idea.

The O’Jays are one of the most influential groups of the soul era, and have contributed to the culture in ways so deep and profound that… Ah, screw it… “Hey everybody, jump on the Love Train and go see the O’Jays!”

Deneice Williams opens the show. Besides contributing to arguably the best/worst soundtrack of the 80s, she’s also been a backup singer for Stevie Wonder and Minnie Ripperton, so she’s got all the cred you’d ever need right there.

Halcyon: Downtempo & Trip-hop , 10:00 p.m., Z Lounge, Sahsside
jenna_bush_drunkNote to self:

Things to pick up at Giant Iggle:
– Glow sitck
– E
– Bottled water
– Prophylactics
– Penicillin
– Lye Soap
– Some sense of rhythm
– Some way of taking 15 years off of my age

Saturday, April 7
Breakfast With The Birds , 8:30 a.m., National Aviary, North Shore Side
toucansamEnjoy a continental breakfast (Read: croissants and coffee) with birds. I mean, the birds will be there eating breakfast with you, not as part of the menu. That’d be a little too “Restaurant-At-The-End-Of-The-Universe”-ish, really. “Cool, waiter, let’s meet the meat.”

After breakfast, you can take a special guided tour, take pictures, and wonder why the hell you got up so early on a Saturday.

Create A Haiku , 1:00 p.m., Children’s Museum, North Shore Side
event for children
i mention it here because
easter weekend slow

“You’re In Trouble” Premiere , 8:00 p.m., The Rex, Sahsside
The world premiere of a locally-produced film about “3 female thieves who rob houses by tricking guys to break in for them.” I’m glad to see films getting made locally, I’m a big supporter of things like filmmakers and film kitchen, I love the fact that we’ve got a vibrant creative scene that’s growing by leaps and bounds each day, but really, this had me at “one of the women starring in the film is named Shannon Booze”.

I’d change my name if we got married, is what I’m saying.

Dear Ms. Booze,
Call me.
Sincerely,
Your Future Ex-husband*

(*Look, I know I’m hell to get along with, so let’s just get that out of the way now.)

Sunday, April 8
Find eggs, eat chocolate, spend time with the kids. Done. Later, watch Sopranos. Fuhgeddaboudit.

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Because Knowing Where To Go (and drink) Is Half The Battle
(Further Suggested Reading)
knowing_half – Pittsburgh City Paper
– Pittsburgh Post Gazette
– Craigs List
– This Is Happening

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Got an event planned? Would you like a whole flock* of yinzers with disposable income to show up? Let Git Aht know by sending the electronic mail to gitaht@gmail.com.

(* Note: “Flock� being, y’know.. very loosely-defined…)

MARGARITAS IN MARCH

Just when I was about to say that there is not much happening in Pittsburgh right now, poof, tons of emails about cool events. I heart margaritas. Check out this cool event at the Union Project

Join Union Project On March 23rd 7-10pm, to highlight Pittsburgh’s connection with the Latin American cultures and its historical roots in glass arts and production, this happy hour will feature both a live mariachi band and
hand crafted glasswork. In participation with Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass! 2007 and in partnership with Global Beats and Pittsburgh’s Latin American Cultural Union,

and in honor of Mexico’s heroic Benito Juarez, Miguel Latino Moods, Pittsburgh’s signature mariachi band will fill
Union Project’s Great Hall with energetic music. Attendees enjoy hand-blended margaritas and networking throughout the evening for $5. Local handmade margarita glasses will be on display and available for purchase.

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while being honest with the kids …)

Friday, March 9
Spring Feeva Happy Hour , 5:00 p.m., South City Tavern, Sahsside
The local chapter of meetin.org (see, it’s not like they left off the “G” by accident, it’s a whole play on words (ok, not really, but you know what I mean), where you put the name of your major metropolitan area after it. Y’know, like “Meet In Pittsburgh” or “Meet In New York” or “Meet In Wilmerding”. It’s another networking/social/hey baby how YOU doin’ thing, and they’re getting together to celebrate the dawning of a new season, as the year moves from the still silent death of the land that is Winter into the beautiful, glorious spiritual rebirth that is Spring. OR, they get together every now and again to booze it up. It’s probably the latter, because they look like fun people. Go join the local group and show up to booze, or just show up to booze and then join the site. Whichever.

Aid for AIDS: Multi-Cultural Performing Arts Fest , 8:00 p.m., The Rex, Sahsside
phatmandeeLindsay busted out with the premiere on this one, so go there and read about it.

Suffice to say, it’s a pretty good candidate for our “Drinking For A Cause” for the evening, and it’s hosted by The Glorious Phat Man Dee. ‘Nuff said.

Quick Hits For Friday:
“Helloooo Blawnox!” Blindsider plays Moondog’s in Blawnox…
Go to Mullaney’s in the Strip around 9 and get an answer to the question “Alice! Who the F#*k is Alice?!?”

Saturday, March 10
Joe Grushecky , 7:30 p.m., Club Cafe, Sahsside
JoeI don’t remember a time when Joe wasn’t playing a show. And I’m on the dark side of my mid-thirties. That’s how long he’s been around. Friend of Bruce gets thrown at Joe a lot, and that’s not a bad thing. Springsteen knows talent when he sees it (for reference, see his first wife) and Joe is a gifted songwriter and performer. it’s an early show, so there’s also still going to be plenty of time for gallivanting and/or traipsing around the South Side. Go up to Bar 11 afterwards. They’ve installed some sort of bamboo posts on the bar that are absolutely perfect for bashing your head against after you’ve had a few. I speak from immediate experience. Luckily, Rob has a helmet behind the bar if you need to borrow it. I suggest you do, as does does does does my Grade II mild traumatic brain injury with bonus anterograde amnesia.

The Dirty Ball , 8:00 p.m., 121 Ninth St., Dahntahn
I’m wondering how Juddy has any time to do any writing. Is he man or machine, man or superman? We may never know until he shuffles off this mortal coil and scientists have an opportunity to examine the innards. I ask because in addition to working Soulcialism and Deep Funk/Northern Soul and Pandemic and various gigs at Shadow Lounge, he’s DJing this event, a fundraiser for Attack Theatre, home of theater. And attacking. And game night.

They’ll have three dance performances sprinkled throughout the night, along with “Dirty Little Secrets, Dirty Martinis and Dirty Dancing”. Me, I like all three of those. Well, ok, not the dirty martinis per se, because I’d rather be drinking something that wouldn’t get the shit kicked outta me up in Polish Hill, but ok, fine, if you’re going, just be at one with the event and have a dirty martini, join in the spirit.

No word of any “Dirty Talk”, so we’ll just have to play that one by ear. If you are, however, interested in dirty talk and are a single female between the ages of 27 and 40, please feel free to send me an email to gitaht@gmail.com with “Yinz’re Gonna Do What Ta Me? Eww!” in the subject line and we’ll see that you receive a response in as timely a fashion as our current staffing level allows.

Sunday, March 11
Sunday Night Supper With Lauren , 6:00 p.m., Brillobox, Hipster Grahnd Zero (Penn n’ Main)
Three cheese mac n’ cheese. That is all I need to say about Sunday dinner ever.

�����–
Because Knowing Where To Go (and drink) Is Half The Battle
(Further Suggested Reading)
knowing_half – Pittsburgh City Paper
– Pittsburgh Post Gazette
– Craigs List
– This Is Happening

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Got an event planned? Would you like a whole flock* of yinzers with disposable income to show up? Let Git Aht know by sending the electronic mail to gitaht@gmail.com.

(* Note: “Flock� being, y’know.. very loosely-defined…)