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Category: Arts & Culture

  • Soup & Art at Soup N’At on Sunday

    Soup & Art at Soup N’At on Sunday

    Looking for something to do this weekend?  Our friends at Treading Art have put together another awesome list of things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend – Christmas Draft Invasion at Sharp Edge in McMurray, Deutschtown Pub Crawl, and much more – check out the whole Weekend Treadings list here.

    The choice event for this week is Soup N’At on Sunday.

    soup-n-atSoup N’At

    How it works – $10 gets you a meal and a ballot to vote on the best artist proposal of the night. We expect that some of our favorite local artists should be in attendance.

    Union Project @ 801 N Negley Ave – Highland Park

    6-8:30pm // $10 // BYOB or cash beer

  • Treader’s Choice: DISCOVER PITTSBURGH

    Treader’s Choice: DISCOVER PITTSBURGH

    [note]The Treading Art folks have put together an awesome series of events called Discover Pittsburgh.  The series kicks off this evening and runs through Monday.  If you haven’t yet been to see the Maxo Vanka murals – this is a MUST DO!!!! – Lindsay [/note]

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    Thursday Oct. 3rd – 

    DISCOVER PITTSBURGH: Pop-Up Lounge

    Join us for the kickoff of DISCOVER PITTSBURGH and  become enthralled by video installations from three local artists, oodle at handmade furniture (also of local origin), dance, lounge in oversized bean bags, drink, eat chocolate, and catch a gander of  Kurt Hentschlager’s riveting Hive on the second floor!

    Wood Street Galleries, 3rd Floor @ 601 Wood Street – Cultural District

    7-11pm // FREE

    Join us at round two as we celebrate the new and old diversity of East Liberty and it’s many entrepreneurs. For the full lineup beyond pig roast, drum circles and live graffiti have a look here where you can also print out a map + itinerary!

    Surrounding the intersection of Penn Ave & Highland Ave – East Liberty

    12-4pm // FREE

    Coming full circle we’ll explore Radiant Hall, the impressive and newly opened artist studios. Also on hand will be Morgan Erina of Broken Fences who will coo you with original tunes and covers, light brunch fare from La Gourmandine and mid-afternoon bubbly + sangria.

    Radiant Hall @ 4514 Plummer St – Lawrenceville

    11am-2pm // FREE

     

    Lastly we wrap up in the wonderful community of Millvale where captivating guide Aaron Ciarkowski will give you the insiders tour of these sensational and historic murals.

    St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church @ 24 Maryland Ave – Millvale

    10am & 11:30am // FREE

     

  • Steel of the Week – A Year of Movies At Row House Cinema

    Steel of the Week – A Year of Movies At Row House Cinema

    row-house-cinemaThanks to the IheartPGH Twitter followers for the heads up on this Indiegogo campaign.   It has been awhile since we’ve posted about a crowdfunding project in Pittsburgh (which isn’t 100% true – thanks to the readers of IheartPGH who helped to crowdfund my seat on the Millennial Trains Project).

    Sometimes – you just need to go to the movies and sadly there aren’t that many movie theaters left in the city if Pittsburgh.  I believe the Manor theater in Sq. Hill is the only theater left in the city limits.

    Thankfully, some Pittsburghers are looking to bring a movie theater to Lawrenceville.  The folks behind Row House Cinema have put together a lovely video to tell you about this project.  And they have put together some incredible thank you gifts – while the engraved seats have already sold out – you can still pick up some movie passes or even free movies for a year.

    Row House Cinema Indiegogo Campaign from Brian Mendelssohn on Vimeo.

    Row House Cinema Indiegogo Campaign

    I’m hopeful that I can talk these guys into showing more Pittsburgh related movies – it would be great to be able to see The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh or Flashdance on the big screen.

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    Corpse Flower in Bloom at Phipps Conservatory

    Pittsburgh is known for its history with zombies. Since Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, Pittsburgh has become the undead capital of the States. According to Zombiepedia (which is apparently a thing):

    “Pittsburgh is often considered to be the most-likely ground-zero for the zombie invasion due to its rich history in both zombie folklore as well as pioneering in the field of actual lab creation of zombies.”

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  • #UheartPGH – Nominations now open!

    Here at IheartPGH, we love this city, we really do. Now it’s your turn to show some love with #UheartPGH, our best of the ‘Burgh feature. We want to know what you guys love about this city.

    Here’s how you can #UheartPGH

    1. Fill out this nifty form below with your nominations.
    2. Go to our Facebook page and comment your nomination. Use the hashtag #UheartPGH.
    3. Tweet at @iheartpgh and use the hashtag #UheartPGH. Don’t forget to include which category you are nominating for!

    Nominations are open until Thursday, August 1st at midnight. Then we’ll collect your nominations and announce the nominees Friday. Next week, you’ll be able to vote on the nominees to determine the best of each category. We’ll profile the winners right here on the blog.

     

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