Category Archives: Community Resources

Not Your Grandma’s Craft Fair

There are some awesome craft fairs sweeping the country and Pittsburgh is no exception.  Stop by Braddock this Sunday (June 24) for the I Made It! Sunday Market. Last month they had 20 vendors, this month they have over 50 vendors who will be selling all sorts of cool stuff from Ipod covers to cupcakes.
The other reason to stop check out the I Made It! Market is to check out Braddock.  The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are pretty darn cool – I am sure they will be showing off Lou the Lincoln – their vintage Lincoln Town Car.  And if the Elks club is open they will buy you a beer.  Plus there are some other art projects happening in Braddock this summer that are worth checking out.
The mayor has helped to bring arts to Braddock and you will be able to buy ceramics from the Braddock Creative Arts Program.  There will also be projects for the kids.

Where: The Church at 416 Library Street, just across the street from the first even Carnegie Library

When: Sunday, June 24, Noon-5pm

PGH Party for a Purpose’s third PARTY!

The party will be this Friday June 22 at Bar Ugly on Federal Street (across from PNC Park) on the Northside. The party will start at 8pm and last until 2am! You’ll enjoy fantastic music spun by Omar-Abdul and DJ Hi-Top Wrangler. Your $10 donation will benefit PULSE (Pittsburgh Urban Leadership and Service Experience) and you’ll get $2 drafts and $3 well drinks – can’t beat it!!!

For more information, e-mail pghpartyforapurpose@gmail.com or check out www.myspace.com/pghpartyforapurpose.

Save Your Mondays

Mark this date on your calendar, July 16. You should be free because it is a Monday evening. Monday – funday thanks to the Union Project. They are cooking up some summer fun and I am thankful they are helping me keep Mondays fun.

On Monday, July 16 stop by the Union Project for BBQ & Beats. It will be some tasty fun. Word on the street is that the chef at the Union Project is a world class BBQ expert. Plus there will be a live DJ. What more could you ask for?

“It’s like ‘Cheers,’ without the alcohol,”

That is how Holly Pultz describes North Side coffee shop Beleza in today’s Tribune Review.

“It’s like ‘Cheers,’ without the alcohol,” said Pultz, 64, of Allegheny West. “Everybody knows everybody else, and it’s full of interesting people with interesting ideas on life.”

Congrats to the whole Beleza crew for a successful coffee shop and a great write up in the Tribune Review.  Natalia wrote a blog post about Beleza last year and I have made a few stops there.  Actually, the last time I was there for a meeting it was so busy we couldn’t even find a seat.

The Trib article does a great job telling the story of how the coffee shop was started by sever friends who all moved to Pittsburgh together.

Another Reason to Visit Beleza…

The electric blue bathroom.  I have been wanting to write some blog posts about best bathrooms in Pittsburgh.  So I will start right here with Beleza.  Thanks for taking the time to decorate all areas of the coffee shop.

Photos are from Flickr – thanks to AlphaChimpStudio

Looking for more Pittsburgh coffee shops?  We have added a new category just for coffee shops.  Click here or look for “coffee shops” to your right under “food and drink”

Drinking Green at Bossa Nova

Green Drinks is a national an international, monthly gathering of people who are interested in all things green (green as in environmentally green, not the color green, but I am sure there are gatherings for that too.)

Pittsburgh has a very active Green Drinks group that meets the 3rd Friday of every month.

The host for June is Braddock’s Mayor John Fetterman

John Fetterman will share with us his new launch in converting the Mon Valley’s steelmaking heart into the Greenest Place in the Pittsburgh area by converting the Enterprise Zone into a Green Enterprise Zone. In addition to his unique economic development approach, his sustainable methods include reuse of existing structures as major agents of economic conversion for his community. To read more about his work go to http://www.15104.cc or see this latest story in Pop City at http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/fetterman0425.aspx.

WHEN: 5:00 – 9:00, Friday, June 15th
RULE: Third Friday of every month
WHERE: at our NEW VENUE — Bossa Nova, 123 Seventh Ave Downtown
HOW: Walk, cycle, bus, boat, taxi or drive WHO: Anyone working on environmental issues or who wants to!
WHY: Fun, contacts, alcohol, info, gossip, inspiration, business and pleasure
NEW: Just go up to someone and say “are you green?”, and you’ll be made welcome.
REMIND: To get on this email circulation list, send an email to announcements@pittsburghgreendrinks.org
STATUS: Informal, self-organizing network.
URL: http://www.greendrinks.org