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Free lectures by three Brooklyn-based painters

American Jewish Museum Jewish Community Center – 5738 Darlington Avenue October 24, 7:00 pm Lectures by Miriam Cabessa, Seth Cohen, Peter Rostovsky In conjunction with the American Jewish Museum’s current exhibition “Of the Painted Image”, please join us for an evening of lectures with three young leading New York City based painters- Miriam Cabessa, Seth Cohen, Peter Rostovsky. A wine and cheese reception with the artists will immediately follow the lectures. Space is limited – Please RSVP by calling 412-5221-8011, ext 105 For more information about the artists and exhibition, please visit www.jccpgh.org/museum.asp… Read the rest

Basketball Benefit

Watched enough basketball recently? You are eager to go out and shot some hoops yourself? This is the event for you. Stop by the Hoops for Hope event on Saturday and join a basketball game to benefit the Children’s Home of Pittsburgh. Last year over 300 people attended the event.… Read the rest

REINFORMATION

Another great reason to visit Braddock.  Dorothy 6 is an art and performance venue in Braddock (416 Library Street, Braddock, PA 15104). This Friday, Feb 23rd from 7-11pm is the opening reception for REINFORMATION REINFORMATION – A new collage and assemblage from Richard Schnap and Mike Leahy. I met Mike a few years ago when I was working on the Kerry/Edwards campaign.  He has being doing websites, good websites, long before me.  Mike runs an online gallery Grainbag, definitely worth checking out.  I don’t know much about Richard Schnap, but I am eager to check out his work too. Sadly… Read the rest

Name that tank

In just 3 hours the auction will end.  Our friends at East End Brewing are about to purchase a brand new tank for brewing more beer.  (I have a major affinity for stainless steel tanks, as I used to work for an auctioneer that specialized in selling dairy processing equipment, tanks, cheese vats, pumps – you name it, i helped to sell them in auctions in exotic places like Labelle, Florida, Dodge, Nebraska, or Castroville (artichoke Capital of the world), Calilfornia.  In fact we had a few brewers show up some of the auctions to buy tanks for their breweries.)… Read the rest

Botanical Garden Bodaciousness

My usual response to growing things is a greedy, “nice garden, what’s edible?,” but I recently visited Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens new exhibit, which recreates a tropical forest environment in Thailand, and loved it. For one thing, when the weather is maxing out at below freezing outside, it’s wonderful to walk into a tropical environment, where they have to keep the fans on and you get to take your coat off. Even better, because Phipps has focused on environmentally friendly building (oxide fuel cells, energy blankets, thermal massing and root zone heating for those of you in the know)… Read the rest

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