Cave Canem’s annual faculty poetry reading will be held this Thursday, 7 pm, at the Hill House. This year’s readers will be Toi Derricotte, Yusef Komunyaka, Cornelius Eady, and Carl Phillips. We’re very lucky to be hosting these poets in our city, and I’m sure that this reading will be fantastic! (FYI: Cave Canem is a week-long poets’ retreat for African American poets held every year in the region. More info @ www.cavecanempoets.org)
Category Archives: Neighborhoods
3 Courses for $30 with a side of Lights
If you have not made a trip downtown after dark I don’t know what you are waiting for. There is an AWESOME light display being projected on 5 different buildings downtown.
Even better, next week is Pittsburgh Restaurant Week (Mon-Thurs) – participating restaurants are offering a 3 course meal for $30.
This is all part of the Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass! I don’t really know what dining has to do with glass, but this is a great idea and a great way to check out some of the top chefs in Pittsburgh.
Visit www.PittsburghCelebrates.org for an updated listing of all participating Restaurant Week restaurants.
Here are my top picks from the list:
- Nine on Nine, Downtown – I haven’t been there yet but I have heard rave reviews, so this seems like a good time to check this place out.
- Kaya, Strip District – Everyone needs a little bit of Caribean this summer
- Six Penn Kitchen, Downtown – Located right in the middle of everything and I LOVE the pretzel appetizer and the roof top bar.
- Bonna Terra, Sharpsburg – Chef Douglas Dick was named 2007 Chef of the Year and they are know for using local ingredients
Just a quick reminder to check before you go because some of these places are closed on Monday.
Which ones would you recommend and why?
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