Category Archives: Non-Profits

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner

This event has come highly reccomended from a number of IheartPGH readers – thanks for the great suggestions, please keep sending them.

Eat soup, support good causes, take home a handmade bowl.  Local artists have made and donated bowls for this event.  $20 gets you in the door, a meal of soup and you can pick out one of the bowls to take home – over 1200 bowls have been donated for this event.  Live music and celebrities (who have created some bowls too) and silent auction.

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner
Sunday, March 9, 2008, 2-7pm
Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 5th Ave

Click here for more info on the event.
Benefits: Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank & Just Harvest

Photograph – 2006 Empty Bowls from Post-Gazette

Dylan Documentary Screening with Live Music

Pittsburgh Filmmakers is always bringing good stuff to town. This film looks particularly interesting and includes a pre-screening reception with live music from an assortment of local artists.

Saturday March 8, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Melwood Screening Room
Live music at 6:30, Film Begins at 7:30

The Other Side of the Mirror: Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival

After plugging in at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, Bob Dylan’s break with the folk scene was complete. The ensuing sonic assault caused pandemonium among the crowd, including an apoplectic Pete Seeger, and ruptured Dylan’s standing among many of his longtime fans. This collection of Dylan’s performances at the festival, taken over three years and filled with never-before-seen footage, charts his rapid evolution as an artist.

Live music by Paul Luc, Ben Hardt, Nicole Reynolds, Scotts Roger, Brad Yoder, and Steven Foxbury.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0flePpD9NU[/youtube]

(h/t to PopCity Media)

I Made It! Fashionable – February 22 – Brew House – Doors: 7 pm

I Made It! Market is teaming up to raise funds for the Brew House Association with a Fashion Show/Dance Performance and Indie Craft/Clothing Market at the Brew House (2100 Mary Street, South Side) on Friday, February 22.

7:30 pm: doors open

8 pm: fashion show… followed by a performance by Jazzercize Troop Radical Pittsburgh

9 pm- midnight: DJ J. Malls of The Big Throwback

Craft demos and I Made It! Market throughout the evening. $5 at the door.

Must be over 21 to drink.

Partners include:
Penn Brewery, Sugar Boutique, Jupe Boutique, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Phillip Pelusi of South Hills Village Mall, DJ J. Malls of The Big Throw Back, Jazzercize Troop Radical Pittsburgh and the Brew House Association.

Visit www.myspace.com/imadeitpgh for more info. or to join the I Made It! mailing list.

I Made It! Fashionable

Valentine's Day Date – These Flowers Never Die

Thanks to the IheartPGH reader who submitted this great Valentine’s Day date.

Stop by the Pittsburgh Glass Center on Thursday, February 14th  to make your own flower out of glass.

(Photo Credit:  Sgt. Pepperedjane)

Valentines Day Flower Making for Couples

Couples can stop in and make a beautiful glass flower for just $25 per flower. A truly unique date and this flower will last forever. This is one of PGC’s Make-It-Now workshops. Make-It-Now workshops are an opportunity to try glass making “on the spot” in 30 minutes or less.

Who: Ages 13 and above
When: Thursday, February 14, from 5 pm to 9 pm
Cost: $25
How to register: Pre-registration is not required, but we suggest that you call ahead because time slots fill up fast. For more details or to register call, 412-365-2145 ext. 201.

Blues for Food

6 action packed hours of Blues music – Just $10 and a can of food.  Great event to benfit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

Here is the line up:

  • The Rhythm Hawks
  • The Lids
  • The Bootleg Brothers
  • Johnny B. & the Accelerators
  • Eugene & the Nightcrawlers
  • The Jimmy Adler Blues Band

Blues for Food
Sunday, February 10, 1-7pm
Domenico’s Ristorante, Rt. 19 North Cranberry
More Info: http://www.pittsburghfoodbank.org/Details.aspx?RecId=112&type=Calendar