Category Archives: Pro-PGH

Meet Hatfield Street

Lawrenceville is one of Pittsburgh’s most happening neighborhoods. Butler street has been booming with new businesses in the past few years.

Well, there is a new street of businesses in Lawrenceville, Hatfield street is filling up with more great places to shop and see local art. Stop by this weekend for a Hatfield Street block party.

Art & ‘Tique on Hatfield Street
At least 20 local businesses and artists from Lawrenceville will come together on the 4700-4800 block of Hatfield Street from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. on August 18 to showcase all that Lawrenceville has to offer.

“Art & ‘Tique on Hatfield” is free to the public and will feature fine art, antiques, clothing, food, music, and live performances in a block party setting. The celebration is the result of a collaboration between the Hatfield Street Galleries: DNA Blue Collar Gallery, The Society for Cultural Exchange, Trinity Gallery, and Zombo Gallery.

Via 16:62 Design Zone, Digging Pitt

No Ipod Required

PodCamp Pittsburgh is back for a 2nd year.  I had a great time learning about all things web at the first PodCamp Pittsburgh.  PodCamp Pittsburgh is a FREE UnConference for anyone who want to learn more about blogs, podcasting and video casting.  I was a little afraid that UnConference meant unorganized but I have to say that last years PodCamp Pittsburgh is by far one of the best conferences/workshops I have ever attended.

If you don’t know what a podcast is or you have your own podcast there is something for everyone.  There will be some podcasting and blogging experts from around the country and some local pod celebrities as well.  Everyone last year was extreamly friendly and the conference is pretty laid back.

Check out PodCampPittsburgh.com for a complete schedule of activites and to sign up.

What: PodCamp Pittsburgh
When: August 18-19, 9-4
Where: The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Refresh Pittsburgh tonight at the Creative Treehouse

Attention all web geeks! Refresh Pittsburgh is a group of folks who want to refresh the web design and web development cultures in Pittsburgh.

We’re having a meeting tonight at the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue. See where it is on Google Maps. Remember, second floor! If the phrases “web 2.0” or “progress” are in your vocabulary (or you want them to be) then we want you there!

Calling All Zombie Fans

IheartPGH has the inside scoop on this new documentary that is uniquly Pittsburgh…

Chris Ivey, a film maker who travels the world making documentary films, but lives right here in Pittsburgh has just released some clips for his latest and greatest project – ZombieTown, USA. ZombieTown USA is a documentary film about Zombie movie fans here in Pittsburgh. The documentary features some clips with major film industry people who have visited Pittsburgh to visit the original ZombieTown.

Pittsburgh is considered the birthplace of horror films. In 1968, George Romero, who attended Carneige Mellon University shot his first Zombie film Night of the Living Dead, which has become a cult classic here in Pittsburgh and has continued to film horror films here since then.

Pittsburgh Fun Fact – One of the first film projects that Romero worked on was Mr. Rodger Neighborhood.


Are You A Zombie Fan? Want To Be In ZombieTown USA?
Chris is looking to interview some Zombie fans for the documentary – if you are interested just drop me an email info – at – iheartpgh.com and will put you in touch with Chris.

More clips from the film: www.myspace.com/zombietownusamovie

Happy Hours

Lots of great happy hours to check out this evening

Drinking Green – Green Drinks is back at Bossa Nova. This months hosts are the great guys behind G-TECH, a new start-up company from some CMU students. I have had the opportunity to talk with both Andrew and Nathaniel from GTECH a couple of times – they have great ideas for the future of Pittsburgh and they are lots of fun. All are welcome to attend.

Green Drinks
Friday, July 20, 5-8pm
Bossa Nova

Beers in Braddock – head on down to the Braddock Elks club, meet the mayor, check out this historic steel town and some of the exciting development there, DJ Zombo is back in town.

WRCT’s radio madman takes his wild collection of amazing music to the Elks in Braddock this Friday at 8pm.
50’s Rockabilly, 60’s Garage and Surf, Nutty Novelty tunes, Crazy R and B plus music that defies description. It’s a wild ride!

More info on Braddock: http://www.15104.cc/

Beers at the Braddock Elks Club
Friday, July 20, 8pm
Elks Lodge 883, 424 Library Street , Braddock , PA

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