Share Your 3 Favorite Nonprofits #GivingTuesday

giving-tuesdayToday, Tuesday, December 3, is #GivingTuesday.  (If you are reading this via our email updates, you wont get this until Wednesday – but keep reading – all of the information is still relevant).

I have been thinking about GivingTuesday for the past week.  The blog The Motherhood (which happens to be based in Pittsburgh) had a post last week about the 12 days of giving leading up to GivingTuesday.

This is the 2nd annual #GivingTuesday – the idea is to have a national day that promotes giving as a follow up to Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  While GivingTuesday hasn’t quite yet gained the popularity of CyberMonday, I think it is an idea worth sharing. Continue reading →

Pittsburgh Women Blogger MeetUp is Tomorrow! Tue 12/3

Portrait of a Woman Blogger, after Frederick C...

Portrait of a Woman Blogger, after Frederick Carl Frieseke (Photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com)

We’ve had a great interest in the idea of a Pittsburgh Women’s blogger MeetUp and now we are an official MeetUp.com group.

Due to last week’s threat of snow – the first meeting of this new MeetUp group was rescheduled to Tuesday, December 2, 2013 at 5pm at the c-leveled offices in Bloomfield.

If you would like to attend on Tuesday 12/3 – Please RSVP on the MeetUp page here.

Pittsburgh Women Blogger MeetUp 
Tuesday, December 2, 2013
5-6:30pm
c-leveled, 4117 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa (NOTE – the google address is wrong – use this address – c-leveled is in the Drake Building which is across from the Bloomfield Bridge)

Can’t make it tomorrow? Please join the Pittsburgh Women Bloggers MeetUp group here.

The (Christmas) Cookie Table For a Good Cause This Wed at Hough’s

One of the BEST parts of writing this blog is the amazing community of Pittsburghers that have stepped up to support so many great causes.  The CHS Holiday Gift Project is one of many incredible holiday fundraisers happening around town.

IheartPGH Readers Make a Difference

Last year, the readers of IheartPGH raised over $2500 to help Pittsburgh non-profits.

  • $1395 for Light of Light Minisitries to provide underwear for the homeless shelter
  • $1360 online and more at the event for CHS (Community Human Services) Holiday Fundraiser

This year, the readers of IheartPGH contributed time, money (over $5000), tweets, Facebook posts and great ideas to make it possible for me to participate in the Millennial Trains Project.  I am personally incredibly grateful for the amazing generosity of Pittsburghers.

The CHS Holiday Gift Project and The (ChristMas Cookie Table)

chs-squareNow that Thanksgiving is behind us, it is full-steam ahead into the holiday season.  I hope you will join me in supporting CHS again this holiday season.  The monies raised from this annual event allow CHS to provide small holiday gifts and activities for the Pittsburghers that they serve.  Last year – we exceed the fundraising goal and CHS was able to provide gift for over 400 people.  Continue reading →

Watch the Trailers and Vote for Your Favorite Pittsburgh Film Projects

While you know that some big blockbuster movies are shot in Pittsburgh, there are quite a few Pittsburghers who are working on their own film project.  The Sprout Fund has put together a special round of grants to help some of these local filmmakers finish and promote their films.

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The public is invited to watch the trailers here and vote for your favorite films.  The deadline for public voting is December 2, 2013.  (Take a minute to watch the intro video that The Sprout Fund put together for this project.  They filmed this intro at the Hollywood Theater in Dorming and it provides a nice overview of the project) Continue reading →

Saturday at The Warhol – In Discussion: Yasumasa Morimura

Looking for something to do this weekend?  Our friends at the blog, Treading Art, have put together another awesome list of things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend — light up night, Helltown Brewing dinner and more — check out the whole Weekend Treadings list here.

Yasumasa-Morimura-Theater-of-the-Self-at-AWM-2013-0001In Discussion: Yasumasa Morimura

Opportunities like this don’t come often! Get to meet the faces behind the museum and listen to Warhol Director, Eric Shiner, Warhol Curator, Nicholas Chambers, Asst. Archivist, Cindy Lisica, and Asst. Prof., Charles Exley give perspective on the work of Japanese artist Morimura (the Cindy Sherman of Japan).

The Warhol Theater @ 117 Sandusky St – North Shore

Saturday November 23, 2013 – 4pm // FREE w. admission

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