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The Limo School Bus and Arts Education – The Teach 4 Amerika Tour Stops in Pittsburgh

I wasn’t going to post about this – because this event is a little complicate to explain.  But while I was eating lunch today I read this article “Passion Provoke Action” (FastCompany, February 2011. )  In the article, authors Dan and Chip Heath offer up some interesting examples on how to create change by tapping into feelings.  The Teach 4 Amerika Tour, will be stopping in Pittsburgh this weekend – and offers a creative approach to spark the conversation about art schools and the cost of an arts education today. Who: CreativeTime is a non profit organization based in NYC.… Read the rest

Behind Our Scenes:"Backstage" Artists at SPACE

Often times museum employees “are artists who dedicate their days promoting the artwork of others and their nights & weekends creating artwork of their own.” Curators Laura Mustio and Nicole Rosato celebrate this fact with a new show, Behind Our Scenes, opening Friday night from 6-9PM at SPACE (812 Liberty Ave. in Downtown). Rosato herself is the Visitor Services and Volunteer Coordinator at The Mattress Factory, and the artists are all employees of some of the most well-known Pittsburgh cultural institutions: The Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland; The Mattress Factory, North Side; The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side; Fe Gallery,… Read the rest

FREE Concert with Joan Jett, Kathy Mattea and More Events!

Repower America Rally & FREE Concert with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Grammy-award winning country Image via Wikipedia singer, Kathy Mattea; Big Head Todd and the Monsters, local rock favorites, Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers, and the Pittsburgh Gospel Choir. I have heard great things about Joan Jett and I found the info for this on a link from her Twitter account (@joanjett) Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 6pm @ Point State Park RSVP here – http://repoweramerica.org/us/rallyforcleanenergyjobs… Read the rest

Fanboys and Last Weekend For Vader Project at Warhol

Image by Official Star Wars Blog via Flickr This is the last weekend to see the Vader Project – collection of 100 Darth Vader helmets which decorated by artists (see our Vader Project post) which will be at the Warhol until May 3. For anyone who is interested in Star Wars – the film Fanboys will be shown on Saturday and Sunday at 12:30. A comedy about a group of friends who, eager for the premiere of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace travel to Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of the script. More info about Fanboys… Read the rest

Radio Round Up – August 8, 2008

Happy Birthday Andy Warhol Andy Warhol would have turned 80 on August 6. To celebrate the museum admission is just $0.80 on Saturday, August 9, 2008. Warhol Musueum is showing the episodes of Andy Warhol’s MTV series – Andy Warhol’s Fifthteen Minutes. Millvale Brew Festival Saturday, August 9 1-4pm and 5-8pm Millvale Riverfront Park Over 15 breweries will be sampling beer and picnic dinner is included Think Green @ Carnegie Science Center Weekend long festival of thinking green Saturday, August 9 is national Garage Sale Day – Think Green Flea market at the Science Center Saturday – Green Fashion Show… Read the rest

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