With labor day behind us and the school season in full swing it feels like the summer has come to an abrubt end. Fortunatly, Pittsburgh is hopping this weekend with activities for all ages. This upcoming weekend is packed full of great things that show off our fine city. We’ve also got a code for you to save 50% on tickets for the Thrival Music Festival. Here are 7 events happening in Pittsburgh this Saturday, which happens to be September 7th.
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Pittsburgh GiveCamp 2013
Technically this starts on Friday night and runs all weeekend.
GiveCamp is a weekend workshop… Read the rest
Click here for our post on Election Day Information – Polling Place Locator, Voting Guides and Election Day Discounts.
For the most part – IheartPGH has been a non partisan blog about Pittsburgh. But the truth is that this entire blog started with a couple of conversations between Natalia Rudiak and I, when we met 8 years ago volunteering on Bill Peduto’s first campaign for mayor in 2005.
After seeing that some of the voters who follow IheartPGH on Twitter are still undecided about who would be the best mayor for the city of Pittsburgh – I wanted to share… Read the rest
Tonight at 6:30pm, a whole bunch of organizations (see the list below) will be hosting a Mayoral Candidates Forum at the August Wilson Center.
The forum is called “2013 Mayoral Forum for Young Professionals” but I am sure it will be open to anyone that wants to attend (and in Pittsburgh young is a relative term). The forum is free to attend but you must register online here.
Facebook Event Link – https://www.facebook.com/events/512067268859507/
PUMP, the Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Pittsburgh, the New Pittsburgh Collaborative, Leadership Pittsburgh, and the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership are co-hosting a Mayoral Candidate Forum… Read the rest
This Sunday, March 17, 2012 there will be a Mayoral Debate hosted by the local Pittsburgh Youth and Government chapter in conjunction with The Barack Obama Academy of International Studies (A local Pittsburgh Public High School). There are just about 2 months until election day and there are now a lot of candidates running for mayor. This event will be a great opportunity to see the candidates discuss the issues.
As of Wednesday afternoon the following candidates have confirmed that they will attend:
Jack Wagner
Bill Peduto
Micheal Lamb
Darlene Harris
Jake Wheatley
From the organizers:
A wide range of… Read the rest