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Food Waste is Huuuge: A Wasted evening with 412 Food Rescue!

Join 412 Food Rescue at the Byham Theater for “Off The Record” Pittsburgh‘s special preview performance “Food Waste is Huuuge: A Wasted evening with 412 Food Rescue!” Start the merriment at 6 pm for a special reception featuring rescued food prepared by area chefs followed by the show at 8 pm.

412 Food Rescue is the beneficiary of the PREVIEW NIGHT for the 16th annual Off the Record – the annual musical comedy spoof of Pittsburgh news and newsmakers. In it’s 16th year, “Off The Record” Pittsburghcontinues the happy tradition of musical hijinks, laughing at Pittsburgh news and newsmakers while benefitting good causes.

TO ORDER TICKETS ($20):
By phone: 412-456-6666
By web: https://trustarts.org/production/50971

Links Worth a Look – October 8th

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Documentaries, Storytelling and Pittsburgh – My Tale of "My Tale of Two Cities"

We have been patiently waiting for the premier of this movie – My Tale of Two Cities, a documentary about Pittsburgh which has been in the works for a few years now. Back in 2006 we posted the invite to come join in a neighborhood sing along of “Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” The film is complete and the screening is November 28, 2008 at the Byham Theater. You can read more about the film at MyTaleOfTwoCities.com.

We started IheartPGH after meeting people who didn’t grow up here but choose to live here – each person had a story about what brought them to Pittsburgh. Those stories turned into three years of stories about people and places in Pittsburgh. So it is hard not be excited about a documentary length story of Pittsburgh which has the potential to take the Pittsburgh story to a whole new audience beyond Western PA. I am eager to see which Pittsburgh stories were selected for this film.

Check out the trailer here. I learned a few facts about Pittsburgh that I had not heard before…who knew Pittsburgh was the birth place of bingo?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Uwu-rNSmI[/youtube]

You know how you hear about something and then it becomes one of those things that just keeps crossing your path. That is how I feel about Carl Kurlander‘s story of Pittsburgh. I first learned about Carl Kurlander from a chapter in the book, What Should I do With My Life, which I was reading on a plane ride to California a few Continue reading