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Facebook Live with filmmaker Chris Ivey who has been documenting East Liberty for over a decade

Somewhere around 2005 or 2006 I was sitting in the Shadow Lounge a coffee shop, bar, event space that was located at the corner of Highland Avenue and Baum Boulevard. The space was most recently the Livermore and is currently undergoing an update and will be reopened by the folks who own Independent Brewing and Hidden Harbor. I can’t remember why I was there that evening, I think it was a week night. But I remember that Chris Ivey walked in and was eager to show off some of his most recent footage he had shot in East Liberty.  I… Read the rest

Saturday Night's Alright – Even More Things To Do This Weekend

Image by misternaxal via Flickr When putting together this weeks radio Round Up – I reached out to friends of IheartPGH on Facebook and Twitter and got a ton of responses – here are some more great events for this weekend Sharon Jones and Dap Kings (Facebook Link) I know alot of people are excited for this one – I got lots of reccomendations for this and it is one of Pop City’s events for the week also profiled in the City Paper. Saturday, January 23, 2010, 7pm @ Diesel on Carson St. Tickets are $22 – http://www.showclix.com/event/6666/… Read the rest

East of Liberty Part 2

Chris Ivey is an film maker who works on documentarys around the world, but calls Pittsburgh home.  Chris has been working on capturing the story of East Liberty for a few years now.  I was luck enough to catch a glimpse of some of the raw footage a year or so ago when Chris happened to bring his laptop into the Shadow Lounge.  There has been a lot of talk about East Liberty lately, especially with the new development there.  East of Liberty is a look at the stories of East Liberty and the neighbors that don’t often make the… Read the rest

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