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Jane Jacobs Documentary at Pittsburgh Filmmakers May 12-18

May 11, 2017 Lindsay

Today’s blog post is a double header, I guess I should say double feature, of historic preservation information. Just in time for preservation month, the new documentary about Jane Jacobs opens in Pittsburgh this weekend and it is screening at one of Pittsburgh’s oldest neighborhood movie theaters. Last Saturday was the annual Jane’s Walk, a community walk celebrating the work of Jane Jacobs in advocating for walkable communities. Jane Jacobs is the author of the book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” (Amazon affiliate link). The book was first published in 1961 as a response to the 1950s… Read the rest

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Movies Tagged With: Citizen Jane, Documentary, Jane Jacobs, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Regent Square, Regent Square Theater, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Watch the Trailers and Vote for Your Favorite Pittsburgh Film Projects

November 29, 2013 Lindsay

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. 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… Read the rest

Filed Under: Movies, Uncategorized Tagged With: Documentary, East Liberty, film, local film, pittsburgh, Sprout Fund

Bringing Bicycles to the Big Screen

December 14, 2010 Lindsay

Image by lemonad via Flickr On Monday, December 20 – you can catch the Pittsburgh premier of Life Cycles – a feature length documentary about bicycles.  I will admit that I am not an avid cyclist – but I am in full support of bicycling in Pittsburgh.  While I have become a pro at pedaling a bike to nowhere (thanks to spinning class) I haven’t gotten the nerve to ride in traffic. Thankfully Pittsburgh has an amazing bicycle community (thank you Bike Pittsburgh!) – last night I was driving a friend home (thanks Zipcar) – she has been biking more… Read the rest

Filed Under: Outdoors Tagged With: bicycles, bike pgh, bikepgh, Cycling, Documentary, life cycles

Advanced Screening of Forks Over Knives – Sept. 16

September 9, 2010 Lindsay

Cover via Amazon Since there has been alot of talk and a lot of good things happening in Pittsburgh around local food – we thought this screening would be of interest to some of the food lovers in Pittsburgh. There will be an advanced screening of the upcoming documentary Forks Over Knives at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater on September 16, 2010.  The evening will also include a discussion with Rip Esselstyn author of the Engine 2 Diet. About the film – more information is available here – http://forksoverknives.com FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all,… Read the rest

Filed Under: Eat Local, Food & Drink Tagged With: Documentary, engine 2 diet, forks over knives, Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Whole Foods

Links Worth a Look – March 10th

March 10, 2010 Lindsay

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: From Glamour Magazine – "These Sisters Rescued 54 Orphans" – Katie Couric interviews Ali and Jamie McMutrie for Glamour magazine about their work in Haiti Another "Tale of Two Cities": Ontario city finds parallels in Pittsburgh revitalization – Carl Kurlander is taking his Pittsburgh documentary around the country. Check out this article from Ontario and look for a screening of the film "My Tale of Two Cities" in Washington, DC in the near future Venture Outdoors offers a new bike tour this summer – Ride Across PA – check out… Read the rest

Filed Under: Links Worth A Look Tagged With: ali-mcmutrie, Bicycle, BIKE, bresma, Carl Kurlander, Documentary, glamour, haita, jamie-mcmutrie, katie-couric, kurlander, My Tale of Two Cities, tours, Venture Outdoors, washington-dc, windsor

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