Visitors interested in shopping at this year’s Arts Festival won’t be disappointed. The Artist Market, which runs every day during the festival from 12-8pm, offers many unique items such as wearable fiber, precious jewelry, and other mediums like ceramics, drawings, mixed media, photography, and paintings. Creators of these pieces come from all parts of the country after applying and being selected to participate. Their art is available for purchase right at the event for you to take home.
Once you’ve finished walking around the market, you don’t have to stop shopping. Many other downtown shops will be open, some late… Read the rest
Yinz Asked:
“As I’m getting older, it’s getting harder and harder to find things to do to celebrate my birthday with friends. I’ll be 32 the last week of June and I have a mix of friends with a range of ages and interests. I’d like to share my day with a lot of my friends, but I have no idea what we could all do together. Any suggestions on where we could go or what we could do?” – JK
We Answered:
Celebrating a birthday is a great excuse to organize a group and take advantage of some of… Read the rest
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There are now two great places to celebrate Light Up Night tomorrow in Pittsburgh – Downtown and Mt. Washington.
Mt. Washington Light Up Night
More info including a list of Light Up Night Specials available at VuPlus.org
Schedule of Events
5-7pm Decorate a tree with Santa – Charles Lewis Park (next to the Firehouse)
6-7pm Duquesne University’s Performance Notes Ensemble holiday sing along
5-8pm Tour 221 Shiloh Street’s newest storefront and luxury apartments
6-9pm Mt. Washington’s indoor art marketplace
5-8pm Strolling musicians along Shiloh Street
Info on Light Up Night Downtown – http://www.downtownpittsburgh.com/light-up-night-2009… Read the rest