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Radio Round Up – March 7, 2008

Brad Yoder at Franktuary

  • Brad Yoder preforms live at Pittsburgh’s most lively hot dog shop
  • Friday, March 7, noon-1:30
  • Lenten Specials are available


Pierogi, Pickles, Pittsburgh Art

  • Pittsburgh through the Associated Artist of Pittsburgh’s Eyes
  • Last weekend at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
  • Local artist art about Pittsburgh, Part of the PGH 250 celebration


Dylan Doc

  • The Other Side of the Mirror: Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival
  • Live music from local bands – Brad Yoder, Paul Luc and others
  • Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Saturday, March 8, 6:30pm
  • Mellwood Screening Room

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner

  • Eat soup and take home a handmade bowl
  • Benefits Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and Just Harvest
  • Sunday, March 9, 2-7pm, $20

PopCity Live – Green Jobs

  • PopCity Live – Panel discussion series hosted by PopCity Media
  • Green Jobs in Pittsburgh – local experts including Nathaniel Doyno from Steel City Bio Fuels
  • Wednesday, March 12, 6:30 pm
  • The New Hazlett Theater, North Side,
  • FREE

Radio Round Up – February 1, 2008

Mardi Gras @ Penn Brewery

  • Friday Feb 1 – Boilermaker Jazz Band
  • Saturday Feb 2 – Dixie Doc and the Pittsburgh Dixieland Allstars
  • Tuesday Feb 5 – Boilermaker Jazz Band

Pittsburgh Drowned Hogs

  • crazy kind people jump into the Monongahela on Groundhogs day
  • Fundraiser for Circle C
  • noon @ the 18th Street boat ramp, warm up afterwards at Folino’s Continue reading →

Radio Round Up – January 25

Cocktails for Canines

  • Friday, Jan. 25, 5-9pm @ Buckhead Saloon
  • $5 at the door gets you $10 gift card for food and drink
  • Half-price appetizers from 5-7, raffles and more
  • All benefits the Western PA Humane Society

Nightcrawler

  • Friday – Gallery crawl in the Cultural District
  • Stop by Future Tenant to check out Taste Matters
  • Super after crawl party 8pm-2am at Olive or Twist

Austin Band with a Hometown Connection

  • The Asylum Street Spankers, world famous band from Austin, TX but one of the founders married a Pittsburgh gal
  • Performing at Diesel, Saturday Jan. 26, 9pm
  • Check out video clip of Beer, Beer, Beer


Bean Bag Toss Tournament

  • Aka Cornhole or Tailgate toss
  • Sunday Jan. 27, 11 am, The Palisades
  • $40 entry fee, $1000 prize


The Scoop on Poop

  • Carnegie Museum of History from Jan 26 – May 4
  • All about this history of Poop
  • learn how to say poop in many different languages, watch an an artificial digestive system make poop, have your picture taken in an outhouse

Radio Round Up – January 18, 2008

Pittsburgh: The Opera

  • Sqounk Opera’s multimedia performance
  • dance, music, video about Pittsburgh
  • Pittsburgh: The Opera was sold out last year and is returning for 4 days only
  • Jan 17-20 @ Kelly Strahorn Theater in East Liberty

Thrifty Art

  • Taste Matters – Future Tenant Gallery’s newest show is 50 different pieces from
    thrift stores
  • Friday, Jan 18 – Opening Reception
  • At the end of the show on Feb. 16th all of the art will be given away


Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities

History Mystery Run

  • Pittsburgh’s Hash House Harriers – the drinking club with a running problem
  • History Mystery Run through Oakland
  • Meet at 6:30 pm at Fuel and Fuddle

Radio Round Up – January 4, 2008

Happy Birthday Pittsburgh! – 2008 is Pittsburgh’s 250 birthday.  It is
a whole year of events to celebrate all over the region.  Major bike
race across the state of PA coming this summer.  TourofPA.com for more info.

Second City Does Iron City

  • Chicago’s famous sketch comedy troupe comes to Pittsburgh
  • Special show commissioned for Pittsburgh’s 250th Birthday
  • Jan 8 – 13, Call Becky at Pittsburgh Public Theater for tickets – 412-316-1600.

Lunch with Brad Yoder

  • Brad Yoder, voted Pittsburgh’s best solo artisit for 4 of the past 5 years will be preforming at Franktuary for lunch today. 
  • Try one of their steelers themed hot dogs – Roethlisfurteror the Pola(malu)nesian.

Things to do inside this winter…

  • Pub Quiz Night at the brillobox
    • Every Wednesday 9-11pm, prizes for the top 3 teams
  • Scrabble Clubs
    • Pittsburgh has 2 local official Scrabble clubs
    • Squirrel Hill club meets on Wednesadys
    • Mt Lebanon Club meets on Saturdays
    • More info at PGHScrabble.com

Things to look forward to…Coming in February FrostBurn
– the Burning Man of PA.  This looks to be a big winter version of the
famous Burning Man festival that takes place in the desert every year.
More details to come at FrostBurnPGH.com