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FREE Folk Music Festival – Sat. July 12 – Mellon Park

Calliope, Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, is hosting a day long celebration of folk music. The festival will take over Mellon Park in Shadyside from Noon to 10pm on Saturday, July 12. Lots of music acts, 2 stages and a children’s tent. All this is free. Calliope held their first music festival in 1977, it has long been called the Smokey City Music Festival. Since Pittsburgh has greened up its act this years music festival is named Rootz – The Green City Music Festival.

The festival will kick off with a performance by bagpiper and Calliope founder George Balderose and will continue throughout the day, with performances by a variety of regional artists in styles from bluegrass and American traditional to singer-songwriters and blues. Concerts will take place on the main stage in Mellon Park and on the newly constructed pavilion at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. The festival will also include a children’s tent and a silk-screening station, where festival-goers can print their own Calliope t-shirts using eco-friendly recycled t-shirts.

Mt. Lebanon First Fridays

So July 11 is not the first Friday of the month but Mt. Lebanon has got an evening of fun lined up.  Music, ballon artists and you can check out the new fire truck.

Red, White, Rhythm & Blues
July 11, 2008, 6:00pm-9:00pm, ashington Road

  • Jill West & the Blues Attack – in Clearview Common
  • The Mystic Knights – at Citizens Bank
  • Gypsy Piano Blues – at National City
  • See strolling performances by Stiltwalker Donna Penoyer, and a Balloon Artist and Face Painter.
  • Don’t miss the brand new MLFD Heavy Rescue Truck at Clearview Common!

More Mt. Lebanon on the web – Blog Lebo 

Gallery Crawling

I know we have blogged about this in the past but I think that the Summer Gallery Crawl is worth a stop this Friday.  Galleries, shops and more will stay open until 9pm on Friday.  Everything is free – no admission necessary.

See what other bloggers have said about past Gallery Crawls:

Garden Party Time at the Matress Factory

One of the best events my sister and I ever stumbled  upon was the Mattress Factory’s Community Garden Party. Every year the mattress factory holds a fancy smancy fundraiser – which I hear is a great event. Plus the theme for this year’s fundraiser is “Let them Eat Cake” – I really like cake. I also really like that right after the fancy fundraiser they open the place up for a free day of community activities.

For starters, the Mattress Factory has an amazing garden, so that is worth going to see. The exhibts are also worth your visit.

There were two pieces there the last time I attended that remain some of my favorites – one was the leftovers from a dinner party and the other one I think was called “stairway to heaven” and it was an organ that was played by stepping on an old stairmaster.

To top it all off they will have music and art, including silk screening – it was a visit to the Warhol museum that got me started screen printing – the first shirt I made was an IheartPGH t-shirt, which eventually led to this little website. And the community garden party is all free.

Also – I just discovered that they have a great blog – http://artyoucangetinto.blogspot.com.

June 15, 2008

Sunday, June 15, 2008
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
FREE

Enjoy outdoor entertainment, activities and art you can get into! Experience a variety of exciting programs! Performances include Steel-pan drummers, Puppet Express with artist Tom Sarver, African dancers and more! Come try hands-on activities such as flower potting, silk screening, scavenger hunting and other fun art activities! FREE and open to the public.

Photos:
Garden at Mattress Factory, catcubed

Sprout Fund Open House – Friday

I mentioned this yesterday in my post about Art Cubed – but I wanted to share this poster about the event. This is a great place to check out some of the projects that the Sprout Fund has supported and meet some great people. If you have a project that you think makes Pittsburgh a great place to live, you can apply for a Sprout Fund Seed Award Grant click here to learn more about the grant.sproutopenhouse.gif