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24 Gifts of Pittsburgh: P is for Pierogi Bib

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Let us not forget the littlest Pittsburghers on the list of the 24 Gifts of Pittsburgh.

In keeping with the theme, P is for…

  • Printed in Pittsburgh by Garbella
  • Perfect accessory holiday pierogi eating
  • Purchase online or pick one up at one of these stores

Not only do I get to share some of the most Pittsburgh presents around, but this list of the 24 Gifts of Pittsburgh is giving me the perfect excuse to share events to some of the most perfect Pittsburgh places around. I have known Amy who runs Garbella for a few years now, definitely make a stop at the Garbella Open Studio on Friday to shop and support a great cause.

Donate Socks, Save 20% on Gifts from Garbella

Garbella-sock-driveTo help you wrap up (holiday pun intended) your last minute shopping, Garbella is hosting an Open Studio Holiday Sale this Friday from 2-5pm. Stop by and donate some socks for Operation Safety Net.

This year, we’re hosting a sock drive for the homeless. Foot care is a very important health issue for the homeless as they typically spend a lot of time on their feet. Fresh, clean socks can help prevent foot infections and provide some extra comfort to area homeless. I’m asking you to help, but I’ll also be offering discounts in exchange for socks and will be matching sock donations for every item sold.

All socks will be distributed directly to homeless through Operation Safety Net.

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Shop: You can purchase the P is for Pierogi bib from the Garbella website or Etsy shop.

Follow: Follow @Garbella on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram.

You can see all of the 24 gifts of Pittsburgh here.

 

Wolfepack Goods is Good Good Good (and the event is Friday)

Sometimes bad things happen – really bad things happen.  Earlier this year sisters Sarah & Suzy Wolfe were murdered in their home in East Liberty.  Out of the sadness, an impressive group of Pittsburgh artists have gathered together to put on one AWESOME art and rock show to raise funds to establish the Sarah & Suzy Wolfe Scholarship Fund at Girls Rock Pittsburgh.

This is just a big bundle of Pittsburgh goodness – a great group of Pittsburgh artists, who are coming together to create a great event and raise money for a really great cause.  I have the honor of being friends with many of the organizers of this event.  As yinz probably already know, this city is filled with some incredibly kind people.  Please take a moment to read about this event and learn more about Girls Rock! Pittsburgh.

wolfepack-goods-buttonsMeet Wolfepack Goods and Shop for Art Online

Visit www.WolfePackGoods.com to learn more about this project, meet the artists, and find out more about the event.

Please take a moment to check out the list of artists who are donating their time and efforts to support this cause and events.

Can’t make it to the event on Friday? Not a problem – you can support Wolfepack Goods by shopping online here.

Wolfepack Goods Art & Rock Show – Friday, May 30, 2014

I promise you this will be an awesome event – great people, amazing art and it ALL supports a great cause.

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Wolfepack Art & Rock Show
When: Friday, May 30, 2014, 6-9pm
Where: Commonwealth Press Warehouse, 2315 Wharton St (South Side)
Parking: There is some street parking, you can park at South Side Works Garages, Take the bus or take Lyft or Uber.
RSVP: Click here for the Facebook event page

About Girls Rock Pittsburgh

girls-rock-pghFrom the Girls Rock! Pittsburgh website:

Girls Rock! Pittsburgh is an empowerment program for female youths of all definitions, abilities and backgrounds. Girls Rock! Pittsburgh utilizes the process of making music to instill tools for amplifying self-confidence, creative expression, independent thinking, mutual respect and cooperation, while cultivating a supportive and inclusive community of peers and mentors. Girls Rock! Pittsburgh is committed to community awareness and social agency, fostering a network of role models for the endeavors of girls and women that promote social change amongst its diverse participants. 

Read more about Girls Rock! Pittsburgh here.  Follow @GirlsRockPGH on Twitter.

Learn more about why Wolfepack Goods selected this charity to honor Sarah and Suzy Wolfe here.

Wolfepack Goods in the News

Here is a clip from WPXI interviewing Amy Garbark (aka @Garbella) previewing the event.

12 Giveaways of Pittsburgh #9-12: Portraits, Improv and Some of the Best Pgh Gear Around

I’m thrilled to post the last four items for the 12 Giveaways of Pittsburgh!  It has been so much fun to write about these businesses and share these items with you.  As I put this list together, I realizes that almost all of the owners of the businesses featured on this list I have met and become friends with because of IheartPGH.  Pittsburgh is filled with some amazing small business owners and I feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to get to know these folks and share their businesses with the readers of IheartPGH.

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Giveaways 1-8

We’re keeping all of the giveaways open until the end of the week – so you still have time to enter.

Check out our previous posts for giveaways 1-8 and a bonus giveaway for pens tickets:

We’ve been working with several other bloggers to help Community Human Services raise money to provide small holiday gifts to the folks that they serve.  We still need to raise $1000 to make sure they are able to provide holiday gifts this Christmas.  Anyone who donates gets extra entries for the giveaways and a chance to win the great hockey tickets for the Penguins game on January 15, 2014.

Giveaways 9-12

#9. A Level-1 Improv Class at Steel City Improv ($249 value) – if you’ve ever wanted to learn to make people laugh – this is your chance!

#10. A Portrait Session from Noah Purdy Photography  Noah is an incredible photographer, who also donates his time to help CHS – check out his blog post about Pittsburgh Help Portrait here.

#11. A Pair of Pittsburgh socks from LineUp – because every Pittsburger should show their steel city pride on their feet.

#12. A $50 Gift Certificate from Garbella – Amy makes some of our favorite Pittsburgh t-shirts.  What can we say we’re partial to anything with a pierogi on it.   Amy screenprints all of her items by hand, here in Pittsburgh.

Enter to win one of these via the Rafflecopter widget below!  If you want to just contribute to CHS you can do that here.

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Saturday Sept. 5 – Crafts N'At – with Auction Prizes too!

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This weekend the Pittsburgh Craft Collective is hosting Crafts N’At – a craft fair at the Union Project . Craft N’At will also include a the pick-a-prize auction benefit [gravity & grace], a contemporary opera benefiting the Parkinson’s foundation of Western PA. It is great to see that the Pgh Craft Collective is working to support the [gravity & grace] project. I first learned about gravity & grace last year and I think it is a really interesting project about living with a disability that has been holding some community workshops over the past few months and will have a performance on September 25 & 26,2009.

Auction Items include: A Gift Certificate from Pavement – one of the best shoe stores around, a membership to the Carnegie Museums, a gift basket from the East End Food Co-Op and MORE!

Here are just a few of the vendors you might want to check out

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Links Worth a Look – November 7th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • 2008 Three Rivers Film Festival – Opens Nov. 7 – and runs until Nov. 22, 2008 – lots of great films coming to town. Which films do you reccomend?
  • new works « garbella – She is a member of the Pittsburgh Craft collective and she makes some great t-shirts and other screen printed items. IheartPGH was the first thing I screenprinted 5 years ago, long before I knew about blogs, so I have a love of anything screenprinted. I want a I bike PGH t-shirt! Check out this cool clock and the rest of her blog and Etsy shop.
  • Apple Festival and Pie Contest – Saturday at the Union Project – its all apples at the Apple Festival. There is also an Apple Pie contest.
  • Belt buckles, headbands, soap, t-shirts and more – check out some of the items that you will find at Handmade Arcade this weekend
  • Madcap recap « Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog – Check out the great picture of the tent in Schenley Park

Click here to see more links we like.