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Radio Round Up – October 31, 2008

Image by nouQraz via FlickrCoolspring Corn Maze

10 Acre maze carved into a corn field
Day time fun for the family and open Friday and Saturday nights for a spooky experience

Cartoon Factory: Scaring Up the Vote at the Warhol Museum

Saturday and Sunday at the Warhol
Draw political cartoons, make your own campaign buttons and t-shirts
Hosted by Rob Rogers of the Post-Gazette

Rotary East Pancake Breakfast

Saturday at Eastminster Presbyterian Church

Tree Planting

Along East Liberty Blvd – help plant 115 new tress along the median
Meet at Peabody Highschool parking lot

Free Ice Cream on Election Day

From 5-8pm at Ben and Jerry’s in Sq. Hill

This Looks AMAZeing! Coolspring Corn Maze

2017 UPDATE: The Coolspring corn maze is open until November 5, 2017. Address and hours are available on the Coolspring Corn Maze website here.

I caught a glimpse of this thing from the article in the Post-Gazette last Friday and I can’t believe I didn’t find it sooner. The Coolspring Corn Maze is a 10 acre maze of cornfields, which is impressive enough but the whole maze is in the shape of a stage coach. This field of fun is located near Mercer, PA it is probably about an hour and a half drive away from Pittsburgh. This year’s theme is the Wild West, so that explains the stage coach and they have set up a wild wild west town.

This family checked out the maze on Oct. 12 – I think it is funny that just two weeks ago they were wearing shorts to check out the maze and now I am sitting here watching the snow falling.

I did some asking around about this and I found someone who did the maze last year – you can go at night and try the maze in the dark. They also have hay rides and a farm market too.

Maze Hours:

Friday 5-11pm
Saturday 1-11pm
Sunday 1-6pm

The maze is open through Halloween weekend. More info at CoolspringMaze.com Continue reading →

Haunted Boat Ride on the RiverQuest Explorer

RiverQuest is awesome and one of those cool things that didn’t exist when I was a kid. RiverQuest, which used to be called Pittsburgh Voyager, is a floating classrom that is here to provide hand on learning on the rivers. Earlier this summer, RiverQuest moved to a new vessel that is a green, environmentally friendly ship – the Explorer is one of the first green passenger boats in the world.

To celebrate the Halloween Season they have organized a spooktacular “spirits of the Riverfront” Cruise. I really want to go on this – 2 hours of scary stories and visiting haunted spots along Pittsburgh rivers.

The final cruise is this Friday, October 24 7-9pm. Tickets are $10-$15. Click here for all the details.

Family Fun – Millvale's Creepy Harvest Party

Image via WikipediaMillvale is happening these days, well I think things have been happening in Millvale for a while now but they have had some great events recently. Millvale is super close to Pittsburgh, just a quick trip across the 40th Street Bridge and you are in the heart of Millvale. Just along the rivers is the beautiful Riverfront Park (I think this is one of the hidden gems of the regions parks – check out my picture from this summer – you can see the river be hind the sculpture.)

This weekend is all about the kids – stop by the riverfront park from 5-7pm for all sorts of family fun – pumpkins, apple cider, face painting, scary stories and more. Just $3 a kid, parents are FREE. This is the perfect excuse to check out the riverfront park and to enjoy fun fall treats like pumpkins and apple cider and scarecrow making.

Millvale’s Creepy Harvest Party
Saturday, October 25, 2008 5-7pm
Millvale Riverfront Park
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Howl-O-Ween Party for Pets, October 12, 2008

Image by faeryboots via FlickrI really do loves these pet events. Maybe I can borrow a dog and attend this because I would love to see how Pittsburghers outfit their four legged friends to celebrate Halloween.

Animal Friends Howl-O-Ween Party

Sunday, October 12 at noon @ Schenley Park, Oakland – Vietnam Veterans Shelter

The 14th annual Howl-O-Ween party will feature pet photos, a pet costume contest and parade, refreshments, games for the whole family and holiday goodies for pets and pet owners. Costumes for both pets and their people are strongly encouraged. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes in a number of categories. Call 412.847.7035 to register for this annual favorite.

Click here to check out some pictures from the party in 2005. Sponge Bob Square Pug is awesome.

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