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Pittsburgh Premier of Documentary “Food Stamped”

Just Harvest is a Pittsburgh nonprofit organization that works to eliminate hunger in Allegheny county.  On Tuesday, June 21, 2011 – Just Harvest will hold their annual meeting followed by a screening of the documentary Food Stamped.  Both the meeting and the documentary are free and open to the public.

About Food Stamped:

The husband-and-wife filmmaking team Shira and Yoav Potash of San Francisco, Calif.  In their new documentary, ‘Food Stamped,’ they decided to put Shira’s cooking knowhow as a nutrition educator to the test by attempting to eat healthfully for one week on an average food stamp allotment – about $1.00 per meal in their case.  More info is available at FoodStamped.com.

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Pittsburgh Screening of Food Stamped
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6pm-9pm
United Steelworkers Building
Facebook Event – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202047416503792

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

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner

This event has come highly reccomended from a number of IheartPGH readers – thanks for the great suggestions, please keep sending them.

Eat soup, support good causes, take home a handmade bowl.  Local artists have made and donated bowls for this event.  $20 gets you in the door, a meal of soup and you can pick out one of the bowls to take home – over 1200 bowls have been donated for this event.  Live music and celebrities (who have created some bowls too) and silent auction.

13th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner
Sunday, March 9, 2008, 2-7pm
Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 5th Ave

Click here for more info on the event.
Benefits: Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank & Just Harvest

Photograph – 2006 Empty Bowls from Post-Gazette