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Party to Celebrate Shepard Fairey's Clean Energy for America Installation
UPDATE: The Pittsburgh blog Bittersweet Harvest has some great photos of Fairey’s intallation at First and Wood Street here.

Word on the street (and twitter) is that Shepard Fairey will be here in Pittsburgh for a Netroots Nation party on friday night. Music by Viper Soul Club (an IheartPGH favorite) and special guest DJ appearance by Shepard Fairey. The party is hosted by MoveOn.org, Obey Giant, and Netroots Nation. Free full size poster give-aways of “Clean Energy for America”

RSVP to shepardfaireywarholmuseumparty@gmail.com (this event is also listed on Facebook )

Some related blog posts
- the Burgh Stands for Victory! (iheartpgh.com)
- DJ Hero goes renegade with premium edition turntable, DJ stand (engadget.com)
- N.A.S.A. & Shepard Fairey Contest (idiomag.com)
- Watch Shepard Fairey @ Studio No. 2 (joshspear.com)
- Shepard Fairey Creates Icon Image of Imprisoned Burmese Leader Aung San Suu Kyi (pastemagazine.com)
August 12, 2009
Netroots Nation is Almost Here and Registration Savings

Just wanted to post a reminder about Netroots Nation coming to Pittsburgh this week. Click here to see our previous post on Netroots Nation. I have attended the past 2 Netroots conferences in Austin last year and in Chicago in 2007 and it is great to have the conference in Pittsburgh this year.

The folks at Netroots Nation have put together an awesome line up of panel discussions and key note speakers. Here is an overview of the shedule – plus there are some Pittsburgh panels too – check out Green Economoy in the Burgh on Thursday afternoon. And President Clinton will be speaking on Thursday (read more here in the Post Gazette).

Help Netroots Visitors find the best of Pittsburgh – Please take a look at PghRoots.com – this little website was put together to show case the best of what we have here in Pittsburgh for food, drinks, coffee and more. Stop by the site and share your Pittsburgh favorites. (You can also review your favorite spots on Yelp)

One of the dailyKos bloggers has put together an excellent 9 post series on Pittsburgh – check out the post on things near Pittsburgh – I didn’t even know about some of these places.

Outside of the Conference – there are a bunch of parties happening around town – check out the list of events here (many of these you do not need a conference badge to attend).

Discount Registration – use the code IheartPGH when you register for Netroots Nation and save $80 off the registration. Click here to register. (more…)

August 10, 2009
PGHRoots to Netroots Nation

Image by Matt Ortega via Flickr

You may have read about Netroots Nation from some of the other bloggers in Pittsburgh recently. The annual Netroots Nation will be held in Pittsburgh this year from August 13-16, 2009.

Netroots Nation originated as the Yearly Kos in 2006 as a place for bloggers from the DailyKos to meet and share. I remember reading about it in the Post-Gazette and even watching some of the panels on C-Span. It made me realize that blogging can lead to the creation of some powerful communities. I continue to be amazed at how many people follow IheartPGH on a daily basis – last week IheartPGH gained our 2000th Twitter follower which is just amazing! When we started this blog back in 2006 I had no idea that it would become such a place for sharing so much great information about Pittsburgh. (more…)

July 20, 2009