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Oakland Used Furniture Sale – Friday & Saturday

Image via Wikipedia I think this event is a great idea (we have blogged about it in the past too) because it is a great way for Pittsburgh to reuse and repurpose furniture and dorm things and a great way for new students to save some money fixing up their new Pittsburgh abodes! If you are new in Pittsburgh – or looking for some new furniture – before you make the trip out to Ikea – stop the Oakland Planning and Development Corporations 4th Annual Used Furniture Sale this weekend. 4th Annual Used Furniture Sale Friday August 28 10am-8pm Saturday,… Read the rest

Visionary Arts Festival in Schenley Plaza

Pittsburgh neighborhoods are abound with arts festivals this summer, but the first Pittsburgh Visionary Arts Festival promises to be a bringing together more than 50 local visionary artists and art innovators into a single venue. For three full days, these artists will share their work, vision and unique ideas in a friendly outdoors festival setting. The VAF will feature a rich diversity of minds, covering the full spectrum of art mediums: from painting to mixed media, from digital media to sound art, through recycled and self-taught art… and beyond! This festival is intended primarily as a visual and sensitory experience… Read the rest

Pittsburgh Marathon Events for Everyone Else

Even if you aren’t up for running 26 miles on Sunday May 3 there are tons of activites for everyone else to celebrate. Over 20 bands will be preforming along the course – click here for a complete lists of bands. Here is a run down of the neighborhoods that we could find… Oakland Oakland Alive, SUN 8-2pm Forbes Corridor, Schenley Plaza Healthy Snacks, fitness activites, family fun Highland Park Senator Jim Ferlo’s Marathon Party at Tazzo D’Oro, 8:30am James Hovan Jazz Group to play Free coffee and treats Strip District Athletes Village Spaghetti Warehouse Pasta Party, Sat 4:30-8:30 Eleven… Read the rest

Free Lecture – Playground of the Future

Image by striatic via FlickrLast week, I listened to something on NPR about what the future of libraries will look like (I can’t find a link to the story anywhere – if you remember what program this was on let me know).  It was pretty exciting to hear about ideas for how libraries will function in the future – think less books, more shared tools like podcast studios and meeting spaces. I back in October, as this group organized a photo scavenger hunt as part of their research on playgrounds. Learn more about what Carnegie Mellon University‘s ETC program is… Read the rest

Big Box Reuse in Your Town, Inc.

Your Town, Inc. is an exhibit at the Miller Gallery, curated by Astria Suparak, at Carnegie Mellon University showcasing 80 photographs by Julia Christensen from her new book Big Box Reuse.  Your Town, Inc. will be at the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University until November 23rd with a lecture and book signing by Christensen Thursday: Carnegie Mellon University Lecture Series: Big Box Reuse Presentation + Book Signing, Nov. 13, Thurs. 4:30-6pm      Spam Museum, renovated Kmart building, Austin Minnesota by J. Christensen … Read the rest

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