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Art of Aging Celebration featuring the Muddy Waters Band with special guest David “Honeyboy” Edwards

On Friday, September 28, 2007, Ursuline Senior Services will close its 25th Anniversary Year with a special evening of music and artistry featuring The Muddy Waters Band with Special Guest David “Honeyboy� Edwards. Complimenting Ursuline’s 25-year history of caring for older and vulnerable neighbors throughout the Pittsburgh area, the Art of Aging Celebration will provide an opportunity to focus on the continuing creativity and productivity of local seniors, while offering a retrospective on the importance of the Blues genre and its contribution to all forms of music over the last 60 years. The Legend of the Blues performance is the same performance that was featured last year as part of the sold out “Legends of the Blues� show presented at Lincoln Center in New York City. The event will be held in the Music Hall and Music Hall Foyer of Carnegie Museum.
The Muddy Waters Band is excited and eager to continue giving the world the music that they helped make famous. The band features original members “Pinetopâ€Â? Perkins (piano/vocals), “Steady Rollinâ€Â? Bob Margolin (lead guitar/vocals), Calvin “Fuzz” Jones (bass guitar/vocals), George “Mojoâ€Â? Buford (vocals/harmonica), and Willie “Big Eyesâ€Â? Smith (drums/harmonica/vocals). The event will also feature 92 year old blues legend, David “HoneyBoyâ€Â? Edwards who will be opening the evening, giving listeners a contrast between electric and acoustic blues.

Date: Friday September 28th

Time: 6pm, concert begins at 8pm

Place: Carnegie Museum of Art Music Hall and Foyer

Tickets: $75 per person, includes buffet service/heavy hors d’oeuvres; cash bar
Proceeds benefit Ursuline Senior Services
Tickets available by calling Ursuline Senior Services at 412.683.0400 or by emailing 25thanniversary@ursulineseniors.org
If you would like more information, please visit Ursuline’s web site at www.ursulineseniorservices.org

Ursuline Senior Services is a non-profit organization built upon the foundation established by Sister Elaine Eckert when she opened a neighborhood center. Today, Ursuline Senior Services is dedicated to the highest standards of professionalism and care and promotes the dignity and well-being of the senior population by providing coordinated supportive services tailored to the changing needs of each individual. Ursuline provides direct assistance to senior citizens in Southwestern Pennsylvania through a variety of human service programs that address issues such elder abuse and neglect, guardianship, financial management, and day to day living assistance. For additional information about Ursuline Senior Services or the Art of Aging Celebration, visit www.ursulineseniorservices.org.

Learn to bellydance while balancing on top of glasses!(yep, you read that right)

Sunday, September 16

10:30am-5pm(with a lunch break)

The Dance Conservatory of Pittsburgh(3827 Willow Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15234)

Vegetarian bellydancer, Deniz, will teach a full day workshop! In this workshop you will learn how to dance on top of glasses!! You will also learn floor work, veil tricks, and more! It’s too good to pass up!

Sign up soon! There will also be a show the night before at Altar Bar featuring 2 vegan bellydancers: Amethyst and Aviva. Other dancers include Astarte, Dharma, Christa, and Tavi.

To see clips of Deniz, sign up for the workshop, etc please click the link below:

http://healingartsbyamethyst.com/pittsburgh-bellydance-event.html

Furniture Sale

Welcome students! I stopped in Oakland for lunch today (I think Oakland is the best neighborhood for lunch).  Traffic, no parking signs, it all means that the students are moving in.  Welcome to Pittsburgh.  If you find yourself needing some furniture – look no further.  The Oakland Planning & Development Corporation (OPDC) has got a great event for you. This weekend is their 2nd Annual furniture sale. I think this is a great idea, discounted furniture for students and a way to recycle all of the furniture that gets left behind each spring.  It is a win-win idea.  Plus it raises money to help with future plans for Oakland.  Last year’s sale raise over $1000. From the pictures on their website it looks like they have tons of great stuff for dorm rooms and apartments.

Oakland Furniture Sale
August 24-26, 10-8pm
OPDC’s Offices – 235 Atwood Street, Rear of Building
More Info: www.oaklandplanning.org/community/furniture.html

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Big Wheels

So its raining in Pittsburgh this weekend. We have had a pretty nice summer in the weather department, so I guess a little rain is not so bad and it is a great excuse to go to the movies. Check out this interesting flick at Pittsburgh Filmmakers – The documentary B.I.K.E follows a group of NYC artist-punks who create tall bikes by welding two bikes (one on top of the other) and joust in the streets of New York.

More info is available at http://www.bike-films.com

Friday & Saturday: 8pm
Sunday: 4pm
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Melwood Screening Room
477 Melwood Ave, N. Oakland / 412-682-4111 or 412-681-5449

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-72Hx2-e0U[/youtube]

How Tall Is That Tree?

Now you can learn how to find out about the height of a tree and all sorts of interesting facts about Pittsburgh trees.

Check out this upcoming Sierra Club event…

Public Meeting of the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club
Wednesday. July 11, 7:30-9 PM
Phipps Civic Garden Center, Mellon Park, Fifth and Shady Avenues, Pittsburgh.

MASTER CRAFTSMEN AND PENNSYLVANIA’ S CHAMPION TREES
Climb Them, Measure Them [Selectively Hand Harvest so as to Sustain
the Forests] and Create Classic Furniture from Them

This will be a specially exciting and interesting meeting as we have
a master arborist show how to get to the tops of big trees, a member
of the Eastern Native Tree Society show us how to determine how tall
those trees actually are, and a master woodworker show us how to
convert the wood from those trees into magnificent hardwood products.
Bernie Eckley, Tony Kelly and Jim Starkey will lead us in an
outdoor/indoor tour of Pennsylvania’ s exceptional hardwood trees,
demonstrating climbing techniques and how to tell how big a tree is,
then in a virtual tour of the Neshannock Woods furniture shop, show
the tools and techniques for re-creating 19th Century classic
furniture. If you admire big trees and superb joinery, come check this
out!

There will be plenty of opportunity to question these experts. If you
are really interested in any of these, we can create outings to follow
up on your interests.

Contact Donald L. Gibbon (dongibbon ‘at” earthlink.net) for more details.