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Even More Oktoberfest Fun

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I know there are a few people who didn’t get to dust of their lederhosen and make it to the annual Oktoberfest celebrations at Penn Brewery and Hofbrauhaus.  But there is more Oktoberfest fun to be had in Pittsburgh…

PUMPtoberfest – celebrate fall and 15 years of PUMP with unlimited beer
October 8, 2010
7pm-Midnight
Pittsburgh Opera in the Strip District – 2524 Liberty Ave, 15222
Facebook Event Page

The Knights of Columbus and St. Thomas á Becket Oktoberfest
Oct. 16, 2010
Mass begins at 5 p.m. with sacred hymns to a polka-style beat by the Henny & The Versa J’s.
7 to 10 pm – After the Mass, dinner and dancing will be from at the VIP-Garden Room along Corritan Drive in South Park.
The public is invited. For more information, call 412-655-2885.

Sisters of Divine Providence Church Oktoberfest
October 16, 2010
Allison Park, PA
Thanks to the Savvy Grouse for the heads up on this event.

Pizza Sola is stocked with Oktoberfest Beers – you can read about their favorite Oktoberfest beers here.

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PUMPtoberfest – Celebrate 15 Years of PUMP

One of the many organizations that does good things in Pittsburgh is PUMP.  PUMP stands for Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project and was founded 15 years ago when a grad student wrote a letter to the editor of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. What started as a group of volunteers looking to connect more young people to Pittsburgh has grown over the past 15 years into its own non profit organization with 4 staff members and many different events through out the year.  PUMP’s annual 40 Under 40 turns 10 this year as well.

Networking and Sports. You have probably seen someone walking around Pittsburgh in a bright colored PSL t-shirt. What you might not know that PUMP is the organization responsible for running the Pittsburgh Sports League (PSL) – each season thousands – yes thousands of people participate in PSL sports leagues. The PSL offers sports for everyone with leagues from bowling to volleyball. Teams and individuals sign up for weekly competitions. Continue reading

Links Worth a Look – September 18th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • Raise a glass its time for Oktoberfest. – For nineteen years the Penn Brewery has brought Munich to Pittsburgh with our annual Oktoberfest celebration and this year will be no exception. Held the same weekends as its German counterpart, the Penn Brewery offers the most authentic Oktoberfest celebration in Pittsburgh.

    Friday and Saturday nights the party starts at 5:00 p.m. with live German entertainment, a delicious variety of German foods and our craft made, award winning beer highlighted by our annual Oktoberfest Bier.

  • FORTY UNDER FORTY – November 7, 2008 – Save the date – Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP will honor 40 people in Pittsburgh under the age of 40 who are doing great things in the city.
  • Should I Drink That? Brewcast » Blog Archive » Episode 44 – Steel City Big Pour 2008 – My friends from the best Podcast in town are back with a new episode from the Steel City Big Pour (and a snazzy new website)

    Join us for the second annual Steel City Big Pour which is once again the greatest beer fest in the land. Featured breweries are:
    Scott Smith from EastEnd Brewing
    Brandon from Rock Bottom
    Mike from Troegs Brewing Matt from Voodoo Brewing Jim from Erie Brewing
    Fred from Hoppin Frog
    Woody from Ale Street News
    Chris from Bocktown
    Drew from Pipers Pub
    Aaron from Stone Brewing

    We're still giving away FREE TICKETS to the Brewing UP A Cure beer festival! Check out the contest page for details!

  • IheartPGH.com » Blog Archive » PARK(ing) Day – Parking Spots become Parks for a day – Friday, September 19,2008 – check out this comment on this history of Parking in Pittsburgh.

Click here to see more links we like.

Git Aht Special Edition: Get Your German On (Or, hey make sure you try the Yinzer Torte!)

Where was I? Oh right, drinking. In Pittsburgh. On the weekends.

This weekend is the always enjoyable, always exciting, always humid under the tents (that sounds sorta filthy, yar? “Hey baby, let’s get humid under the tents.”) Oktoberfest at Penn Brewery, 5 to Midnight Friday and Saturday, and the more family-friendly 4 to 10 p.m. on Sunday. Git Aht recommends this event highly. Why? Not just for the beer, which is plentiful, delicious, relatively cheap, and plentiful (Yes, twice, ’cause it’s important), but also because the Hardest Working Polka Band In Show Business Alpen Glow will be performing. If you’ve never heard them, you’re doing a great disservice to not only yourself, but your family, your city, your country, and possibly your liederhosen. (God, I want some liederhosen, but do you have any idea how expensive those damn things are?) If you love the chicken dance in the same way I do, which is to say when you hear the first melodic strains of it you’ll gladly spill your rigs, pigs, and bird to get to the fire hall dance floor at any wedding you attend in Western Pennsylvania, you simply must hear Alpen Glow with, oh, let’s say, a half-gallon of beer in your hand.

Chicken Dance
Pictured (l to r): Das
Hornenplayer, Das Birdensqueezer, und Das
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Here is an example of their important work, and may I say it brings a tear to my eye, and a sort of dull yet lovable ache to my liver:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-TYqKIoeUk[/youtube]

If you can’t make it this weekend, fear not because they’re making enough beer for next weekend too.

More on this situation as it develops, or rather, more on this situation as I wake up Saturday morning somewhere in an alley on The North Side wondering where the hell my pants and/or dignity might be, and asking the Aviary if I can use their phone to call a cab.