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Fun in the Snow! (Radio Round Up for Jan. 13)

Happy New Year! There were a few comments yesterday on Facebook and Twitter about the January slump – hopefully you will find one of the following events a good reason to get out of the house and enjoy January in Pittsburgh.  Here is a round up of the events we shared on the DVE morning show today.

  • Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 @ Noon – weather permitting
  • Old Economy Park
  • 25th Annual Mascot Skate – who knew pirate parrot was that old?
  • Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012
  • 1:30-3:30pm

  • Monday, January 16, 2012
  • Habitat for Humanity and Pittsburgh Cares have organized a huge day of volunteering.
  • 300 volunteers with almost 20 projects across the city
  • Details are available here
Free Family Fun for MLK Day
  • Science Center – Free Admissions
  • Glass Center
  • MLK Jr. Day in Schenley Park – Free skaring, snowshoeing, arts and crafts
  • August Wilson Center – Free Admission

Pittsburgh Restaurants Week
  • January 16-22, 2012
  • Over 30 participating restuarnts are offering super deals on 3 course meals

New Restaurants to open in Pittsburgh in 2012
  • Check out a run down of 5 new places that will be opening soon in Pittsburgh here.
Classic Movies This Weekend

Winner of the Groundhog Celebration Story Contest

Congratulations to the winner of the Groundhog schwag. The winner will receive a commemorative plate celebrating 5 years of Groundhog and Shadow viral videos. (Check out this year’s series Groundhog Dreams). Douglas Derda’s story about his family’s annual celebration on Feb 2nd was entertaining and enlightening.

Douglas said, “In years past I have always had a fresh batch of groundhog cookies sent to me from my mother in law who lives by Punxy. This year proudly on display was my Punxy Phil license plate, 3 stuffed groundhog figures in outfits, a few magnets and a groundhog sweatshirt with pin while I watched the live coverage from the knob. I also flipped my Official Groundhog coin to predict if he would see his shadow. When Straub produces it I try to get at least a 6pack of Groundhog Ale to drink. This year with our first kid on the way I’ll be looking for a Phil outfit at the Groundhog Festival that my wife and I go to every year. It’s tough to celebrate during the week so wait till 2013 when it’s on a Saturday and TeaSpoon will be 4 🙂  It’s a holiday in our house.”

For anyone who has had the pleasure of tasting groundhog cookies, may we say together… YUM!

We are happy to help add to Doug’s collection of groundhog schwag. And for those of you who missed the event entirely, you can watch the video of the event here or follow PAadventure’s live tweets from the event on Twitter! Congrats again and thanks to everyone who participated!

Wanna Win some Groundhog Shwag? Tell me how you celebrated in PGH on Feb 2nd!

For over 120 years, Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather. The famous groundhog decides whether the northeast will endure 6 more weeks of winter or enjoy an early spring. Every year on February 2nd the Inner Circle, distinguished townsmen, party with the community and outside visitors (and there is no shortage of outside visitors, even in the dead cold of winter…) and after coaxing Phil from his stump, announce the prognostication. I was lucky enough to attend the big event this year and will definitely go back. Something the state of PA does to help celebrate Phil is a viral marketing campaign that follows the antics of the Groundhog and his Shadow. The campaign has run for 4 successful years and 2009 marked the 5th. This year’s campaign, GroundhogDreams also marks the last year the campaign will run. To promote the campaign, VisitPA release a commemorative plate to mark the 5 year anniversary. I have one to give away… so what you need to do is tell me how you celebrated Groundhog Day in Pittsburgh this year! You can leave a comment or email your celebration story to info@iheartpgh.com.