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Radio Round Up – January 4, 2008

Happy Birthday Pittsburgh! – 2008 is Pittsburgh’s 250 birthday.  It is
a whole year of events to celebrate all over the region.  Major bike
race across the state of PA coming this summer.  TourofPA.com for more info.

Second City Does Iron City

  • Chicago’s famous sketch comedy troupe comes to Pittsburgh
  • Special show commissioned for Pittsburgh’s 250th Birthday
  • Jan 8 – 13, Call Becky at Pittsburgh Public Theater for tickets – 412-316-1600.

Lunch with Brad Yoder

  • Brad Yoder, voted Pittsburgh’s best solo artisit for 4 of the past 5 years will be preforming at Franktuary for lunch today. 
  • Try one of their steelers themed hot dogs – Roethlisfurteror the Pola(malu)nesian.

Things to do inside this winter…

  • Pub Quiz Night at the brillobox
    • Every Wednesday 9-11pm, prizes for the top 3 teams
  • Scrabble Clubs
    • Pittsburgh has 2 local official Scrabble clubs
    • Squirrel Hill club meets on Wednesadys
    • Mt Lebanon Club meets on Saturdays
    • More info at PGHScrabble.com

Things to look forward to…Coming in February FrostBurn
– the Burning Man of PA.  This looks to be a big winter version of the
famous Burning Man festival that takes place in the desert every year.
More details to come at FrostBurnPGH.com

Funny Theater: Second City does Iron City

I know I mentioned this back in December but this performance tops my list of things to do in January. Second City is a famous and funny comedy troupe from Chicago. They have prepared a very special, very funny performance to celebrate Pittsburgh’s 250 birthday – Three Rivers Run Through It.

The Post-Gazette has a nice article on their performance here. The folks from Second City spent some time (72 hours here) last year to get the Pittsburgh experience for their show.

“It’s kinda a unique thing we’re doing,” Furman said. “I’m not sure if it’s been done before. To go out and visit a city and create a show specifically for it — it says a lot about Pittsburgh pride. It’s a nice celebration for the city.”

Second City will be at the Public Theater Jan 8 – 13. For tickets call Becky at 412.316.1600.