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Run, Bike, Swim Through This Weekend of Fun

Here is a run down of our weekend top picks that we shared on WDVE this morning.  Lots of great ways to beat the heat and celebrate the end of July.

Party like its 1986 – Penn Brewey Celebrates their 25th Birthday

  • 80’s party weekend at Penn Brewery
  • Friday – DJ Zombo
  • Saturday – Velveeta

Seven Springs Rib and Wing Festival

  • Friday, July 29-Sunday, July 31
  • $7 for adults, free for kids
  • music all weekend – Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers, Pop Rocks, Good Brother Earl, Dancing Queen
  • Zambelli Fireworks on Friday

Friends of the Riverfront – Pittsburgh Triathlon Weekend

  • Saturday, July 30 – Race Expo
  • Sunday, July 31 – Triathalon Races
  • Swim, Bike, Run and Kayak, Bike, Run
  • Expo and Starting Line at Northshore Riverfront Park (by PNC Park)

Urban Bike Adventure Pittsburgh

  • Bike race/Scavenger hunt/Obstacle Course
  • Saturday, July 30, 2011 – 10 am. Starts at Claddagh Irish Pub

Title Town Soul Music Dance Party

Cocktails and Book Shop at the Pittsburgh Public Market

Video Artworks by School of Art Students Shown on Jumbotron at PNC Park, April 15

EDITORS NOTE: This looks like an awesome event. More info is available at www.CaughtLooking.info

PITTSBURGH – Students and faculty in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University have found a massive canvas for their public art: the Jumbotron at PNC Park. The students and faculty present “Caught Looking,” an exhibition of new, one-minute video artworks, to be shown on PNC Park’s massive Jumbotron Tuesday, April 15 starting at 7 p.m. The Warhol museum is also presenting a lengthier, 15- to 30-minute video. The event is free and open to the public. The Warhol Museum will host an after party from 9 to 11 p.m. at the museum, where the videos will be shown for a month.

“PNC Park is a unique venue for video art. You don’t typically expect to see art at the baseball stadium, but it’s an amazing experience,”said Jill Kraus Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Christopher Sperandio. “As far as we know, no other art school in the country is using an 85” x 35” high-definition screen as a venue for student and faculty art work.” Continue reading