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Polish Hill’s Annual Arts Festival this Sunday

polish-hill-arts2013_webWhat could be a better way to beat the Sunday blues than heading over to Polish Hill for its annual arts festival? Started in 2008, the festival features crafters, food trucks, and live music.

There will be over 30 vendors present, and these aren’t your rinky-dink, run of the mill crafts. Polish Hill Arts Festival posted “previews” of the some vendors, and they are selling truly unique and beautiful art (including the previously featured John the Craftist). From wall art to silver jewelry, the festival offers a wide range of vendors–there’s something for everyone.

The event appeals to all ages, offering free arts and crafts activities for adults and children alike. If you aren’t feeling crafty, there will also be live performances throughout the day, featuring local bands.

The festival runs from noon-9p.m. on Sunday July 21st. You can find all the action at the intersection of Brereton and Dobson streets. For more information check out Polish Hill Arts Festival’s Facebook page.

Some Ice Cold Ways to Beat the Heat This Weekend in Pgh

WDVE

Happy first weekend in July! Here is our list of weekend events that we shared on WDVE this morning.  Here are some ways to keep busy, um, er, rather keep cool this weekend around Pittsburgh.  Feel free to add other events we may have missed in the comments section below.

You can listen to the IheartPGH weekend picks on 102.5 fm most Friday mornings at 6:45 am.

TropiCurl – Curling Tournment

  • All weekend long @ Robert Morris University Island Sports Center (on Neville Island)
  • National Curling Tournament with 48 teams from US and Canada

The RMU Hockey Rink Set Up for TropiCurl

Unblurred – Gallery Crawl Along Penn Ave. 

  • Friday, July 6, 2012 (and the first Friday of every Month) 6-11pm
  • Free and open to all
  • Galleries and Businesses from 4800-5500 Penn Ave, stay open late, some stops offer free beverages
  • Facebook Event – http://www.facebook.com/events/118957978242505/

Tapped – Pop Up Beer Garden in Lawrenceville

  • Saturday, July 7, 2012, 3pm
  • Corner of Butler St. & 36th
  • Beer from Full Pint Brewing & East End Brewing. Food from Franktuary, PGH Taco Truck, Bar Marco, Fat Cat Baked Goods, and more.
  • Read about the Tapped Beer Gardens in PopCity here.
  • Facebook event – http://www.facebook.com/events/357887977610610/

Photo from 1st Tapped Event in the Strip District via Epic Development

Polish Hill Arts Festival

Other Places to Keep Cool (with Air Conditioning)

  • The Steel City Improv Theater has shows on Friday and Saturday Nights, $5 a show, and I have confirmed they have working a/c
  • The Oaks Theater is Showing The Amazing Spider Man all weekend
  • Museums – This might be a good weekend to visit one of the many awesome museums in Pittsburgh

Polish Hill Arts Festival – July 8, 2012

If we were giving out awards for most beloved neighborhood in Pittsburgh – it might be Polish Hill.  This weekend – you can see why this neighborhood is so awesome, and the residents love it so much at the Polish Hill Arts Festival.

Blogski, the blog of the Polish Hill Civic Association has the complete run down of events, food and music here.

We’re loving this amazing poster for the festival by artist Andy Scott.

 

Thanks to Diana Nelson Jones for the reminder about this awesome event, she writes about all of the Pittsburgh neighborhoods at City Walkabout.

 

Neighborhood with Heart, Celebrates with Art – Polish Hill Arts Festival – Sun. July 17

Polish Hill is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, that according to Wikipedia is only .25 square miles large, while it may be geographically small, this neighborhood had a big heart.  


Photo by upload.wikimedia.org on Wikimedia

We are happy that the Polish Hill Civic Association does an amazing job of updating resident of Polish Hill and Pittsburgh on neighborhood happenings and important civic info via their appropiatly named blog – Blogski. 

BLOGSKI

July 7th, 2011 houndsbay Posted in West Penn Recreation Center | No Comments " Shawn Shreckengost, the director of West Penn Community Recreation Center, just updated us about what’s going on at the center lately. First, he asked us to mention their free breakfast and lunch program for kids.
Sunday, July 17, 2011- The Polish Hill Arts Festival

Noon-9pm
Intersection of Dobson and Brereton Streets


Photo by iheartpgh.com on Iheartpgh

Awesome poster designed by Andy Scott – check out his Etsy shop here.
Here are a few links to some of the festival highlights – the entire line up is available here.
Music by Timbeleza
Timbeleza

Timbeleza – General Manager: sambapittsburgh@gmail.com – Booking Agent: Kevin Seklecki or Siamak Malek – Artists We Also Like: Grooversity, Marcus Santos – Influences: Samba, Samba Reggae, Funk, Maracatu, Pagode, Forro – Biography: Timbeleza is a batucada based out of Pittsburgh, PA. We work closely with master drummers from Brazil, continually striving to expand our repertoire and gain new fans.

Art out of the Box, which brings artists into four Pittsburgh-area neighborhoods to make work, is sponsoring Deanna Mance in Polish Hill. 

Art Out of the Box

Art Out of the Box mobile art studio opens into an all-inclusive artist studio space.   One artist, per 5 different city neighborhoods, will create an original piece of visual art work from beginning to end within a one-week residency.

give-and-take is a community-based project that is developing services, activities and events to circulate pre-loved clothing throughout the local area. Along the way we share ideas and thoughts on how to re-use, repurpose and rethink the clothes that pass through our hands.


Photo by 3.bp.blogspot.com on BlogSpot

Delicious Information: At long last: give-and-take

give-and-take is a community-based project that is developing services, activities and events to circulate pre-loved clothing throughout the local area. Along the way we share ideas and thoughts on how to re-use, repurpose and rethink the clothes that pass through our hands. Join us at the give-and-take Kick-off The Polish Hill Arts Festival Sunday, July 17th from Noon-9pm.

Links Worth a Look – June 29th

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

  • Women and Girls Foundation Visits the White House – eight young women from the Women and Girls Foundation’s Regional Change Agents and GirlGov were invited to visit the White House last week for an event on mentoring. They were able to meet president Obama and attend a luncheon at the White House. Congrats to the Women and Girls Foundation!
  • P-Rogues – Pierogi Greeting Cards available at Urban Gypsy (from Blogski) – "P-Rogues, by Polish Hill artist and designer Myra Falisz, which feature little pierogi characters." – Click the link to see these awesome pierogi greeting cards. Nothing says happy wedding like a bride and groom pierogi. Available at Urban Gypsy in Polish Hill.
  • Downtown residents get their DNA back – Keep an eye out for lots of good things to come from the DNA – The Downtown Neighbors Association is making a comeback.

Follow IheartPGH on Twitter – we share more links there almost daily!