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Sprout Public Art Preliminary Design Exhibition

The Sprout Fund announces its 2007 Preliminary Design Exhibition! Thursday May 17, 2007 6:00-8:00pm Concept Art Gallery 1031 South Braddock Avenue Regent Square This year’s preliminary design exhibition features 20 talented local artists, each competing for one of the 8 community mural sites. The showcased preliminary mural designs were created in response to the ideas of subject matter generated by each community group and act as proposals from each artist expressing how he or she might translate these ideas into a work of public art. Please join us for this exhibition which represents an exciting step in a summer-long interaction… Read the rest

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while trying to figure out how to get into Folino’s without proper ID…) Friday, October 13 Scitech Spectacular, 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Science Center, North Shore Side Correct (left) and then, y’know… not so much. “Ride a Freakin’ Segway!” is what this one boils down to. Oh, ok, those guys that did the Mentos/Diet Coke dancing Waters thing are gonna be there too this weekend, (I hope accompanied by a tape of Claire De Lune) but really, this is all about the opportunity to look as White & Nerdy as possible, captaining the device that was supposed to… Read the rest

Mixing it up in Regent Square at Le Mix on Braddock Ave

Update October 3, 2108: Le Mix is still mixing it up in Regent Square and you can follow Le Mix on Facebook here. Sunday was one of those gorgeous autumn-in-the-city days that just begged for a meandering walk. Being relatively new to Regent Square, I took my time going up Braddock, making mental notes about shops that were closed on Sundays and checking out the ones that were open. One place that stood out, in particular, was Le Mix (1115 1/2 S. Braddock Ave.), a fantastic and quirky little shop jammed full of gifts and antiques at just about every… Read the rest

Where are all the gay ladies?

When I moved to Pittsburgh last year from a big city, I have to admit that I was a little concerned about the lesbian scene here, or lack thereof–but I was very pleasantly surprised. Despite what I saw on Queer as Folk, it is NOT all about Liberty Avenue, especially not for women. We do have a regular hangout we can head to if we want to shoot pool, grab a cold one after softball, or get sweaty on the dance floor. OK, it’s not fancy or anything, but everyone knows that they can always head dahn Donny’s when they… Read the rest

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