Tag Archives: Schenley Park

3rd Annual Pillow Fight Club

The good folks that brought you Santarchy (the santa suit required bar crawl) are back with a public pillow fight. Last year over 80 people showed up to pillow fight.

Wednesday August 20, 2008 – Arrive by 8pm, Mystery Signal ~8:25pm
Schenley Park, Flagstaff Hill
There is a free outdoor screening of Transformers that will start at Dusk (Part of CitiParks Cinema in the Parks)

Rules:
PJ’s are optional but recommended!!!
Bring your own damned pillow (soft, no bricks).
This is KID Friendly but be careful with the Kids!!!

More photos from 2007 are available here.

Frank from Meetin.org has put together a helpful and hilarious set of questions and answers for the event. I thought they were worth sharing: Continue reading →

Red, Ripe & Roasted – 4th Annual Tomato and Garlic Festival at Phipps

Main entrance This event looks like it is ripe for a fun and delicious afternoon.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, in conjunction with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, presents the 4th Annual Tomato and Garlic Festival: Red, Ripe and Roasted

Sunday, August 17 from, 1 a.m. – 5 p.m. The event will take place in Phipps’ outdoor garden on Schenley Drive.

Bring a basket or bag of fresh produce to donate to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and receive FREE admission to the festival!

The festival will include:

  • local farmers’ market
  • chef demos and tastings
  • tomato judging contest
  • garlic roasting
  • music and fun for all ages

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Sundae Market Returns

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I attended the Sundae Market last fall – they do a really nice job of bringing together a great group of vendors and the new and improved Schenley Park Entrance is the perfect venue. This photo is from the market last fall.  Click here to read a blog post from Kathy who attended the market last week.  She has some pictures of the park and Oakland too.

Update your art collection, score a pair of designer shoes, and dance in the sunshine at the Sundae Flea Market at Schenley Plaza from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. More than 40 vendors, from artists to crafters to local shops offering great sales, will be on hand selling their wares. Live DJs headlined by DJ Nugget will provide entertainment.

Presented by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Dream Store Media in partnership with I Made It! Market. For more info, visit www.schenleyplaza.org or call 412-682-7275.

Free Yoga Mondays

Every Monday from Noon to 1pm, Free Yoga classes will be offered at the Schenley Plaza Park (the new park with the big tent that used to be a parking lot in oakland.)  More info is available here.  While you are surfing the web check out the new blog for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy – It is new but they have some great information and pictures too.  Check out this picture of the original carousel at the park.

Flying Discs are not UFOs

Schenley Park is home to one of Pittsburgh’s disc golf courses.  Check out this popular sport, which is like golf but with frisbees, with Venture Outdoors this weekend.

Intro to Disc Golf
Don’t call it “Frisbee Golf,” and for the love of all that’s good, don’t ever call it “Frolf!” Disk Golf is one of the most rapidly growing sports in the world! Join us for a great day of fun that virtually anyone can enjoy! The activity will be structured to familiarize people with the three main types of golf discs, understand the flight patterns of the various discs within those three categories, and effective methods for gripping and releasing the disc to maximize distance and minimize your score. Sponsored by our friends at the Pittsburgh Flying Disc Society.

Saturday March 29, 1-4pm
Schenley Park
$8.00 member/$15.00 non-member
Click here for more info and to sign up