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A Big Weekend for the Bicycle in Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh has been gaining quite a bit of attention from other places for our bicycle friendly community. This is due in large part to the hard work of the folks at BikePgh and the people in Pittsburgh who ride their bikes and want to make this a better place for all bike riders.

Even if you don’t have a bike or like to ride a bike (the only bike I have been on in the past 10 years is the spinning bike – I am great at pedaling and going nowhere) – we can all celebrate the community of cyclists that are putting Pittsburgh on the national map as a place for cyclists.

So there is a lot of stuff happening in town for cyclists of all levels this weekend

FRIDAY is National Bike to Work Day

BikePgh has got breakfast ready for anyone who is biking to work:

Market Square: 7:30 to 9:30
Carnegie Mellon, University Center Merson Courtyard: 7:30 to 10:00
Chatham University, Pond area adjacent to the Mellon Center: 7:30 to 10:00
Whole Foods, Shadyside/East Liberty: 7:30 to 10:30
REI, South Side Works: 8:00 to 10:00

Check out how much you can save with the Car Free Calculator

Pick up your sticker tomorrow morning at one of the breakfast spots and save even more – BikePGH has lined up some great discounts with local businesses – check out the entire list here.

SUNDAY is Pedal Pittsburgh

Each year the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh (CDCP) hosts Pedal Pittsburgh. An annual bike ride around the city with routes for every level of cyclist. This year’s event starts and ends at SouthSide Works. There are 6 different routes around the city from 6 to 60 miles long. A great way to check out Pittsburgh on two wheels and to support the CDCP.

Looking for more bike rides? Check out the BikePGH calendar which lists many different rides that are open to everyone all around the city.

Chili and Crafts at Southside Works + Pop Up Markets

The folks at the ImadeIt Market may have had their valentine’s day show at the Union Project canceled due to the snowmageddon that took over Pittsburgh back in February but they are back with an awesome way to chase away the winter chills – Chili Contest!

Here is the deal – Joseph Beth Books has moved out of their space on Carson Street – to a smaller space across the street -so on Saturday, April 10 – the I Made It market will take over the old Joseph Beth Space and turn it into a Chili spectacular and handmade market.

I Made It! Market, Pittsburgh’s nomadic indie crafts marketplace, joins with the SouthSide Works for a Spring Arts & Chili Festival on April 10 from 2 – 8 pm.

More than 50 regional crafters will join together to create a pop-up marketplace inside the former Joseph Beth Bookseller space, on the corner of 27th and Carson Streets, which will also include a Kids Korner. Outside will be live entertainment and a chili festival complete with a celebrity judged chili competition.

Chili with the Works on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=349630274842

Popping into Vacant Spaces

These pop-up markets are litterally popping up all over the place and it is a great way to reuse vacant spaces and bring communities together at the same time – who knows maybe bringing new faces to vacant spaces will inspire some new tenants too.

Pop Up Pittsburgh was an event organized last year to highlight things happening in uptown, this year they will be popping up in another neighborhood – the Pittsburgh event was inspired by an event in Cleveland – another great idea shared through GLUE – Great Lakes Urban Exchange.
In January, Chris Brogan, one of my favorite writers on social media, linked to a post about Gap pop up shops
Here is another post and there are many others about pop up galleries in vacant spaces
Art Dimensions Pittsburgh (Art Dimensions Pittsburgh on Facebook) – is an artist space that has taken over the old PNC Bank building on the corner of Penn and Highland in East Liberty. The idea was brought to Pittsburgh by Dan Friedson who was involved with Art Dimensions in St. Louis.

What other pop up shops do you know about? Is there a space in Pittsburgh that is ripe for a pop up event?

Shop Handmade at South Side Exposed this Weekend

Three Days of Crafts and Festivities in Pittsburgh!
Visit with 70 artisans and craftspeople during three days of arts, music & festivities as the I Made It! Market joins Pittsburgh’s SouthSide Works Exposed.

Artists Market will be open:
Friday, July 10: 5 – 10 pm
Saturday, July 11: 2 – 10 pm
Sunday, July 12: 2 – 6 pm

SouthSide Works Exposed is an amazing mix of a music festival, artist’s market, and sidewalk sales … but most of all a celebration of art in life. The setting for the event is in and around the Town Square of SouthSide Works.
Parking garage rates after 5 pm Friday and all weekend are only $3.00!

Kid Friendly Event – Celebrate Moms, Kids Books and Local Book Sellers

Thanks to @suzigurl for sending us the link to this event. It is kind of a cool story that started with a Tweet back in Decemeber – a group of people organized some events in New England to celebrate authors of kids books. So a group of Pittsburghers are working to bring the events to town in time for Mother’s Day – Mothers Love Kids Books. This weekend there will be a number of authors reading their books at local book stores. A great way to spend some time with Mom and support local book stores.

Friday, May 8

Joseph Beth at Southside Works
11:30 Read-aloud storytime with:
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Rebecca O’Connell

Saturday, May 9

Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront
11:00 Read-alouds and author talks with:
Rita Bergstein
Dave Crawley
Marc Harshman

Borders Eastside
2:00 pm Read-alouds and author talks with:
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Sydelle Pearl

Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley
2:00 pm Read-alouds and author talks with:
Dave Crawley
Marc Harshman
Many Ly

Spring Football Fever? Check out the Pittsburgh Passion Documentary – April 5, 2009

Image by SchultzLabs via Flickr

One of the things on my to do list for this spring is to attend one the Pittsburgh Passion games. The Pittsburgh Passion is a member of the Independent Women’s Football League.

This Saturday, April 5th you can support the team by attending a screening of the documentary film about the team that was produced last year. The screening will be at the Southside Works at 2pm. Tickets are $15 and are available at http://pittsburghpassion.com/.

The documentary has been nominated for a 2009 Billie Award which honors excellent coverage of Women and Girls in sports.

Here is a quick video about the team

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