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Radio Round Up – October 23, 2009

Apple Fest
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Apple Fest 2009

  • 4th Annual Celebration of Apples
  • Saturday, October 24, 2009, 11am-2pm @ Union Project in Highland Park
  • Pie Baking Contest, Apples, Kids Activites, Performances by the Mother/Son Juggling Team “All In Jest”

RiverQuest Spirits of the River Haunted Boatride

  • Friday October 23 and Saturday October 24, 7pm
  • Cruise the Pittsburgh rivers on RiverQuest’s green boat while listening to ghost stories about Pittsburgh’s river past.

Urban Hike Scavenger Hunt – Bloomfield

  • Saturday, October 24, 2009
  • Meet at the Friendship Parklet at 1pm
  • Teams of up to 5 people
  • Bring a digital camera

The Blog Show

  • IheartPGH hosts our first ever talk show
  • Saturday Night, 11pm @ The Waffle Shop
  • Join us live or watch online at WaffleShop.org
  • Interviews with local bloggers about the funniest blogs from the burgh and beyond.

The City of Champions Corn Maze

  • Lonesome Valley Farms has designed their corn maze to honor Pittsburgh sports heritage
  • located next to the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds
  • check out a haunted hay ride or try not to get lost in the corn maze
  • http://www.lonesomevalleyfarms.com/
  • Cash only – there are no ATMs in the cornfield

TitleTown

  • New Monthly Soul Music Night at the Shadow Lounge
  • From the folks who brought you Viper Soul Club
  • 5 hours of soul music, Dance contest with $50 cash prize
  • http://titletownpgh.com/
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Are you the next David Letterman? Waffle Shop Guest Host Challenge

contest

As you probably know I am a huge fan of the Waffle Shop – what started as a class poject for some student on community interaction has become a year round project.  Each weekend The Waffle Shop, located at the corner of Highlnad and Baum in East Liberty opens its doors for a live talk show and they serve waffles.

On Saturday, August 1 – they are holding another Guest Host Challenge – you can compete agianst others to win the title of Talk Show Host.  Here are the details – if you want to compete – sign up by July 29.

WAFFLE SHOP is an unusual late-night waffle emporium in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood that celebrates the lives and stories of its customers through the production of a weekly talk show on the premises.

We are looking for energetic and engaging Pittsburghers to compete live on SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 at 10 PM for a chance to be a special host of an upcoming episode of the Waffle Shop Talk Show. Contestants will be asked to interview a variety of guests and will be judged on their hospitality, riveting interview skills, and flexibility with
unexpected obstacles (and visitors).

The top three winners will host upcoming shows this summer and fall.

Please contact us at: jonrubin@mindspring.com by July 29th and tell us briefly what would make you a great host for our show. Include your name and contact information.

This August our talk show will start streaming live over the internet. For more information and videos of past episodes, please visit
www.waffleshop.org.

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Live from East Liberty … its the Waffle Shop

I wanted to make sure to post about this before the spring semester ends.  I have made a few visits to the Waffle Shop in the past few months.

The Waffle Shop is a class project for the undergraduate art course – The Storefront Project which is taught at Carnegie Mellon.  Last semester it was Waffle Shop – a reality tv show.  For the spring semester it is Waffle Shop – The Talk Show.  The venue, which is the former tuxedo shop located at the corner of Highland and Baum in East Liberty has seen quite a transformation this semester.   The professor who was serving up waffles when I was there recently said there are more design students in the class this semester.

I think this project has been great for the neighborhood – what was once a vacant storefront is now filled with a range of people – CMU students, waffle seekers like me and even some high school students from the neighborhood.

The talk show aspect makes this more than just a place to eat waffles but a place to start a community conversation.  I am not sure what will happen to the shop over the summer – but I do hope that this project will continue in the fall – or someone will make this a real waffle shop. Continue reading →