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  • Craft Beer, Spring Carnival, Earth Day – A Super Weekend of Spring Events in Pgh

    Craft Beer, Spring Carnival, Earth Day – A Super Weekend of Spring Events in Pgh

    It’s been a few weeks but we were happy to be welcomed back to WDVE to share some great events this weekend.  There are lots of great ways to celebrate spring (and craft beer) around Pittsburgh this weekend!

    http://storify.com/iheartpgh/super-spring-weekend-of-events

     

  • From Earth Day to Easter Eggs – A Weekend of Spring Festivals

    From Earth Day to Easter Eggs – A Weekend of Spring Festivals

    A collection of traditional pysanky from Volyn...
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    It is shaping up to be a super spring weekend in Pittsburgh.  We know that Friday is a hockey night in this town – but here are some things to keep you busy until game #3.  You can listen to IheartPGH chat live with Jim and Randy on WDVE 102.5 FM most Friday mornings at 6:45 am.

    The Tech Fair

    • CMU now calls this Spring Carnival – but I have always refered to this as the tech fair
    • April 14-16 @ Carnegie Mellon University
    • Amazing carnival games, student buggy races and live music
    • Check out the live webcams of the event here – http://webcam.springcarnival.org/

    Pittsburgh Comicon

    • calling all comic book lovers – this is the convention for you
    • Friday-Sunday @ the Monroeville Convention Center

    Handmade Arcade

    • The biggest baddest craft show in town has a new location at the Convention Center downtown
    • Saturday, April 16 11am-7pm
    • Handmade Arcade attracts vendors from all over the country
    photo from Pgh Parks
    • Activities and workshops for the whole family
    • Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:30-4pm @ Frick Park environmental center on Beechwood Blvd
    • Also – check out the Panther Hollow Clean Up – hundreds of volunteers will meet at Schenley Plaza on Saturday to tackle panther hollow.  Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.

    45th Annual Pysanky and Traditional Food Bazaar

    • St. Peter & St. Paul Ukranian Othrodox Church in Carnegie
    • Over 1,000 Pysanky (Ukraininan Easter Eggs) for sale!
    • Traditional foods – YES that includes pyrohi!
    • Sunday, April 17, 2011 11am-4pm

    Steelcity Showdown – criterium bicycle race through the city of Pittsburgh

    • Sunday, April 27, 2011 8am-2pm
    • Cyclists compete on a closed .8 mile loop from downtown to PNC park
    • For non-cyclists – there is a tailgate!
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  • Fairs, Flowers and Flea – Radio Round Up – April 16, 2010

    BT SmallHere is the list of things we discussed on WDVE this morning.  You can hear our weekend picks Friday morning at 6:45 on 102.5FM.

    Since your dad was a lad…Gus and Yia Yai’s Ice Balls

    • Check out some of the local businesses along Butler St.
    • Friday – Sunday, April 16-28, 2010
    • Raffles, prizes, and more
    • Stay dry with an umbrella from Here You Go – http://1000umbrellas.org/
    • annual spring celebration at Carnegie Mellon
    • Check out the buggy races on Saturday morning 9am-Noon
    • Creative and handcrafted carnival games on the midway
    • Follow spring Carnival on twitter @cmucarnival and check out the live webcams at SpringCarnival.org
    • Pittsburgh’s Annual Earth Day celebration
    • hikes, yoga, kids activities and more
    • Saturday, April 17, 2010 11am-4pm – FREE!

    Pittsburgh Flea Opening Day

    • Sunday, April 17 is the first Sunday for the brand new city flea market in the Strip District
    • Outdoor flea market will be open every Sunday from 8am-3pm – rain or shine
    • Antiques, treats, vintage and handmade items

    Register to Vote!

    • Monday, April 19, 2010 is the last day to register to vote before the May primary elections. Click here to register to vote now.
    • Click this link, answer the questions, print the form – all of your info will be included, sign your name and mail it in.

  • Radio Round Up – April 17, 2009

    Oh My Gawd! It's Free Cone Day....Image by Fire Monkey Fish via Flickr

    Making the Connections Book Launch Party

    • Friday, April 17 4-7pm @ The Shadow Lounge
    • Check out the new book that chronicles some of the community projects that were part of the Pittsburgh 250 celebration

    Tech Fair aka Spring Carnival at Carnegie Mellon University

    • Friday, 8pm Free Concert with New Pornographers
    • Game booths, buggy races, carnival food and more fun

    Lawrenceville Blossom Tour

    • Saturday, April 18
    • Merchants along Butler Street will be passing out seeds
    • Market places set up for local fresh food an vendors

    Attack Theatre Dirty Ball

    • Saturday, April 18, 8-Midnight
    • Rumored to be the best party for the year – this is the 4th annual fundraiser for Attach Theatre

    Free Cone Day

    • Tuesday, April 21
    • Ben & Jerry’s, Forbes Ave. Squirel Hill

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  • I still call it the "Tech Fair" – Spring Carnival at Carnegie Mellon and Goldfish

    I cannot believe that I have been blogging about PGH for over 3 years and I have not published a word about the tech fair.  One of the must do events of the spring when I was a kid was to attend the Tech Fair – year later when I was working at Carnegie Mellon for the summer – I was confused when everyone kept talking about this Spring Carnival – apparently it is called Spring Carnival by students today – but I am sure many other people refer to this annual event as the Tech Fair.  Each year we would go to the Tech Fair and participate in the carnival games that were set up by the students – which are some spectacularly amazing carnival games and one of the fraternities would be giving away goldfish to the winner.  It was then a competition among my school mates to see whose fish lived the longest.  My sister had a fish that lasted for many years and might still be alive today if we hadn’t forgot to have someone feed it when we when on vacation.

    Here are a few of the reasons why you should stop by the Tech Fair/Spring Carnival this weekend

    • FREE concert with the New Pornagrpahers on Friday, April 17, 2009 at 8pm
    • Game Booths – these are some of the top design and engineering students in the country – these carnival games are really creative works of art and fun for adults and kids to play
      • Here is a picture of a nintendo themed booth from the 2007 Spring Carnival (Photo Credit: Daveynin).  The 2007 Nintendo fun house was even profiled on Engadget.
      • Click here to see more pictures of past booths
    • Buggy Races – another aspect of spring carnival are the buggy races – students build and race aerodynamic carts around the neighborhood
    • Funnel Cakes -they have funnel cakes and other carnival food too

    Want to watch some carnival action from your desk?  Check out this page which features live feeds from 3 different webcams on campus.

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