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More Holiday Shopping Opportunities This Weekend

Christmas is just 22 short days away! But fortunatly for you there are lots of fun places to shop this weekend – pick up some great gifts and support Pittsburgh Businesses.

Last Unblurred of 2010 – Stroll along Penn avenue for the monthly Unblurred – held the first Friday of every month – businesses and galleries stay open late for fun times.

  • The Cotton Factory is hosting another Tee-Rex Event from 6-10pm, they will have t-shirts for sale, local crafts and local beer for drinking (Click here for Facebook event).
  • Pittsburgh Glass Center kicks off their Holiday Glass sale this eve – the glass sale will be open Saturday and Sunday as well.
  • C Space Collective has their annual holiday show this evening as well – lots of local artists will be selling gifts
  • Need a gift for a coffee lover? Stop into Voluto Coffee – they are serious about coffee and can help you select the perfect beans.  The also have some other gift items available for the holidays.  (Note they close at 6pm on Friday)

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Radio Round Up – April 2, 2010: Geek, Green and Spring Things

Bakery Love - what is your favorite bakery?
Image by IheartPGH via Flickr

Here is what we discussed on WDVE today – you can listen to IheartPGH chat with Jim and Randy of the DVE morning show most Friday mornings at 6:45 am.

Geek Arts/Green Innovators Festival

  • This months First Friday on Penn Ave has a giant art and enviroment festival
  • Friday, April 2 5-11pm – Start at Pittsburgh Glass Center
  • Demonstrations, Activities, Live Music, Food, Wine, Fashion Show, Art and More – see what is happening with geek and green in Pittsburgh
  • Stop by The Cotton Factory HQ on Penn Ave for extra special t-shirts not available online
  • Friday and Saturday at Heinz History Center – meet the Stanley Cup and other Pittsburgh Hockey memorabilia
  • Share photos of your homemade, tin foil Stanley Cups with IheartPGH here.
    The Stanley Cup.
    Image via Wikipedia

Spring Has Sprung! Bikes and Italian Ice

  • Starting Saturday, April 3rd and running every Saturday through the summer 8am-3pm
  • Lawrenceville hosts their own mini flea market at the corner of Butler and 36th Street
  • Crafts, antiques, live music and more!
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    Image by BikePortland.org via Flickr
  • ClankWorks is Pittsburgh’s newest bicycle shop located in Lawrenceville.
  • To celebrate the leisure activity of bicycle riding they are hosting Pittsburgh’s first Tweed Ride
  • April 3rd, Meet at Doughboy Square at 3pm – the ride will finish at Piper’s Pub on Carson Street

Egg-cellent Egg Hunt at Carnegie Museum

  • Saturday, April 3rd, 10-2pm – scavenger hunt for egg related activities around the museum
  • lots of hands on activities, free with museum admission

Tee Rex, T-shirts Not Dinosaurs

teerexAn added bonus to the First Friday’s on Penn Ave and the GA/GI festival is the Cotton Factory Studio Sale!

Calling all t-shirt lovers! The Cotton Factory is a nifty little website that has been selling t-shirts online for awhile now.  Their shirt designs have gained praise and fame from the t-shirt community and few people know that The Cotton Factory has recently located their headquarters to Friendship.  Check out this great post from the Pittsburgh blog Steel Town Anthem with lots of photos from The Cotton Factory’s headquarters. All of The Cotton Factory t-shirts are designed and printed here in Pittsburgh.

The Cotton Factory created some wonderful t-shirts in honor of the Parking Chair after the big snow in February.

photo from the Cotton Factory Facebook Page

photo from the Cotton Factory Facebook Page

This Friday, at their office, The Cotton Factory is setting up a pop up shop with special t-shirts that won’t be available online.  You can check out some of their unique designs – that will only be available at the shop – on their Facebook page here.

Tee Rex – The Cotton Factory Studio Sale
Friday, April 2, 2010 4-10 pm
5440 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Link to Facebook Event – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104688009564534

Pittsburgh Parking Chair Day at the Children's Museum

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Image by Funky Dung via Flickr

Thanks to the folks at The Cotton Factory for tipping us off to this oh so Pittsburgh event (they are also the founders of the Facebook Group for The Parking Chair).

Stop by the Children’s Museum on Saturday between 10am and 3pm to watch artists decorate Praking chairs and play some musical chairs too.

Pittsburgh Parking Chair Day
Pittsburgh Children’s Museum
Saturday, February 20, 2010 10am-3pm

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Image by Funky Dung via Flickr

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