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Radio Round Up – November 13, 2009

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  • Check out Carl Kurlander‘s documentary about moving back to Pittsburgh. The film will be screened at the Santa Fe Film Festival in December. See it here in Pittsburgh this weekend.
  • Friday, November 13, 2009, 7pm Sewlickly Public Library
  • Take a tour of the life size replicas of the Nina and the Pinta that are docked next to Heinz Field
  • Tours daily 9am-4pm until Nov. 15, Tickets are $7
  • Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 14 & 15) in historic downtown Harmony, PA (30 min north of Pittsburgh on 79N)
  • modeled after a traditional German Christmas Market
  • Gifts, food and a visit from Father Christmas
  • This weekend – Sound of Music is playing at The Oaks theater in Oakmont
  • Saturday, November 14 – Cinebrunch -$10 gets you brunch and a movie ticket
  • Pittsburgh’s Cartoon Musuem moves to its new home on Liberty Ave. Downtown
  • Stop by and check out the exhibit celebrating 100 years of animation
  • Starting at 6pm, Friday, November 13 and running for 24 hours the Barber shop will be open for hair cuts
  • All proceeds benefit Outreach Teen and Family Services Inc.
  • Michael B’s is located on West Liberty Ave in Dormont
  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 6:15 pm
  • Theater at Cabaret Square
  • Co-hosted by award-winning beer writer, Lew Bryson (He wrote the book on Pennsylvania Breweries)
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The Nina, The Pinta Make a Pilgrimage to Pittsburgh

The Nina
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Last week the Nina and the Pinta sailed into Pittsburgh, well okay not the original ships that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue with but the reproductions of The Nina and The Pinta. The two ships are docked next to Heinz field until November 15, 2009.

The website for the ships is – http://www.thenina.com/ – but it doesn’t have any info about their stop in Pittsburgh. From what I have read on the internet the ships are open for tours daily from 9am – 4pm daily. I think the tickets are $7. Continue reading