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Bicycles, Libraries and Zombies – Fun for Everyone this Weekend

Macmillan Bicycle

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Happy Friday! Sorry things have been a little quiet here on the blog for a few weeks – but the weather is warmer and there is a ton of stuff to do here in Pittsburgh.  Here is a round up of what we talked about on WDVE this morning.  You can listen to the IheartPGH segment most Friday mornings on 102.5 FM at 6:45 am.

Bike to Work Day

  • Friday, May 20, 2011 – National Bike to Work Day
  • Bike Pittsburgh has got breakfast for the cyclists – Market Square, CMU, Southside
  • Discounts for bike commuters too

Late Night at the Library: Deconstruction Party

  • Friday, May 20 7-10pm
  • Join fellow book lovers for a a fundraiser to benefit the Carnegie Library and to check out the space one last time before it closes for renovations.

Venture Outdoors Festival

  • Saturday, May 21, 11am-6pm
  • Point State Park
  • FREE – climbing wall, kayaking, yoga, and more – outdoor fun for the whole family

Hand(made) in Marriage

  • Getting married in the near future? Planning a wedding – check out this bridal show featuring unique vendors from around Pittsburgh
  • Saturday, May 21, 2011, Noon-5pm, Teamsters Temple

Fineview becomes Spineview

  • the 2011 class of Leadership Pittsburgh invites you to Fineview to be an extra in their Zombie movie production
  • Saturday, May 21, 2011 1pm-6pm

Pedal Pittsburgh

  • Sunday, May 22, 2011
  • Annual bike ride around town with routes for cyclist of any level
  • 6 different routes from 6 to 60 miles

Bellevue’s 2011 Classic Car Cruise

  • Sunday, May 22, 2011
  • 1-5pm
  • Free ice cream, snacks and soda
  • Music, kids activities and classic cars along Lincoln Ave.
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2nd Annual Handmade in Marriage is May 21, 2011

Recently a few friends of IheartPGH have decided to tie the knot and have been asking me questions left and right about planning a wedding in Pittsburgh.  If you are engaged or involved in wedding planning – then Handmade in Marriage is the craft show for you.

Handmade in Marriage is a one day wedding show to show of the best of independent wedding vendors in Pittsburgh.  Everything from caters, photographers, gift ideas and more.

Handmade in Marriage is brought to you by IMadeIt Market and Wildcard.

Handmade in Marriage

May 21st, 2011, Noon – 5:00pm

Teamster Temple, Lawrenceville

4701 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Website – http://handmadeinmarriage.com/

I wanted to take a second to point out two of the vendors who will be at Hand(made) in marriage – both of these have run successful Kickstarter projects to raise money to get things started here in Pittsburgh.  How cool that both of these businesses started with community support.

Here is a sneak peak of some of the items you might find at Hand(made) in Marriage from the vendors who also have shops on Etsy.

‘Things to Heart About Hand(made) in Marriage ‘ by iheartpgh

$50.00

$22.00

$15.00

$159.00

$28.00

$6.00

$2.90

$32.00

$1.00

$62.00

$40.00

$4.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Letterpress Love in Pittsburgh

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I was recently talking to a friend and admiring his beautifully letterpress buisness cards – I know there are a few letterpress shops here in Pittsburgh too.

Shannon from War Admiral Press – designed the wedding invitations for our very own blogger Maya!  – check out the invitations here – Maya was thrilled with the finished invites and happy to use a local printer too.  There is even a Flickr group for Pittsburgh Letterpress – I think it is run by the folks who publish the zine Ker-Bloom which is one of the only letterpress zine’s around – check out Issue 74 which is all about Pittsburgh.

Perfect timing because January 30, 2010 is the Pittsburgh craft collective’s Letterpress Demo afternoon.  This is one event that I did not get to attend last year and I am very happy to see the events return.  Here is a nice write up of last years Letterpress demo from the blog Something Pretty.

Letterpress Demo
Saturday, January 30, 2010 2-4pm
The Design Center, 5001 Baum Blvd.
Free for Pittsburgh Craft Collective Members, $5 for Non Members

Just in time for Valentine’s day you will get to make your own valentine

RSVP for the Letterpress Demo on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=268788245886

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House of Soul?

Some friends who currently live in CA, but are returning back to Pittsburgh have called to ask for some advice on wedding bands.
One band that they inquired about is House of Soul. Since I have not heard of this band I thought I would ask the IheartPGH readership for their thoughts.

Has anyone hear House of Soul? Are they are good wedding band? Do you have any other suggestions for good wedding bands?