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Pecha Kucha Night! (That's pe-chak-cha to Pittsburghers)

PKNPecha Kucha is the onomatopoeic Japanese word for the sound of conversation – A.K.A. an event for the local creative class to meet and network while presenters share their stories, collections, products and/or work in 6 minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.  Join the Pittsburgh chapters of AIGA and AIA for Pecha Kucha Night on Friday, March 19th at SPACE.
812 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Admission: $10 cash at the door
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Presentations begin at 8:00 p.m.

Want to know more about this event? Check out videos from the Spring 09 PKN on YouTube or learn more about PKN all over the world.
Presenters and Presentations:
Joe D. Medwid: Riding with the Four Horsemen: A Comic Journey
Terry Oden: A Beautiful World – The Built Environment
Adam Murray: Conjunction Junction What’s Your Function?
Carrie Zuberbuhler Kennedy: Panorama: An Introduction to Classical Mythology
Roderick McMullen: Ideas.
Rachel Furmanski & Lindsey Masarik: Method to the Madness
Michael Hellein

Pittsburgh Holiday YouTube Fun

Well-packed tin of Eat n Park smiley cookies.
Image by richeditor via Flickr

I am sorry I didn’t get to post this before Christmas but the Eat N  Park star commercial is a classic – so we can still enjoy it after Christmas too. (I love that EatNPark continues to air this commercial each holiday season – read more about the commercial and lots of other smiley things on the EatNPark Blog here).

And here is another holiday video that is sure to bring some joy (and I believe it was filmed here in Pittsburgh too!) what is sure to become a new holiday classic – Let the Belly go Jelly.

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Help Name the New Park on Mt. Washington

Grandview Park View
Image by william.k via Flickr

I saw this on the Venture Outdoors blog this week and thought it was worth sharing.

Visit Pittsburgh has a poll on their site – vote on a name for the new park or suggest a name – deadline is August 31, 2009. Cast your vote and enter to win a night at the Renaissance hotel.

Cast Your Vote, Submit Your Big Idea, and Enter the Prize Drawing!

Pittsburghers know Mt. Washington provides the perfect vantage point of the city’s legendary three rivers and triangular urban center. Just an incline ride away from downtown and the place to dine with out-of-town guests, Mt. Washington now has a green side to show off, too. And we need your help to give this lush urban wilderness a name.

The new park that crosses Mt. Washington, Duquesne Heights and Allentown, offers 235 acres of green woodlands, trails, playgrounds, playing fields and majestic views from all sides. It’s the perfect place for Pittsburghers and visitors to hike across hillsides on quiet, sun-dappled paths or take yoga lessons, watch free movies, or enjoy a festival. Now consider: What name can describe this regional treasure? Something, perhaps, that combines the present with the area’s rich past and highlights the Park’s wild and green character, urban setting and spectacular view.

Click here to cast your vote at Visit Pittsburgh

Here is an interesting video that is a) amusing and b) gives some history of the park.

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Keystone Edge Video on Small Press Festival

Last month, OpenThread organized the first Small Press Festival here in Pittsburgh.  OpenThread is a regional arts collective that has been working on events to connect other writers and artists in Western PA.  The Small Press Festival was a month long celebration of the smaller publications here in Pittsburgh including a weekend expo of local small press publications.

Filmmaker Ben Hernstrom has put together a nice little video about the festival for Keystone Edge (a sister site to Pop City Media that focuses on the entire state of Pennsylvania).

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