April 2012
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2012 East End Brewing's Keg Ride
East End Brewing’s annual event the Keg Ride will take place this weekend on April 28th, 2012. An expected 500 riders will partake in the event to bike kegs of Good Beer to an undisclosed tapping location. Sign ups of the event are available online, this year there will be no day-of registration. Proceeds of the event help benefit ABOARD’s Autism Connection and BikePGH.
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STOP Pitt Bomb Threats
In the wake of a rush of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh a website has been formed to help put an end to the threats. The website; Stop the Pitt Bomb Threats maps out every threat as well as has been documenting the treats made. The hope is to help find patterns and trends that will lead to the discovery of the perpetrator(s).
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Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week
Pittsburgh’s first Craft Beer Week will begin this weekend April 20th - 28th. The event celebrates the great beer that is brewed locally here in Pittsburgh. Events during PCBW will include beer tastings, dinners with food and beer pairings, beers exclusively brewed for the event, and meeting the head brewers behind the beer. Check out the PCBW website for more details.
March 2012
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Le Magnifique - Mario Lemieux Statue
The Pittsburgh Penguins revealed a dedication to Mario Lemieux today and honored him with a Bronze statue of his Dec. 20, 1988 against the New York Islanders that is now displayed outside Consol Energy Center. Read more from the Penguins.
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Will Phipps be World's Greenest Building?
Once additions are made to Phipps Conservatory it will be capoable of generating all of its own energy and treat all wastewater on site! Check out the article on Mother Nature Network.
February 2012
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Fred Rogers the Penguins Fan
Feb 27th, 2011 marks 9 years since we lost our favorite neighbor. For those who didn’t know Fred Rogers enjoyed leaving the land of Make-Believe to catch a Pittsburgh Penguins game, as seen by his NHL hockey card
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Festival Invites all to Learn about Iconography
Post-Gazette writer Ann Rodgers discuses the art and process behind the Orthodox Christian practice of writing holy icons.
To further educate and showcase iconography, Saturday and Sunday from 1-6 p.m. the public is invited hear lectures on their importance and see demonstrations of icon-making at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland at 3400 Dawson St. Along with...
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Help the Ringing of St. Augustine’s Bells
The Lawrenceville community invites everyone to join together for an evening filled with entertainment, wine, and delicious food, as they raise funds to get the Historic Bells of St. Augustine’s Church ringing once again!
The event is sponsored by Our Lady of the Angels Parish and will host a silent and live auction during the event. Commemorative bottles of wine, provided by Engine House...
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Pittsburgh Made Cellhelmet
The iPhone will have a new level of protective defense if cellhelmet thanks to Kickstarter. The iPhone case promisses to fully protect the Apple iPhone and if damage does occur the phone will be fixed or replaced. The best part is every cellhelmet is locally made here in Pittsburgh.
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Casino Bulldogs: La Bala EP
The guys of Casino Bulldogs are back with their new EP La Bala delivering 6 new songs. The fuzzy energetic alternative rock styling of the band is still intact and ever greater on the EP. Listening from the first song Anna Sway to the last UV Katie the sound flows continually into a well put together alternative rock album. La Bala is a very fun energetic listen and breaks away from the current...
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An Industrial Strength House in Pittsburgh →
The house, designed by the architect Eric Fisher, looms over the street like a big industrial arm.
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Illustration Ale Recap
The Toonsuem and East End Brewing put together a fantastc event for the release of Illustration Ale featuring the 6 local artists Mark Bender, Vince Dorse, Jasen Lex, Nathan Mazur, Ed Piskor, and Dave Wachter. The beer was cold and refreshing, the food prepared by NINEonNINE and Taste of Dahntahn was delicious, and the art was outstanding.
Below are some photos of the event, enjoy
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Pittsburgh Setting for The Last of Us
It appears that Pittsburgh will once again be featured in a video game, this time of the Playstation 3 in the game The Last of US. Previous Pittsburgh served the as the environment for the expansion The Pitt in Fallout 3. Pittsburgh is once again in a pre-apocalypse world in the new video game.
Pittsburgh as seen in Fallout 3
January 2012
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People Who Live Over Waterfalls
… should throw raging parties every night according to this comic of Iconic Houses including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater from Incidental Comics.
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Troy Hill's Healing Priest
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette continue’s to contribute to their online interactive section with this stunning video about Father Mollinger, Troy Hill’s healing priest. Father Mollinger would bring his holy relics to St. Anthony’s in Troy Hill.
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Velvet Underground vs. Warhol
The Velvet Underground filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against The Andy Warhol Foundation for it’s use of the famous Banana image. Read more from the Post-Gazette.
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Riverhounds New Stadium at Station Square
Station Square will soon be host to future sporting events for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and the Passion with this new stadium opening Summer 2012.
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PNC Bank Custom Bike Racks in Pittsburgh
Some PNC Bank branches will soon provide logo themed bike racks for their customers. Such as this one in Bloomfield spotted by BikePGH
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PNC's Augmented Reality ATM/Branch Finder
PNC Bank has teamed up with Deeplocal to help solve a common issue, Where is the nearest ATM? The mobile application uses augmented reality to point mobile users in the correct direction. Simply pointing the phone in a direction will guide your way to the nearest bank or ATM.
The App is available in the Apple App Store
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Portlandia, your 15 minutes are up. PGH is it!
Maura Judkis of the Washington Post wrote yesterday in a Warhol notion that Portland, Oregon your 15 minutes of fame is up! Pittsburgh is the place to be.
“Portland has overextended its welcome as the destination for hipsters who want to find themselves, while frolicking in beautiful scenery and reasonable rents … Pittsburgh is reasonable-rents, nice scenery, nice downtown, and the...
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iJustine's Office Space Parody
Pittsburgher internet celebrity iJustine (Justine Ezarik) brought new light to one of geek cultures most famous movie scenes. The promo for Spike TV’s coverage of this years CES is a parody of the famous printer bashing scene of Office Space.
In addition here is the behind the scenes of the filming
December 2011
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Deck the Screens with Deeplocal
Pittsburgh’s Deeplocal has released a new holiday festive social app Deck the Screens, which allows friends, family, and coworkers to bond together to deck their device’s screens with holiday lights by stringing together.
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It's Burgh in the Dark Knight Rises Trailer
The new Dark Knight Rises trailer was released and as a yinzer you will spot all the Burgh elements. Below are some screenshots
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For the Love of Murphy's
Mundania Horvath of Steeltown Anthem recently posted this wonderful write-up on the history and transformation of one Downtown Pittsburgh’s most historic and memorable buildings. Once serving as G.C. Murphy’s store the building on Fifth Avenue feel into despair like many of the properties surrounding Market Square. With the revitalization that went into Fifth Avenue the Murphy building was...
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Phat Man Dee & Friends Holiday Album
Well known Pittsburgher Phat Man Dee and Friends have put together Merry ChristmaChannaKwanzaa, Vol 1.1, featuring Picksburgh Xmas. The release party will be at the Carnegie Science Center in the Buhl Digital Planetarium on December 15, 2011 at 8 PM.
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Animation of Pittsburgh's Bike Lane Growth
From 2007 to today Pittsburgh’s bike lanes have grown a lot thanks to BikePGH. For information on the growth history check out BikePGH’s site.
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CottonFactory's Neighborhood Pride
Shirt printer Cotton Factory has released these two new shirts of Oakland and Lawrencville, showcasing some Pittsburgh neighborhood pride!
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The Porch at Schenley Plaza
Oakland now has a new bistro in the heart of Schenley Plaza, The Porch. The bistro offers simple, delicious, scratch made food from local ingredients. Enjoy lunch or a study break while viewing the surrounding greenery from this beautifully designed building.
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Reflective Rim Stripes for Bicycles
Pittsburgher Nick Drombosky wants to ensure everyone bikes safely at night. In doing so he has created Fiks:Reflective Rim Stripes and is seeking funding through kickstarter for the initial launch. The special retroreflective material offers an increase in night visibility from any angle.
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Where Yinzer's Beards Measure Up
What type of beards do Pittsburghers tend to grow? According to a shirt from The Beardly anything from Hipterly to Amishly, and perhaps a little teamsterly or coal minerly.
November 2011
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Vessel Studio's Glass Winter Wonderland
Vessel Studio’s Glass Winter Wonderland event will give the Pittsburgh community the chance to shop for unique hand blown glass holiday gifts and ornaments. Meet the artists behind the art while sipping some hot chocolate.
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Civic Arena Roofing used for Ornaments
Civic Arena is currently being torn down, but a piece of it’s iconic roof can shine as an ornament on your tree this Holiday season. Wendell August Forge has crafted two unique ornaments from the roof for sale with all proceeds benefiting the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation youth charities.
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Shop on Small Business Saturday
Help support local Pittsburgh and shop at one of the many great shops within our neighborhoods.
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Penguins Pond at South Side Works
The Penguins have brought the Winter Classic Rink back to life in the South Side Works, more information about the Pond available here
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IC Brewing now Pittsburgh Brewing Company
Iron City Brewing has officially transformed it’s brand to Pittsburgh Brewing Company, after the recent relocation to Rolling Rock’s former brewery in Latrobe, PA. Iron City beer was started by a young German immigrant Edward Frauenheim back in 1861. Its good to see Iron City celebrating Pittsburgh pride with this well designed black and gold logo.
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51st Pittsburgh Light Up Night
51st Duquesne Light Light Up Night is this Friday November 18th, 2011. A complete schedule of events can be found here
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PGH BruFest 2011
Pittsburgh BruFest will be happening this weekend, Saturday November 19, 2011
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Light Sculpture to Pierce North Side Skyline
North Side’s skyline will soon be a little brighter thanks to a new Mattress Factory installation. The sculpture Acupuncture; named after its piercing appearance, is designed by well known light artist Hans Peter Kuhn and built with custom 65-100 foot LED lit tubes.
With the design, permits, and engineering complete there is still a need to gain additional founding for the project. The...
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Levi's Benefit Braddock Concert Series
Levi’s is throwing a concert series this weekend to help benefit the steel mill town of Braddock. The concerts will be live streamed via their website
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“When we decided to organize this trip to see a few colleges, Carnegie Mellon was among the top of the list” -Mark Zuckerberg, while at CMU on November 8th, 2011
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Train Platform for Warhol's Underground Party
Gothamist has a photo tour of the Secret Train Platform Beneath The Waldorf-Astoria that also house Andy Warhol’s 1965 Underground Party
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The Breathe Project
The Breathe Project an advocacy to improve the air quality in Pittsburgh and the surrounding region have put together a set of fantastic videos discussing the issues and concerns for the current state of our air quality. More recently their interactive website launched presenting the impacts, sources, and solutions for our region.
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Rusty Bridge's Now on Google+
Rusty Bridge is now on Google+
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BikePGH 2012 members by 2012
There’s two months left for BikePGH to accomplish it’s goal of 2012 members by 2012. The goal is getting close with only needing 300 additional members.
As BikePGH member you’ll receive many wonderful benefits as well as help grow biking in Pittsburgh.
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Andy Warhol Skateboard Decks
Fab online retailing is offering skateboard decks and wheels produced by Alien Workshop with Andy Warhol inspired art.
The Andy Warhol Museum also carries the skateboard decks which retail for $55.
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Iron City Beer's Amber Redesion
Iron City Beer recently launched their new beer Amber. The original label was circulated and was pulled 10 days after launch. Here is the before and after
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After:
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30th Three Rivers Film Festival
This year marks the 30th Three Rivers Film Festival which will run November 4th - 19th. Video from Matthew R. Day.
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Penguins Represented on Military Plane
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be seen around the world as they are now represented on the Pittsburgh based 171st Air Fueling Wing’s KC-135T stratotanker.
Watch the video of the unveiling and interviews with the Pens
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Enter to Win a TurboChill
We discussed the latest Pittsburgh product the beer distributing TurboChill, now you can enter to win one for yourself to serve the ultimate cold beer at your next Steelers party!