August 2011
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Jerry Robinson's Batman in Pittsburgh print
Batman illustrator and co-creator of the Joker Jerry Robinson visited Pittsburgh’s ToonSeum recently while Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises was being filmed in the city.
While at ToonSeum Jerry made an awesome illustration (pictured above) of Batman and Robin flying over Pittsburgh, or as some consider it the new Gotham City. ToonSeum has 50 limited prints signed by Jerry...
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“I believe that, other than your love, the most important thing a person can give is their labor” - Stephen Chbosky, author and director
stated that it was a lesson learned after hearing about his steelworker grandfather who went to the steel mill three times a day looking for work during the great depression but could find none
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Andy Warhol's Favorite NYC Spots
WNYC examined and mapped Andy Warhol’s favorite NY locations from Thomas Kiedrowski’s Andy Warhol’s New York City: four walks uptown to downtown. Below is WNYC Google Map of the locations
NOTE: This is not an extensive map of all the locations known for that please refer to Kiedrowski’s book
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Schmutz Company BikeFest 2011 Animation
The fantastic Pittsburgh stop motion animating duo the Schmutz Company made this video at BikeFest with the help of Bike Pittsburgh supporters.
Check out the additional videos the Schmutz Company has on their YouTube
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Feel the Pulse of the Electric Bike
University of Pittsburgh students Micah Toll and Thorin Tobiassen founded Pulse Motors an electric vehicle start-up aiming to provided cost effective vehicles to the public while helping lower societies dependency on gasoline.
Their first vehicle is the PEVO; Personal Electric Vehicle Zero, a hybrid human-electric vehicle with fully functional bike pedals which you can ride a like a bicycle...
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The Warhol: D.I.Y. POP App
The Andy Warhol museum recently released their Warhol: D.I.Y. POP iPhone application. The app simulates the screenprinting process that Andy used to create his famous pop art. The app was developed in partnership with CMU’s Software Engineering Masters Programs.
The Warhol museum also released their augmented-reality viewer The Andy Warhol Museum Layar which provides a real world...
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“Pittsburgh isn’t fancy, but it is real. It’s a working town and money doesn’t come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day’s work, and I’ve it to them for a long, long time.” - Willie Stargell, late Pittsburgh Pirate
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Stargell to be honored with Postage Stamp
Late Pirates slugger Willie Stargell to be honored with a US postage stamp which will be issued in July
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Blue Slide Park now Red?!
Word is circling around the internet that someone has painted Frick Park’s famous blue slide RED!
Recently the slide and the surrounding area has become semi-famous thanks to local MC Mac Miller. Mac this month released his first single Frick Park Market off his highly anticipated first album Blue Slide Park.
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Be a real Superhero, support the arts!
Pittsburgh’s fun and creative museum ToonSeum is planning an expansion next door of their current location. Currently the museum is in a narrow space but expanding will give the ToonSeum the space to showcase more items from their vast collection.
In order for the expansion to happen ToonSeum will need to raise the funds to complete the project. Their response, the kickstater campaign...
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Landlord tells Andy Warhol NO PARTIES!
Andy Warhol was known as a popular socialite and one to throw a killer party. The website Letters of Note found a 1965 letter written from Andy Warhol’s landlord asking him to stop parting at the legendary Factory.
Transcript ELK REALTY, INC. 1107 BROADWAY NEW YORK, N. Y. 10010 AREA CODE 212 WATKINS 4-3560 November 15, 1965 Mr. Andy Warhol 231 East 47 Street New York, New York Dear...
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Batman in the Burgh tshirt round up!
Pittsburgher’s are happy to rep the Burgh as Gotham City and now they can do so even easier with these awesome Batman in the Burgh shirts.
First up is the Steel Knight Batman Steelers mash up from Believe! merch.
Cotton Factory released this shirt they are called BGH. Batburgh
Common Wealth Press always receives attention for their creative Pittsburgh shirts, just recently they began...
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PAPA World Binball Championship 14
The Professional and Amateur Pinball Association (PAPA) World Pinball Championships 14 begins this week! Held at the PAPA facility in Carnegie the event will run August 11th - 14th. The challenge for many will be to attempt to knock off reigning four year consecutive world pinball champ Keith Elwin.
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TurboChill - the Future of Beer Tailgating
Serving beer at events is about to change with the invention of TurboChill. Developed in Pittsburgh by Laminar Technologies the system keeps beer chilled as well as provides a keg yield of 99-100%. What does it mean to have such a high yield? A typical keg yield is around 70-80% per keg, wasting up to 30% due to spilling, extra foam and improper pouring techniques. Basically you get to drink...
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Pittsburgh Zine Fair
Pittsburgh Zine Fair is being held for the first time ever on Thursday September 1st from 5pm-10pm. The Zine Fair will be held at A.I.R. (Artists Image Resource) on the North Side and will feature over 30 vendors, workshops, hands-on demonstrations on letter-pressing and screenprinting, readings, and discussions!
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Life-Size Mousetrap Big Bash!
Carnegie Science Center has teamed up with The Toonseum to bring the nationally renowned Life-Size Mousetrap to the Burgh.
What is the Life-Size Mousetrap? Just like the creations of Rube Goldberg; who happened to be a cartoonist as well as an inventor, this massive contraption based on the popular boardgame brings science and engineering to a whole new level. Complete with chain reactions,...
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Death Cab for Cutie's Batman in Pittsburgh
Indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie performed the 60s Batman theme song at Stage AE in honor of The Dark Knight Rises being filmed across the venue at Heinz Field. Check out the video below for some of the performance.
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Nuh Nuh Nuh Nuh Pittsburgh!
Steel City Cotton Works is printing this awesome Batman-Pittsburgh shirt. As the world knows from the thousands of photos on the web the Dark Knight is in the Burgh and us Yinzers are proud of it!
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Seeing the stars in Lawrenceville
On Sunday Aug 7th at 7:00 PM the Lawrenceville community will gather together in the old Leslie Park Pool to look up at the stars. With the aide of Google Pittsburgh and Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh the event; which gathered 650 people last year, will help reuse a space that has sat vacant since 2003. The event will also include art projects and local music.
NOTE: The poster...