Positively Pittsburgh Live! News 5-19-14
From Pa Waterways to Veteran Salutes, Show Notes
Listen to the show online HERE
Carl Bromley is the Idea Guy who
helps small businesses grow, helps nonprofits with fundraising and volunteer
recruitment. Any challenge worth doing might need fresh ideas,
right? Founder and co-owner of Local4All Advertising (which produces
advertising placemats and Local4All FUNDRAISING Placemats), Carl is always on
your side and AT your side when you need help. If he can't be there in
person, he might be able to find you other people who can help. Don't
have money? How about barter? How about an "ad
sponsor" and your sponsor's name and phone number are on your ad,
too. Think win-win. Think about calling Carl the Idea Guy @
724-822-4249.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS TECHNOGRANNY?
Bach Festival at Calvary Episcopal
Luke Wholey's Wild Alaskan Grille for Best Mohito in the
Burgh
Cocktails and Cusine in Bradford Woods
Celtic Woman Emerald Tour
CULTURAL CLUES: Visual Art Exhibition Portraits of Air: Pittsburgh by Detroit-based Artist Susan Goethel Campbell | 6th Annual Full Bloom Dance Party | WQED Documentary on Black Horizons|
KIDZ KORNER: Finalists for the Annnual WQED PBS KIDS Writers Contest | OVER 30 FREE ACTIVITIES EQT Pittsburgh International Children's Festival, now celebrating its 28th year
WOMEN AND GIRLS ACHIEVEMENT: Join Dress for Success in Highmark Walk | Girls Can Change the World: Be Inspired 2014| Girls Coalition Mini Conference Series The Unique Needs of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System| Women's Entrepreneurship Open House, Shadyside Campus | Women Business Leaders Breakfast Series Speaker: Peggy Outon, Executive Director of Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University |
BUSINESS BUZZ: Shale Gas Innovation Contest Finals| Landmarks Preservation Resource Center Workshops| Review of Small Biz Saturday Showcase Series |
NON-PROFIT EVENTS SPONSORED BY BLACKTIE PITTSBURGH: UNDERSTANDING LUPUS by Urban League Guild | Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh--the Gallery Crawl After Dark |
NEIGHBORHOOD HI-LIGHTS: Launch of Pittsburgh's Asian American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) |
POSITIVE PITTSBURGHERS: Home Energy Audit |
ROVING PITTSBURGHER REPORT: Bach Festival |
PITTSBURGH LOCAL SPORTS: Pittsburgh Passion Continue Undefeated Streak |
PITTSBURGH GOOD NEWS FORUM: Hope Haven Farm Sanctuary | Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) New Executive Director| Pennsylvania Water Trails
STEELTOWN HERO: The Pittsburgh CAPA 6-8 Vocal Department |
VETERANS VET and MILITARY METTLE: 3rd Annual Saluuting Service Even to Honor U.S. Military Veterans | Rocky Bleier, Super Bowl Champ and Vietnam Veteran Speaks
CULTURAL CLUES
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS
PORTRAITS OF AIR: PITTSBURGH
A CROWD-SOURCED EXHIBITION
June 6 – July 13, 2014 | 709 Penn Gallery
The installation shows the results of nearly 100 8 × 10 in., framed spun-glass air filters placed throughout the Pittsburgh region in ordinary locations, such as the home or workspace. Incorporating photography, sound and the air filters—some of which have remained completely white while others have visible particulates—Campbell creates a visual document of the invisible element of air and invites people to think about the quality of the air they breathe.
“The main goal of this project is to bring awareness to the concept of air. It moves from the local to the global and is necessary to sustain life,” says artist Susan Goethel Campbell. “My hope is that people will see themselves in this project and not necessarily that air is dirty or polluted. What I am most interested in are the [filters’] placements and how these individual sites helped to create a broad portrait of air.”
KELLY
STRAYHORN THEATER - 6th Annual Full Bloom Dance Party
Support the Kelly Strayhorn Theater
at the 6th Annual Full Bloom Dance Party. For the young and the young at heart,
KST's 6th Annual Full Bloom Summer Dance Party is all about getting down with
your funky side and bringing East Liberty Live! into Full Bloom. Named one of
the best parties of the year by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, this event is a
wonderful way to support KST's summer family programming - East Liberty Live!
WHEN: Saturday, June 7, 2014 from 7:00pm - Midnight
WHERE: Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
COST: All-access VIP Tickets - $125, Dance Party Tickets - $35
For more information click HERE
WOMEN AND GIRLS ACHIEVEMENT
Be Inspired 2014: May 31, 2014
Girls Can Change the World:
Be Inspired 2014
Created in 2013 to feature girls
who were taking an active role in our region and beyond, Be Inspired 2014
is an event that acknowledges girls and young women who are making a difference.
This year's speakers represent diverse backgrounds and experiences, as well as
a broad range of important causes, advocacy work, passions, and talents. From
using arts and music to inspire social change, to speaking out for equality in
education, to establishing an environmentally responsible and successful
business model, to collecting shoes for children in need, to serving as an
representative in excellence in STEM education, the work and talents of each of
these young women is truly inspiring.
WHEN: Saturday, May 31,
2014 from 9:00am to 12:00pm
WHERE: New Hazlett Theater,
Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
REGISTRATION: Please register
online. If you need any assistance, please
contact info@girlscoalitionswpa.org
Girls Coalition Mini Conference Series
The Unique Needs of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
This half-day training will take an
in-depth look at the realities that many girls face in the juvenile justice
system today and will consider a range of topics related to this issue from a
girl's first involvement in the system through effective, evidence-based
intervention models currently used by practitioners in the field. Attendees
will have the opportunity to gain greater insight and clarity on the steps that
a girl goes through when involved in the system, and programming used for
prevention and intervention including:
- Services offered by the court (both mandatory
and voluntary)
- Foster and group home living options
- Understanding personal trauma /
trauma-informed care
- Individual and family treatment models
- Effective partnerships in assessment,
treatment, and anger management programs.
Presenters for this training will
include Ingrid Edwards, Program Director from Gwen's Girls as well as
representatives from juvenile court and CYF.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 17, from 8:30am - 11:30am
WHERE: Gwen's Girls, Inc., 711 West Commons Street, Pittsburgh, PA
15212
COST: $25
Monday, June 9, 2014 (5:30 PM -
7:30 PM)
Center for
Women's Entrepreneurship Open House, Shadyside Campus
Come meet our staff, facilitators,
and past participants while learning about all of our services for women
business owners and women in business. From consulting, entrepreneurial
training programs, small business workshops, and women's leadership breakfasts
to our membership opportunities and benefits, the Center has programs for women
in all stages of business development. This event is free and open to the
public; appetizers will be served!
Click here for more information and to register
for this event (FREE).
Friday, June 13, 2014 (7:30 AM -
9:00 AM)
Women
Business Leaders Breakfast Series
Speaker: Peggy Outon, Executive Director of Bayer Center for
Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University
Topic: "The Business of Nonprofits: Starting and operating these
economic engines"
Nonprofit
organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania employ three hundred thousand people
and contribute over 8% to the GDP. These organizations clean our streams,
educate our children, feed the hungry and delight our minds and hearts with
exciting theater, dance and music. Nonprofit entrepreneurs are a vital part of
the nonprofit sector, but face lots of challenges, - legal requirements to form
new nonprofits and practical challenges of building a board, raising money and
establishing program credibility. In this conversation, we will talk about how
to take your great community idea and get started as a nonprofit!
Click here for more information and to register
for this event.
BUSINESS BUZZ
New Schedule for Jazz Networking with
Jessica Lee, formerly Entrepereneurial Thursdays
New schedule for
the summer will be 5:30-8PM as follows:
2. For
June –
1st Thursday: @
Christine Frechard Gallery in Squirrel Hill (June 5th)
2nd Thursday:
@ CJ’s in the Strip District (June 12th) – Corner of 29th
and Penn Ave . .
3rd Thursday:
(June 19th) I will be singing a street fair and festival in
Irwin so no formal show . . .but you are all welcome (6-9pm) . . more info to
follow
Final Wednesday of the
month: (June 25th) – Rivers Club for their anniversary
show (trying final Wednesdays of each month this summer to see if Wednesdays
work better than Thursdays)
4th Thursday
@ Enigma Elite Lounge (June 26th) – NEW VENUE across from Bossa Nova
on 7th downtown.
3. For
July and August –
1st Thursday:
@ Christine Frechard Gallery in Squirrel Hill
2nd Thursday:
@ CJ’s in the Strip
3rd Thursday:
@Enigma Elite Lounge on 7th downtown across from Bossa Nova
Final Wednesday: (July 30 and Aug 27):
Rivers Club
POSITIVELY PITTSBURGH LIVE!
Small Biz Saturday Showcase
Small Biz Saturday Showcase
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Small Business Saturday Showcase
PositivelyPittsburghLive Talkcast Celebrate 7 Years
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Episode Notes: Happy National Small Business Week. PositivelyPittsburghLive Celebrates National Small Business with you as we present our 6th Small Biz Saturday Showcase. Today's guests: Nathanial H. Duck, Christian Certified Physical Fitness Instructor | Valerie Price, Founder and Creator of Balzers Blanket |Angel Hoffman, Advanced Partners in Health Care Compliance, LLC | Zineb Outnouna CEO and Founder of Atlas Dreams Languages, LLC | Join us live or later to hear these amazing Small Business Owner Stories, hear their tips for other entrepreneurs, tips from their niche market and also special offers to PositivelyPittsburghLive listeners. |
Positively Pittsburgh Live! Small BizSaturday Showcase Podcasting Builds
Business
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05/10/2014
Episode Notes: Today Guests Sunita Pandit,
Mrs. Cardiology and JoAnn Forrester, EmpressofBiz, reveal how
podcasting/talkcasting and having their shows syndicated on
PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com has helped their business survive and
thrive in what some would call a poor economy. | We also saluted Mom's in
business with statistics on how many women are starting businesses. And these
ladies will tell you how their mother's influenced them to be entrepreneurs.|
Listen in to find out about podcasting/talkcasting and a salute to mother's
all over the USA taking to businesses to take care of their families. Happy
Mother's Day. |
Positively Pittsburgh Live! SmallBizSaturdayMornings Showcase |
05/03/2014
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NON-PROFIT EVENTS
SPONSORED BY BLACKTIE PITTSBURGH
From Joyce Kane of Cybertary, Pittsburgh
Hope Grows Foundation
We know that caregivers are predominately female and spend
20 hours of week caring for a family member or friend? Did you know that
18% are children? The statistics for caregivers are staggering. So
many of us take care or have taken care of a loved one. We can all attest
to the emotional stress of it all, but we don’t think of ourselves…it is
something you just do when a friend or family member has a disability, become
ill or elderly. That is just the nature of our culture, upbringing and
the fact that caregiver support is so expensive that families can’t afford it.
I want to introduce you to the Hope Grows Foundation
that is here to provide much needed caregiver
If you are a caregiver, this event is for you. This
will be a lovely afternoon to have lunch and share your passion of tea
providing a soothing atmosphere to network with other caregivers or just
friendly conversation with your family and friends. We have two wonderful
guest speakers that you will enjoy sharing their knowledge on floriography and
soothing oils. They are both specialists in their fields. And a
great raffle for you to purchase tickets to help the Hope Grows
Foundation. This Foundation was started through the amazing vision of
Lisa (Werwie) Story, a who is a specialist in caregiver support and
horticultural therapy and I’m honored to have been asked to participate on her
Board of Directors and help her foundation. This is also a passion that
is near to my heart.
183 Shafer Road Moon
Township, PA 15108
Phone:
412 369 HOPE (4673)
Fax:
412 369 HOPE (4673)
Email: Email Us
Web: www.HopeGrows.net
Global Links Lunch + Learn: the
Allegheny Front
Wednesday, June 11, noon
Join us for the latest in our new
Lunch + Learn series, this time featuring Kathy Knauer from The Allegheny Front. This award-winning public
radio program covers environmental issues in Western Pennsylvania. Reporters
travel throughout the region, exploring environmental issues affecting the
community and providing commentaries, stories, interviews and news. The program
airs on WESA in Pittsburgh and on other stations throughout the region.Click here to let us know you're coming.
POSITIVE PITTSBURGHERS
CATHOLIC ACADEMY HONORS WQED
WITH PRESTIGIOUS GABRIEL AWARD
Documentary tells story of Pittsburgh artist Elizabeth Black during WWII
Documentary tells story of Pittsburgh artist Elizabeth Black during WWII
Solomon will accept the 2014 Gabriel Award for Portraits for the Homefront: The Story of Elizabeth Black in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 19. Presented by the Catholic Academy, The Gabriel is presented to films and programs throughout North America that uplift the human spirit by focusing on people who foster community, creativity, tolerance, justice and compassion.
To view the full release click here.
Attached is a picture which may be used for promotional purposes. Please note the attached caption and credit. If further photos are needed, or additional information, please contact George Hazimanolis at 412-622-1366 or ghazimanolis@wqed.org.
From
Pat McGrath Avery
Co-Author
Fun Days in Pittsburgh
We're
headed to Pittsburgh tomorrow for several events including a benefit on May 29
(from 5:30-7:30pm) at Papa Gallo's in Collier Township, PA. A portion of the
proceeds will benefit the Joshua Frase Foundation ( www.joshuafrase.org),
which is dedicated to
finding a cure or treatment for myotubular myopathy and
supporting families affected by congenital myopathies.
Luke the Author Dog will make a personal appearance along with a number of area authors including Ramona Roush, JoAnne Quinn-Smith and Anna Marie Gire.
Following that we will have a booth at the Pennsylvania Literary Festival in Uniontown on May 30-June 1.
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| Hershey Street Lights, Pat Avery |
Luke the Author Dog will make a personal appearance along with a number of area authors including Ramona Roush, JoAnne Quinn-Smith and Anna Marie Gire.
Following that we will have a booth at the Pennsylvania Literary Festival in Uniontown on May 30-June 1.
Hershey PA street lights
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But before all the work, we have
the good fortune to visit Gettysburg and Hershey next week. You know chocolate
always tops everything else! Besides, you gotta love a town where even the
street lights are Hershey's Kisses.
While Hershey brings out the kid in all of us, Gettysburg reaches deep into the core of every American. Soul searching is part of standing on ground where so many gave their lives - one American fighting another.
Part of the Gettysburg experience is its saturation in American history. We'll spend a night at the Battlefield B&B. I'm looking forward to their awesome breakfast and the morning history presentation. The inn was a Civil War-era farmhouse.
In between all the travel and events, I plan to photograph as much of Pittsburgh as possible. It's a photogenic city with enough culture, diversity and history to thrill the heart of any writer and photographer.
While Hershey brings out the kid in all of us, Gettysburg reaches deep into the core of every American. Soul searching is part of standing on ground where so many gave their lives - one American fighting another.
Part of the Gettysburg experience is its saturation in American history. We'll spend a night at the Battlefield B&B. I'm looking forward to their awesome breakfast and the morning history presentation. The inn was a Civil War-era farmhouse.
In between all the travel and events, I plan to photograph as much of Pittsburgh as possible. It's a photogenic city with enough culture, diversity and history to thrill the heart of any writer and photographer.
ROVING PITTSBURGHER REPORT
Bach
Festival 10 AM to 10 PM of Bach at the picturesque Calvary Episcopal Church in East Liberty
Read Full Review Here
Luke
Wholey's Wild Alaskan Grille for Best Mohito in the Burgh
Not only does the straight from Ireland Bartender, Tommy, make absolutely the best Mohito in the City according to TechnoGranny, Luke Wholey grows his own mint on site. Yum!
Cocktails and Cuisine in Bradford Woods
7th Annual Cocktails and Cuisine, in beautifully scenic Bradford Woods, in North Hills was amazing. The damp ground after a week of rain could not dampen the spirits or the appetite of the attendees. Food was amazing including Chicken Andora from Andora's of course and the winning fish tacos from John Mitchell's catering (the attendee's choice winner for 4th year in a row.)
Celtic Woman Emerald Tour
What started as a soft whisper of music turned into a crowd favorite as the lyrics of "Danny Boy" filled the Benedum Theater on Saturday evening. Sweet voices, seconded by the sweet smiles on the three female singers' faces, placed the audience under a hypnotic spell. Harmony swirled through the room. Time stood still.
If you would like to share your review and pictures of an event,
please email info@pplmag.com
PITTSBURGH LOCAL SPORTS
Pittsburgh Passion continue undefeated streak in their Home Opener (4-0)
PITTSBURGH
— The Pittsburgh Passion presented their fourth win this season in their home
opener against the Montreal Blitz, 35-0. The
trio of receivers made the
difference in a striking game against the Blitz.
Passion Receivers led by Angela Baker with 7 receptions, 93
yards and two touchdowns. Along with, Amanda Haeg with 6 receptions for 141
yards and Rachel Wojdowski for 83 yards and two touchdowns this evening. Haeg
set a Passion record in her first catch of the game, with her 100th career reception. Quarterback, Lisa Horton
finished the game with a career high of 380 passing yards, 4 touchdowns,
including one rushing touchdown.
The Passion Defense was led by the powerful defensive line
starting with Defensive End, Jessica Nelko who had a career gain of 3 sacks,
including several other tackles. Defensive End, Kim Zubovic with 5 tackles and
1 sack. Linebacker, Olivia Griswold with 5 tackles and one sack. Griswold had
her 20th career sack
tonight with the Passion. Michelle Peters had six tackles during the game.
Kicker, Amy
Fallon was 3 of 4 in PATs for the evening. Baker added a 2-pt conversion in the
third quarter of the game.
The Pittsburgh Passion (4-0) will host their next home game on
Saturday, May 17th at 7:00pm
as they go head-to-head in their second match-up with the Carolina Phoenix. For
more information, visitwww.pittsburghpassion.com.
PITTSBURGH GOOD NEWS FORUM
Mount Washington Community Development
Corporation (MWCDC)
My name is Ilyssa Manspeizer and I will be assuming
the role of Executive Director for the MWCDC beginning Monday, May 19th. My
background is in community development, and I have worked with the MWCDC as a
Program Manager and Director for the last seven
Water
Trails Lead to Fun, Recreation and Discovery
Paddling Pennsylvania’s
aquatic highways
Do you want to combine
water, good food, recreation, open space, history, culture, scenic beauty and
geology into a one-day trip? We have you covered. Set your canoe or kayak on
one of Pennsylvania’s water trails. These trails are
boat routes suitable for canoes, kayaks and small, motorized watercraft. Like
conventional trails, water trails are recreational corridors between specific
locations. Water trails are comprised of access points, boat launches, day-use
sites, and, in some cases, overnight camping areas. From ripples to rapids,
paddling these aquatic highways can be a great adventure. And don’t forget
about fishing
Susquehanna River
Watershed
Ohio River Watershed
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Conewango Creek Water Trail
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Youghiogheny River Water Trail
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Upper Monongahela Water Trail
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