Positively Pittsburgh Live News 2-4-13

Positively Pittsburgh Live News

2-4-13

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Super WHY Live: You’ve Got the Power!
Super WHY Live: You’ve Got the Power! is coming to Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater for the first time ever on Saturday, April 28, 2013, at 2:30pm.  Based on the top-rated, Emmy-nominated preschool TV series that airs on PBS KIDS everyday across the U.S., Super WHY Live brings entertainment and education together in a live show unlike any your family has seen before. It is sure to be unforgettable.  This performance is presented by Opus One, s2bn, and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series.
 

Super WHY Live was written by Super WHY creator Angela Santomero, with music by Jack Antonoff, of the Grammy-nominated band “fun.” The show is produced by S2BN Entertainment (Yo Gabba Gabba! Live, Spider-Man on Broadway, and Rock of Ages: The Musical) in association with Out of the Blue Enterprises. Read the entire release here. 

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Women and Girls Foundations

As a loyal supporter of WGF, I want to share with you some of our successes from 2012 and make sure you’re among the first to hear about some exciting new initiatives. 

For the first time in its history, our annual event honored MEN who are helping to advance women’s rights and opportunities in our community. We were delighted to recognize amazing men who are doing important work on behalf of women and girls in the Pittsburgh region. Thank you to everyone who attended, sponsored and supported the event. 

WGF awarded a $25,000 grant to increase female voter turnout and education on issues related to women in Pennsylvania. This non-partisan coalition of non-profit agencies worked together to engage nearly 10,000 infrequent single female voters in the November 2012 election. 

Pittsburgh women and girls turned out in full force to share their energy during the first ever International Day of the Girl on October 11th. This day was created to highlight, celebrate, discuss, and advance girls lives and opportunities across the globe.

Our biggest and best GirlGov program was held last June. 100 high school girls, 50 Pennsylvania legislators, the First Lady of Pennsylvania and several cabinet members were involved. I can’t say enough about these girls, they are truly the leaders of tomorrow. 

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YWCA Announces NEW Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion Training in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh professionals will now be able to take Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion classes in their own back yard. The YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Center for Race and Gender Equity and Cornell University’s ILR School are collaborating to offer Cornell’s Diversity and Inclusion Certificate and its Advanced Practitioner Certification (CCDP/AP) in Pittsburgh, beginning in February 2013.

“We are delighted to join forces with Cornell University to offer their prestigious certification program here in Pittsburgh,” said Magdeline E. Jensen, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Greater Pittsburgh. “The YWCA encourages local professionals to enroll in the certification program, or consider taking individual classes to update their knowledge.” Read the entire release here. 

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Drumline Live at the Benedum Center 

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present an explosive performance from DRUMLine Live on February 15, 2012 at the Benedum Center. Continuing its fourth US tour, DRUMLine Live’s energetic cast has honed its precision and energy with years of training in marching band programs across the southern United States.

This versatile group of musicians and dancers combines dramatic lighting, intricate choreography and vibrant effects to the stage in an explosive and energetic performance. Experienced in a wide range of music and dance, DRUMLine Live takes on contemporary hip hop, R&B, classic Motown tunes, and the traditional marching band brass sounds in its musically diverse shows. Read the entire release here.

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Italian American Living in Pittsburgh

This is a group of people trying to salvage some of the ways of Italian life here in America so we can pass customs, language, arts, etc. down to our children and their children. OK, so maybe some of us have never been to Italy but growing up in Bloomfield (Pittsburgh, PA) I came close to it! We can sit around and tell stories of our nanas (nonnas) papanons e mammanons, zias, mamas e papas, comas n compare and goombas! Let's get together to talk about recipes and when we ate certain foods, growing foods and gardening. How do you take care of a fig tree!? Let's get a Bocce league together so we can join the annual Heinz History Center tournament. 

You must join 'Meetup' to be a member of the group. You do not have to attend all meetings, but you must sign up online to get updates, event listings etc. It is FREE to join but there is a nominal fee when you attend a meeting only because Meetup charges me each month. Think of it as organization dues. More details here. 

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BROADWAY POWERHOUSE IDINA MENZEL TO PERFORM SPECIAL CONCERT

Idina Menzel
Photo Credit: Robin Wong

Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Idina Menzel returns to Heinz Hall to perform with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) for one unforgettable night of music, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 21.

Menzel was on the Heinz Hall stage earlier this week when she performed in the PSO's sold-out tribute concert to the late Marvin Hamlisch. With a diverse career on stage, and in film, TV and music, Menzel recently culminated a highly successful international orchestra tour. Accompanied by world-renowned symphonies, Menzel played to sold-out audiences and demonstrated why she is one of the great performers of her time. Read the entire release here. 

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Highlights of PSO’s 2013-2014 PNC Pops Season Tunes

Songs made famous by Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra, the music of Oscar-winning composer John Williams, Broadway tunes, Bugs Bunny and friends, along with singing sensations Ann Hampton Callaway, Smash star Megan Hilty, and Brian Stokes Mitchell highlight the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) 2013-2014 PNC Pops season at Heinz Hall.

The season opens with Tony Award-winning actor and singer Brian Stokes Mitchell joining the PSO on stage for Broadway and Beyond (Oct. 17-20), featuring songs from classic Broadway musicals, including Porgy and Bess, South Pacific and Funny Girl. Dubbed “the Broadway baritone extraordinaire,” he has enjoyed a rich and critically acclaimed career on Broadway, film and television, as well as in some of America’s finest concert halls. Ted Sperling, music director and conductor of the first Broadway revival of South Pacific, which won seven 2008 Tony Awards, will conduct. In 2005, Sperling won the Tony and Drama Desk awards (with Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin) for his orchestrations of The Light in the Piazza. Stephen Holden of The New York Times called a March 2011 concert conducted by Sperling, “the ultimate embodiment of the romantic myth that sustained the Broadway musical during its golden years.” Read the entire release here. 

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"Jessica Lee's Entrepreneurial Thursdays"

Musical Networking Happy Hour, EVERY THURSDAY!!! Cover Charge: Only $5.00

Vocalist Jessica Lee & Friends, Little E's Jazz & Blues Club,

949 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222, 2nd Floor above Mahoney's Restaurant

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Jessica Lee

Pre-show networking session at 5:30 pm. Informal matchmaking for job seekers, employers & new entrepreneurs! Live music starts at 6:00 pm.

February  7, 2013: "Wine and Chocolate Tasting!"

This week  Jessica Lee's Entrepreneurial Thursdays Jazz & Blues Networking at Little E's offers a wine tasting event. Also on hand will be Trello Chocolates to offer samples of their  fine chocolates (www.trellochocolate.com).

Please join us to enjoy some great music, networking, wine & chocolates. 

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6^th Annual NAWBO Day: Think Ginormous – Let’s Get It Started!”

Join Us March 22nd! 

You are the Brand and in Your Business It's All About Branding!  As we move into a new era of Bolder, More Prosperous Businesses Thinking Ginormous Means Your Brand Has Got to Be BIG AND BOLD. We have engaged both local and national speakers to teach you about Branding. This is the Sixth Annual NAWBO Day. As a former vendor you know the last NAWBO Day event was sold out! NAWBO Pittsburgh invites you to be a vendor of the Sixth Annual NAWBO Day in Pittsburgh. Support of NAWBO Day is an excellent way to demonstrate that you support women business owners in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Get all the details here. 

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PSO MUSICAL AMBASSADOR FIDDLESTICKS RETURNS

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) popular feline musical ambassador to children, Fiddlesticks, returns in 2013-2014 for yet another season of entertaining Saturday morning concerts to introduce children to music.

From infancy on, children are exposed to the music of lullabies, sing-a-longs, folk tunes, and pop music, and the Fiddlesticks Family Concerts, presented by Macy’s, continue to explore various genres of music. Each performance is preceded by a pre-concert event called Discovery Time Adventures, which is free to all ticket holders. These educational activities begin at 10 a.m. and allow young audiences and their parents to meet the PSO musicians, learn songs, and take part in various musical activities. The 45-minute concert begins at 11:15 a.m. and is filled with engaging music and interaction with everyone’s favorite friendly feline! Read the entire release here. 

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It's Not Logical, But There's Good News in Pittsburgh

Review La Triviata, An Opera Even Amateur Opera Fans Can Enjoy

La Traviata

Presented by the Pittsburgh Opera

October 15, 18, 21, 23, 2011                                          

JoAnn R. Forrester, Positively Pittsburgh Live, reviewer

First I have to confess that I am not an experienced opera “goer”.  In my lifetime I have seen about 5 operas and have gone because friends “encouraged” me.   So I write from the view of someone who is just learning and does not know all the technical details….but I can tell you how I responded and felt.

Violetta toasts: Among a group of admirers, Violetta (Anna Samuil) toasts
her guests in the Act I party scene of Pittsburgh Opera’s La traviata

First of all, just from the point of getting dressed up and going to the opera it is delicious fun.  So many places we go today people are casually dressed and have forgotten the niceties of “Dress Up” and how it makes you feel.  The majority of the audience was elegant and men and women, young and old were dressed up and it was fun to be part of “the scene”.  Just for that I want to go again.

Second, Opera lovers are friendly and love to share with you their opinion and want to hear yours.  I confessed I did not know the “technical stuff” and more than one person was thrilled to share with me.  

Third, I read the reviews from both major papers in town and it was fascinating to see what I the pros had to say…some of it I agreed and some I definitely did not.  

La Traviata was written by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Based on La dame aux Camellias in 1852, a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils.  This opera was based on the life of a famous courtesan in France who found love and then died tragically at a young age. Verdi was one of her admirers.  

The role of the beautiful courtesan Violetta Valery, played by Anna Samuil captured me with her voice and style.   The casting in this case was perfect.  The opening scene is in her Paris apartment where she is hosting a grand party with her admirers is proclaiming all the joys of what today we would call the “Jet Set” Lifestyle.  An admirer Alfredo Germont is introduced and he has loved her from afar for a year.   Amidst the merry making Violetta shows sign of an illness which she quickly dismisses. But Alfredo watches and hovers and instinctively wants to take care and protect her.  Anna impressed me with her range and passion and Alfredo seemed like an unlikely match.  But love often makes strange matches.  Fire and passion often is attracted to quiet and nice….for a while and then??  First Act ends with Violetta agreeing to meet Alfredo the next day after the Camellia withers. 

In Pittsburgh Opera’s La traviata, Violetta and Alfredo break up,
 but then meet at this party, where partygoers are dressed as gypsies
(Attack Theatre dancer Liz Chang at left, in orange dress)
and matadors. Photo by David Bachman.

Now, the second act, First Scene, Violetta and Aflredo are blissfully living in her country house near Paris.  Life is good…but expensive.  I must mention for a minute that the scenery in the second act is breathtakingly beautiful and transports you to a country home in Paris true to the era.   Alfredo finds out that Violetta is selling her possessions to support their luxurious lifestyle.  He vows to rectify that and off to Paris he goes.  As soon as he leaves Alfredo father, Giorgio Germont, played excellently by Stephen Powell arrives and confronts Violetta.  He implores her to leave his son; their relationship is ruining the family’s good name and will destroy his daughter opportunity to marry well.

These two, Violetta and Giorgi, are powerful together.  The father wanting to protect his family and the woman to protect herself from losing the love of her life!  They soar in their songs and are mesmerizing to watch.  Violetta finally agrees to sacrifice herself and let Alfredo go.  She does this fully knowing that she will shortly succumb to tuberculosis.  The father leaves and Alfredo comes back and is sent away.grieving, jealous and angry.

Second Act, second scene, Violetta has returned to her former lifestyle and is at a party with Baron Douphol, a former lover, when Alfredo shows up.   The emotions run wild with accusations, histrionics and bad treatment of Violetta by Alfredo.  He is acting like he is a member of the today’s reality soap opera Jersey Shore and there you finally see the passion of Alfredo.  He also challenges the Baron to a duel and his behavior is condemned by all including his father, Giorgio.  The stage has been set for Violetta tragic death.

Although they have been apart for months, Violetta (Anna Samuil)
and Alfredo (Giuseppe Varano) are reunited briefly
before Violetta dies of consumption. Pittsburgh Opera’s La traviata
runs October 15, 18, 21, and 23 at The Benedum Center. Photo by David Bachman.

Third Act, Violetta is dying only her loyal maid and Dr. Grenvil are with her.  Ah...the loneliness and despair because she does not have Alfredo with her.  But wait good news!  Alfredo has been told by his father of Violetta sacrifice and he and father are rushing to her side to revive her, bring her back to life. 

Powerful emotion comes from all and hope against hope she will live.but no the lovers are separated by her passing.  A stark ending and no dry eyes in the audience.

I liked La Traviata.  I was absorbed by the tragedy unfolding with the emotions being so strongly expressed in song.   If you can go…is it an absorbing power drama that takes you back in time and yet can be related to today…but in a much classier more elegant manner than much of our entertainment today.

Go, dress up, learn and enjoy.  I think I have found a new love...the opera.

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PositivelyPittsburgh News from May 2, 2011

Positively Pittsburgh Live News from May 2, 2011

HIGHMARK WALK FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
May 21 at Heinz Field

Focus On Renewal’s (FOR)is pleased to be one of 67 non-profits participating in the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. Please join us for this fun event. Focus on Renewal (FOR) is a non-profit human service agency that has served the McKees Rocks community for 40 years and is nationally recognized as a model of comprehensive services to low-income people of all ages.

For more information, to register to walk or to make a pledge, please visit http://www.forstorox.org/index.html

Small Seeds Development, Inc. is also participating in the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. The Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community is a fundraiser that benefits local health and human service agencies in the Pittsburgh area, such as Small Seeds Development, Inc. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield underwrites the cost of the walk so that 100% of the money raised by walkers goes directly to the participating organizations.

For more information about the walk, visit www.walkforahealthycommunity.org

To REGISTER visit http://smallseeds.dojiggy.com/

For more information about Small Seeds Development, Inc., visit www.ssdipgh.org

THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES MUSIC LINEUP FOR 10-DAY FESTIVAL

June 3-12, 2011 – Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust proudly announces the 2011 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival music schedule that will take place June 3-12, 2011. All headline concerts are presented on the Dollar Bank Stage at Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh. The free live music series, a 52-year Pittsburgh tradition, is sponsored by Dollar Bank. Read entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/three-rivers-arts-festival-music-lineup.html

MAY IS YOUTH ART MONTH AT SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Life as an artist

May 2-5, Free, Reception: May 5, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Quaker Valley 8th grade students experience what life as a professional artist is like by planning this show of their work.

Sewickley Community Juried Student Art Show

May 13- 20, free, Reception: May 20, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Awards given at 5:00 p.m.

This fifth annual exhibition is a chance for the community to enjoy the impressive talent of students from local Sewickley schools.

 

WEST SIDE STORY RETURNS TO PITTSBURGH

May 11-22, Benedum Center

West side story will open on Tuesday, May 11, 2011. The new Broadway cast album of west side story won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album on January 31, 2010. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway’s finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight,” “America,” “I Feel Pretty” and “Somewhere.” Read entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/west-side-story-returns-to-pittsburgh.html

TWO ROBOTIC EXHIBITS BY BILL VORN FEATURED AT WOOD ST GALLERIES

Bill Vorn: Hysterical Machines

April 29 – June 19, 2011, Wood Street Galleries

Bill Vorn will exhibit his two robotic works “Red Light” and “Hysterical Machines” at Wood Street Galleries. The exhibition will close on Sunday, June 19, 2011.

“In a dramatic fashion, Vorn’s robots respond to our interactivity as ‘state of mind.’ In questioning our relations, connections or fantasies concerning robots, we may end up imagining what the robot is feeling about us.” Read entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-robotic-exhibits-by-bill-vorn.html

MARKET STREET ARTS FESTIVAL SLATED FOR NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL IN BROWNSVILLE

Market Street Arts Festival: Where Art, History, Heritage Meet as One

May 20-22

The Market Street Arts Festival is emerging as a regional destination for the May 20-22 National Road celebration, building on its past as the only riverfront community along Pennsylvania's 90-mile stretch of historic highway. The Market Street Arts Festival revives Brownsville's once active participation in the annual National Road Festival and highlights the community's significance as a historic crossroads for river, road and rail in America's Westward Expansion. Read entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/market-street-arts-festival-slated-for.html

AN EMPOWERING DAY OF KEYNOTES, BREAKOUTS AND INSPIRATION IS COMING TO PITTSBURGH ON JUNE 10TH!

Inspired Women Conference

Early Bird special $75.00 til May 10^th, then $95.00

There will be top trainers, authors, speakers, from all over the country as well as top local talent. Each breakout time slot will offer 4 choices so depending on whether you are currently on a business track, or a life track – you’ll have fabulous breakout choices.

www.InspiredWomen.com or call 724-935-6100

4^th annual Cocktails and Cuisine for Women in Crisis

May 20^th at the Woodlands in Bradford Woods

Graze with Top Chefs, Sip wine/beer/spirits on a Friday night at a lovely outdoor venue. Get Tickets at www.CrisisCenterNorth.org or call 412-364-6728 ext. 15

Debra Dion Krischke, Team Effort Events, 724-935-6100, www.TeamEffortEvents.com

Other Events

August 5,6,7 – Paintball Festival and Business Conference

August 26th – Pittsburgh Summer Sizzler and Martini Taste Off

 

COUTURE FASHION TO SUPPORT GWEN'S GIRLS

UPMC Health Plan and Community Care Behavioral Health Present

GWEN'S GIRLS PASSIONATE ABOUT PURPLE

Featuring the Couture Violette Fashion Show

Saturday, May 14, 2011, 6-10 PM at The Frick Art & Historical Center

Black Tie Optional, Admission: $150

You are cordially invited to attend Gwen's Girls Signature Event Featuring the Couture Violette Fashion Show With local Pittsburgh Designers. Admission Includes: Admission to The Frick Art Museum, Admission to Clayton (Home of the Henry Clay Frick Family), and Admission to Car and Carriage Museum. Read entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/couture-fashion-to-support-gwens-girls.html

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ROVING PITTSBURGHER

Denny’s Baconalia

2 for 19.99

Make the Connection

Get free fridays

Superior donuts

Downtown divas, donna bailey, joe negri

Piper’s pub

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PositivelyPittsburghNews week of 4-11-11

Positively Pittsburgh Live News from April 11, 2011

Show Notes by Delana Flowers

Reporting by Joanne Quinn-Smith

The Spring 2011 Neighborhood Clean-up

Saturday, April 16 · 9:00am - 2:00pm, 3414 East Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15214

In conjunction with the 2011 Earth Day worldwide weekend activities & the City Of Pittsburgh annual Spring Neighborhood Redd-Up Weekend, residents of Summer Hill & Observatory Hill will be hosting a clean-up event of the upper East Street corridor, from Mt Pleasant Rd to McKnight Rd. All are welcome to participate, and all we ask is you RSVP.

PICT 2011 Season Showcases Local, National and International Stars

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre has assembled a stellar team of world-renowned artists for the 2011 Dynamic Duos season! Ireland, New York, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh come together on the PICT stages to present a Shakespearean classic, four hilarious comedies, and an incendiary peek into the world of lawyers. Read entire release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/03/world-renowned-artists-showcased-in.html

THE GLOBAL SMASH HIT MAMMA MIA! WILL RETURN FOR ONE WEEK ONLY

Tuesday, April 19, and run through Sunday April 24, at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue

The smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA returns to Pittsburgh. Tickets ($27-$67) are available by calling 412-392-4900, visiting the Box Office at Theater Square (655 Penn Avenue) or online at www.pgharts.org. Read the entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/03/smash-hit-musical-mamma-mia-will-have.html

Congratulations to Cardinal Resources LLC!

The South Side company was named 2011 Exporter of the Year for their portable solar-powered Red Bird water treatment system. The award was given by ThinkGlobal Inc., publisher of Commercial News USA.  Commercial News is the official export promotion magazine of the Department of Commerce.

great things happening in the city of Pittsburgh

Sent in by Positive Pittsburgher, Bill Peduto, City Councilman

There are so many great things happening in the city of Pittsburgh.  Here's a look at just a few: 

·         ChargeCar is a project of Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute’s CREATE Lab to make electric cars both practical and affordable. You can read all about it here. 

·         The Shelton Trade Center trains men and women in the art of masonry in a 10-week, tuition-free program. Learn about their program here.   

·         The High Point Investigation is exploring the possibilities of transforming the roof of the U.S. Steel Tower into a cutting edge green design, four-season, self-sustaining public space. Click here to learn about this project. 

If you want to know about more great things happening in Pittsburgh, be sure to visit billpeduto.com every week.

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester

April 15 15 • 8PM, Byham Theater

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester embodies the high style and musical glory of the 20's and 30's. Led by the charismatic baritone Max Raabe, the Berlin-based orchestra celebrates this timeless music with uncanny precision, drama and irony. TO ORDER TICKETS online at pgharts.org, visit the Box Office at Theater Square [655 Penn Avenue], or call 412-456-6666. Groups 10+ Tickets 412-471-6930.

HOMEWOOD Artist Residency is proud to announce the unveiling of HOME

Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 12-4 pm at the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum

Home is a large-scale installation created by Homewood-based artists Tina Williams Brewer and Vanessa German. Blending the memories and voices of Homewood's residents into a 10 ft installation, Brewer and German incorporated found objects from the neighborhood such as items from demolished Homewood homes, donated shoes and pockets, and old photos. The celebration includes a poetry performance by seventh grade students from Lincoln Technology Academy.

Volunteers of America Receives Grant from FISA Foundation Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania’s Working Order Program has been awarded a grant of $25,000 by the FISA Foundation. Read the entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/volunteers-of-america-working-order.html

Traversing the turbulent job market: The Pittsburgh Enterprise

Saturday, 23rd April, 2011, 2:30 – 5:00 PM, Lecture hall 151, Posner Hall - Tepper School of Business

A NetIP seminar in partnership with the USImpac.

During this professional seminar/meet, to be held in one of the nation’s best business schools at Carnegie Mellon University, NetIP will bring together leaders of the industry and educators to guide people on a different plan: a plan that aims to prepare us to be a professional force as well as global entrepreneurs, a plan that helps us to develop our strengths to secure as well as invent jobs.

Women and Girls Foundation press conference with PA Treasurer Rob McCord

On Tuesday, April 6, 2011 the Women and Girls Foundation hosted a press conference with PA Treasurer Rob McCord to stress the importance of increasing gender diversity on corporate boards.  Five companies on Pittsburgh's "Top 50 in Business" were honored for their leadership on this topic.

Have a Brewski on The Public Theatre at Superior Donuts

April 14 through May 15, Pittsburgh Public Theater

Arthur owns the small Chicago donut shop, Superior Donuts, but with a last name like Przybyzewski, Arthur would be right at home in Pittsburgh! In Superior Donuts, Arthur tells us about the experience of his Polish parents immigrating to the United States. If your last name ends with “ski” (or “sky”), we’ll even buy you a beer at the theater so you can toast your heritage. To purchase tickets, call the O’Reilly Theater Box Office at 412.316.1600. For details visit ppt.org. Read the entire release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/03/superior-donuts-at-oreilly-is-fresh-and.html

 

WICKED, BROADWAY’S BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER RETURNS TO PITTSBURGH

September 7 – October 2, Benedum Center

Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Tickets will go on sale Monday, May 23. Read the entire release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/wicked-tickets-on-sale.html

The Sprout Fund invites you to Making Sparks

Tuesday, May 3^rd, 4:00  - 7:00 p.m (registration starts at 3:30)

Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Making Sparks is a unique forum exploring how technology and innovation can transform the lives of young children in our region. Come share your thoughts and help set the agenda for Sprout's 2011 Super Spark Funding Stream, awarding grants of up to $50,000 to collaborative projects and programs making an impact on early childhood creativity through the use of technology and media. $5 includes parking, dinner, and refreshments

The hit radio soap opera "The Bold and the Sanctified" storms the stage! 

Saturday, April 16, 2011, The Byham Theater, Doors Open at 7PM Show Starts at 8PM

Presented by Herron Enterprises, A Stage Play Written and Directed By Sherri Lynn

Heard in over 30 markets across the country, "The Bold and the Sanctified" is a story of love, compromise, betrayal and survival all in the most complex organization in the world: The Church. Read the entire press release at http://dreamweavermarketingassociates.blogspot.com/2011/04/bold-sanctified-at-byham.html

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Roving Pittsburgher

Paisano’s, Warrington and Arlington Ave in Beltzhoover, across from the Police Station.

Mark the owner says, “If you want something good, come to the hood.”  Not heart healthy food but if you are craving great “not good for you” but delicious food, once a year I must have one of his huge steak sandwiches, with real steak, and covered with mushrooms and green peppers.  Also huge amazing wings, and the prices are reasonable.  You will not, however, feel the love from behind the counter, because the owner is known not so affectionately as the Pizza Nazi, for his unbelievablely sarcastic sense of humor and constant verbal sparring with his customers on the phone and in person.  My son, Buddy Smith, says, “I love to go in and order a sandwich, just to hear the guy run his mouth.”  What he does run is a first class pizza, sandwich and wings store where the turnaround time on food is twelve minutes.  Can you believe it?  It’s a good thing because if you go there in person for take out, you could not stand his colorful conversation for longer than twelve minutes. But the food has TechnoGranny’s seal of approval.

Get Free Fridays

Gets Gooder and Gooder, a new way to unwind and network at the same time, not in your face, just casual and fun!  $2.00 off all mixed drinks, half price on appetizers. Try the spring rolls or Ahi Tuna, amazing!  Great fun, great friends, great prices

Turnadot

An amazing journey of epic capacity with a huge cast, beautiful scenery and a moving fable.  One could not be unmoved by the music, the story, the imagery, the sketches, the aurias.

Full review by Delana Flowers, a novice opera attendee at: http://pplmag.com under PositivelyPittsburgh News.

Funeral of a Father, Entrepreneur, Craftsman, Patriot and Marine  Raymond Kacmar, New Salem, Pa.

Entrepreneurial Thursdays, Women Entrepreneurs: 

• Anjali Soi, J.D., Sun Conflict Solutions http://www.sunconflictsolutions.com/

·         Mimi is an award winning architect that has had her own firm in Mt. Lebanon and founder of HarmoniZing!, http://www.multiculturalartfestivals.org/MimiJong.html  http://www.multiculturalartfestivals.org/MimiJong.html

Community Interview

·         Beth A. Slagle, Founder, BizChicks, http://bizchicks.org/ 

·         Esq. and Partner - Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP

Restaurant El Pasa in Bridgeville

Décor, the music, the food:  Chicken Adobe, Vegetarian enchilada, fried ice cream, guacamole Salad—Huge menu with great variety, real Mexican food, all with fresh ingredients.

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