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This is from Maria…
MAR 3, Saturday – 2nd
Annual SHAMWALKIN’ IN THE SOUTH SIDE – 1:00PM - $40.00 -
412-321-4422. Carson City Saloon, 1401 East Carson Street, South Side. Kick-off
your Irish celebrations with family and friends. Wear your green, have some
fun, and, best of all, raise funds. Includes entrance to the walk & official
map featuring the walk stops (participating shops and restaurants where you can
get your lucky discounts) lunch and more goodies, provided by Carson City Saloon
three raffle tickets for a chance to win gift certificates, gift baskets and
many great surprises from South Side venues and retailers! Music of DJ Dale
and DJ RedHot at the Carson City Saloon After-Party bag of goodies lucky
T-Shirt. Benefits: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
This is from Suzanne…
MAR 3, Saturday – READ
ACROSS AMERICA - $9.00 Noon – 3:00PM – 412-321-8022 Children’s Museum
10 Children's Way, Allegheny Square, North Shore. Don’t miss this fourth annual
celebration of reading and Dr. Seuss’ birthday presented by Reading is
FUNdamental Pittsburgh. This year’s theme is Conserving the Environment with
the help of the classic Seuss book “The Lorax.” Activities include: Mayor
Luke Ravenstahl reads Dr. Seuss’ “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut” / Cartoon
storytelling with Joe Wos of Once Upon a Toon / Storytelling by The Cat In The
Hat and State Representative Jake Wheatley / Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium
presents “The Choice Is Ours” on conserving endangered species and natural
resources. In addition, children can make environmentally friendly crafts and
RIF Pittsburgh will distribute 200 books to Museum visitors.
This is from James…
MAR 3, Saturday – THE DISAPPEARING EDENS
- $10.00 Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. 412-622-3131. Marshes: The Disappearing
Edens by acclaimed nature photographer and writer William Burt. Burt’s photos
offer a glimpse into a secluded world filled with elusive creatures, rare flora,
and wild fauna. This striking forty-piece exhibit is filled with surprises and
beauty, just like the marsh itself. These photos reveal tiny sedge wrens
singing with unrelenting vigor, short-eared owls all but vanishing in the fog,
saucepan-sized lotus leaves floating in still pools, tufts of cord grass waving
in the wind and a kaleidoscope of lilies creating patterns in the water.
This is from Iris…
MAR 11, Sunday – 12th
Annual EMPTY BOWLS – 3:00PM - $20.00 - Rodef Shalom Congregation,
4905 5th Ave, Oakland. 412-431-8960 A simple meal of bread and soup. Celebrity
soup servers, live entertainment, children’s activities, silent auction of
world-class ceramic art, and ticket holders choose a beautiful hand made bowl to
take home. Live music by the Hot Matzoh’s* and Mark Weakland**, children's
storytelling, Mike the Balloon Guy, face painting, silent auction of world-class
ceramic art, bake sale, soup-to-go. Larry Berger from the Saturday Light
Brigade will emcee and local personalities will be on hand to help ladle out the
soup. Plus, there will be a special guest appearance by Charlie the Tuna!
Benefits: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Just Harvest
This is from Suzanne…
MAR 11, Sunday – WE’RE HOLDEN PUPPETS - $9.00 1:00,
2:00 and 3:00PM - Children’s Museum 10 Children's Way, Allegheny Square, North
Shore. 412-322-5058. See an amazing puppet show by We’re Holden Puppets and
make your own puppet in between shows.
MAR 17, Saturday – ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
– 10:00 AM Downtown Pittsburgh. The St. Patrick's Day Parade has been a
Pittsburgh tradition for nearly 140 years. It is the largest parade in
Pittsburgh and one of the largest St. Patrick's Day Parades in the country. You
don't have to be Irish to enjoy this great event!
This is from Me-Oww Kitty from the
Bitch Doctor's Team!!…
MAR 17, Saturday – ST. PATRICK’S DAY MASSACRE
– 5:30PM - $15.00 - BladeRunners, 66 Alpha Drive, Harmarville. Steel City Derby
Demons women's roller derby season opener. Hot Metal Hellions vs Slumber Party
Slackers plan a party Bus to the bout in April...really fun & great after party
at Belvedere's in Lawrenceville. We could even reserve a special party geek
section......what a riot!!
This is from Tey…
MAR 22, Thursday –
LUNCH & LEARN: Japanese Printmaking
Traditions – 10:00AM $44.00. 412-622-3288. Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400
Forbes Avenue, Oakland 412-622-3131 Lunch provided in the Carnegie Café.
Participants board a bus at Carnegie Museum of Art and travel to the Frick Art
and Historical Center for a guided tour of The Prints of Tsukioka Kôgyo
(1869-1927), an exhibition featuring colorful works by this master Japanese
printmaker. Return to the museum for lunch in the Carnegie Café before enjoying
a presentation by Amanda Zehnder, exhibition curator of Modern Japanese Prints.
MAR 31, Saturday -
EASTER BUNNY - $18.00 - Pittsburgh Zoo &
PPG Aquarium, One Wild Place, Highland Park.
412-365-2532 Breakfast or Lunch with the Easter Bunny. Breakfast: 9:30 - 11
a.m. Lunch: Noon - 1:30 p.m. Join us for a hoppin' good time at our annual
Breakfast or Lunch with the Easter Bunny event. Enjoy a delicious breakfast of
eggs, home fries, sausage, french toast sticks, fruit salad, and bagels. Lunch
will be complete with hamburgers, hot dogs, pasta salad, fruit salad, potato
chips, and fruit snacks. Our Education department will introduce you to some of
their furry and not so furry friends, and of course the Easter Bunny himself
will make a special appearance that will allow for a great photo opportunity.
Please note that if you wish to have a picture taken with the Easter Bunny
remember to bring a camera!
ONGOING
This is from Tey…
Thru APR 15 - EVOLVING ROLE OF JAPANESE
PRINTMAKING - Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland
412-622-3131 Three key trends in Japanese art history beginning with the advent
of the Meiji period in 1868 and extending through the 1980s are represented in
Modern Japanese Prints: 1868-1989. The exhibition of more than 230 master prints
from the collection of Carnegie Museum of Art and four Pittsburgh collectors
examines the decline of the ukiyo-e tradition in the late 19th century and the
subsequent rise of shin-hanga (“new prints”) and sōsaku-hanga (“creative
prints”) as competing movements in the 20th century.
This is from Suzanne & Bill…
thru May 13th -
JUMP TO JAPAN – $9.00 - 10:00AM – 412-322-5058 Jump To Japan:
Discovering Culture Through Popular Art - Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. 3
main exhibit areas: Fantastic Animation, Manga Mania and Artful Traditions.
Transports visitors into the richness of Japanese culture through hands-on
activities in anime (animation), manga (comics), woodblock prints and
traditional scrolls. Visitors learn about Japanese culture and its mix of
traditional and contemporary, urban and rural, and fantasy and reality through
these art forms and the fascinating activities and artifacts in the exhibit.
Japanese animation and manga are popular among American youth, evidenced by the
animated characters of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, both Japanese pop icons influenced
by traditional Japanese art.
This is from James…
thru JUN 17 – THE DISAPPEARING EDENS
- $10.00 Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. 412-622-3131. Marshes: The Disappearing
Edens by acclaimed nature photographer and writer William Burt. Burt’s photos
offer a glimpse into a secluded world filled with elusive creatures, rare flora,
and wild fauna. This striking forty-piece exhibit is filled with surprises and
beauty, just like the marsh itself. These photos reveal tiny sedge wrens
singing with unrelenting vigor, short-eared owls all but vanishing in the fog,
saucepan-sized lotus leaves floating in still pools, tufts of cord grass waving
in the wind and a kaleidoscope of lilies creating patterns in the water.
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