We’ll post when we get rescheduled date.
Month: April 2013
The Greek Food Festival At Saint Nicholas
Please join us the second week of May 2013 for our Annual Greek Food Festival!
Come enjoy delicious homemade food, traditional Greek dances, and wonderful hospitality!
May 12th – 18th 2013 Hours:
- Sun 12-8,
- Mon-Thu 11AM-9PM,
- Fri-Sat 11AM-10PM (music till midnight)
So come, eat and have fun at St. Nicholas Cathedral’s Annual Greek Food Festival. Food, music and fun….you’ll leave saying OPA!
Check their website for details. (412) 682-3866
The 2013 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival is quickly approaching with an exciting schedule full of performing art, visual art, and creativity in motion.
The iconic 10 days in June kicks off Pittsburgh’s summer festival season starting Friday, June 7 with the reopening of the Point State Park fountain and a concert by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
Start planning your festival must-sees with our full event schedule. Whether you’re looking for a great live show at the Dollar Bank stage or finding the perfect piece to add to your art collection at the Artist Market, this year’s festival has got you covered.
Visit the website
04/26 2013
72 out of 100 – Very Walkable
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Check out the website
NATIONAL DRUG TAKE-BACK INITIATIVE
Upcoming Take-Back Day — April 27, 2013 (10:00AM – 2:00PM)
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for those who missed the previous events, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications.
- CMU Police Dept, CMU Police Dept, 300 S. CRAIG ST, Pgh PA, 15213
- UPMC Police, Children’s Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy, 4401 Penn Ave, Floor 1, Pgh, PA, 15224
- Pgh Police
- Zone 2 Station, 2000 Centre Ace, Pgh, PA, 15219
- Zone 4 Station, 5858 Northumberland St, Pgh, PA, 15217
- Zone 3 Station, 830 East Warrington Ave, Pgh, PA, 15210
- Zone 5 Station, 1401 Washington Blvd, Pgh, PA, 15206
- Zone 1 Station, 1501 Brighton Rd, Pgh, PA, 15212
An alternative detour will be in place during this weekend’s closure of the eastbound (outbound) Squirrel Hill Tunnel for ongoing construction work.
During the closure, a detour on the Parkway East (Interstate 376) will be in effect from 10 p.m. on Friday through 6 a.m. on Monday. Expect significant delays and allow extra time.
The ramp from Edgewood/Swissvale (Exit 77) to eastbound I-376 will also be closed this weekend, so PennDOT will use the alternative tunnel detour that sends traffic through Wilkinsburg. Signs will be posted to guide drivers.
(See official detour map | Alternate detour map)
WTAE news report
Peoples Oakland, 3433 Bates St
This forum will focus on relationships between neighborhood residents, businesses and institutions, issues with difficult landlords and the best practices that help to solve problems and progress that has been made in this regard.
Complimentary refreshments will be provided by Community Human Services.
Sponsored by Central Oakland Community Organization (COCO), Peoples Oakland, Oakland Business Improvement District (OBID), Oakland Planning and Development Corporation (OPDC)
Mayoral and council candidates will be in attendance.
Contact Sandra Phillips at Peoples Oakland at 412-683-7150 for more information.
If anyone is interested in organizing or participating in anything like this, contact SONG to see if we can get it going.
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Jane Jacobs Walk is a series of free neighborhood walking, biking, and transit tours that help put people in touch with their environment and with the people that live in their community. Think of a Jane Jacobs Walk as a moving conversation: a way to engage community members with the people and places that make your city great, or perhaps a way to observe what works and what doesn’t. The focus of a Jane Jacobs Walk can be anything (architecture, local culture and history, city planning, local cuisine, nature, etc.) as long as it gets people walking, observing their surroundings, and connecting with each other.
Anyone can host a Jane Jacobs Walk. All of our events are led by volunteers, either individuals or organizations, who have a passion for the places in which they live, work, and play. If you have an idea for a walk that you would like to host in your city, lets us know and we’ll help you make it a reality. Most Jane Jacobs Walk events take place annually on the first weekend in May to coincide with Jane Jacobs’ birthday. Jane Jacobs Walks can also be organized and led at any other time of the year by enthusiastic local people or organizations.
A Green Team Announcement:
Please join us on Thursday, May 2nd to redesign Louisa Street!
7pm, Oakland Career Center, 294 Semple Street. Discussion will include:
Shop at Ten Thousand Villages in Squirrel Hill this Saturday, April 27th between 4pm-6pm and a percentage of your purchase will be donated to OPDC. Our staff will be there to greet and provide all shoppers with complimentary refreshments. This is a great way to get a head start on Mother’s Day and graduation shopping while supporting your local community development organization and fair trade artisans at the same time! Ten Thousand Villages is located at 5824 Forbes Avenue in the heart of Squirrel Hill’s business district.
posted 4/18/13 @ 12:14 pm
Spring 2013 Street Pavements
With your help and input, we have compiled a detailed list of streets within our district that we would like to be paved this Spring. The following list was sent to the Department of Public Works for their consideration in regard to which streets are most in need of repair.
Oakland
- Ward Street (between Cato & Frazier)
- 200-400 block of McKee Place
- Parkview (Oakland Square)
- Lawn Street (at Niagra)
- Zulema Street (between Ward & Bates)
- Pier Street
- Bouquet at Joncair
- Atwood (Parkview to Forbes)
- Mackey Street
- Swineburne at Parkview
- Oakland Way at Jet Way
This meeting will be taking a field trip to a “green” house in East Liberty next to Home Depot so arrive at 5:45.
Oakland Green Team Monthly Meeting
Thu, May 16, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Oakland Career Center, 294 Semple Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Use Louisa St entrance)
The Oakland Green Team seeks to put the oak back in Oakland, improving trail connections and creating attractive open spaces. The team will identify, guide and implement greening activities throughout Oakland. They meet the third Thursday each month–all are welcome!
Contact David Zwier at dzwier@opdc.org or 412.621.7863 ext. 14 for more information.
Garden of Light: Works by Paula Crevoshay
April 13–August 11, 2013
Wertz Gallery: Gems and Jewelry, in Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems
BugWorks
September 15, 2012–July 28, 2013
Experimental Gallery, First Floor Rear
Visit website for more info
04/23 2013
Frazier Field House
Agenda coming soon.
200 Ross St, Pittsburgh, PA
3247 Ward St owners seeking variance to replace 2 unit bldg in single family zone.
This was discussed at the SONG meeting on Wed 5/1. SONG is submitting a letter in support.