Oakland

01/10 2016

Oakland Restaurant Week 1/18 6 Days, $6 Lunches

Spend Smart while Eating Great!
A record of 22 restaurants have teamed up to provide $6 lunches for six days, allowing you to save on lunch without compromising taste. Take advantage of this deal, and you can also enter to win FREE LUNCH FOR A MONTH along with other great prizes from participating Oakland retail businesses.
 
Enjoy a Meatless Monday option thanks to the Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants Program — the Oakland Business Improvement District’s way of helping to reduce the impact on the environment.
 
This event is funded by the Oakland Business Improvement District with additional support provided by Sustainable Pittsburgh
 
Click here to see January lineup.
12/30 2015

Oakwatch And Green Team Mtgs For Jan 2016

Oakwatch : The Oakland Code Enforcement Project
Third Wednesdays
January 20th at 12pm at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, located at 234 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Check the webpage for further details and any last minute changes.
Oakwatch webpage
Green Team : Putting the "oak" back in Oakland
Third Thursdays
January 21st, 6pm, Oakland Career Center, 294 Semple St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Check the webpage for further details and any last minute changes.
Green Team webpage
 
09/21 2015

Tech Thursday – 10/9 11am-8pm

Tech Thursday will be a celebration of Oakland’s startup and technology culture fueled by our world class universities and hospitals.  From 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the Fifth & Oakland Avenue parking lot, TIAA-CREF will be setting up an interactive exhibit as well as exhibits from UPMC, The University of Pittsburgh & CMU.
 
OBID will also partner with Revv Oakland, Oakland’s first member driven community of startups, to host a “Tech Crawl” from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. where ‘crawlers’ can explore Revv’s offices home to over 18 startup companies – all while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks. Revv Oakland is a company in the heart of Oakland that provides productive work environments for early stage companies. This event is sponsored by TIAA-CREF, LUXE Creative, Securitas Security Services USA and Dollar Bank.
 
Tech Crawl Locations:
  • *Revv Oakland – 3710 Forbes Ave.
  • NoWait – 122 Meyran Ave.
  • Stitch Fix – 115 Atwood St.
  • Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence – 3520 Forbes Ave.
*Must be 21 years of age or older to attend the REVV OAKLAND location    

09/21 2015

Green Roof Walking Tour: Oakland 10/6 4pm – 6:45 pm

Inline image 1Green Roof Walking Tour: Oakland
October 6 @ 4:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Grab your sneakers and get ready to breathe in some fresh fall air while exploring four of Oakland’s coolest green roofs. Co-hosted by the Pittsburgh 2030 District, this walking tour offers you a unique chance to see four green roofs in Oakland. That’s four tours in one!
The tour will begin at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum and will continue on to University of Pittsburgh’s Posvar Hall. From there, head to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and finally ends just before sunset at Carnegie Mellon University’s Hamerschlag Hall.  

Click here for more info

07/02 2015

City To Host USWNT World Cup Soccer Watch Party In Oakland Sun 7/5 5pm

The City of Pittsburgh will host a World Cup Watch Party at Schenley Plaza in Oakland on Sunday, July 5, to cheer on the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) as they take on Japan in the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup Final.

Festivities begin at 5:00 p.m. with a musical performance from L'lamint on the Citiparks Show Mobile. Pre-game coverage begins as 6:30 p.m. prior to a 7:00 p.m. kickoff between the United States and Japan.

The Watch Party is presented in part by the Pittsburgh Dynamo Youth Soccer Association.

The family friendly event will be free and open to the public. Fans are encouraged to wear red, white and blue in support of Team USA. Alcoholic beverages and grills are not permitted. Rain or shine.

Click here to view the original press release

06/18 2015

FREE CONCERT Celebrating Grand Reopening of Heinz Chapel TONIGHT Thur 6/18 7:30pm

GRAND REOPENING CONCERT
June 18, 2015 – 7:30pm
Celebrate the grand reopening of Heinz Chapel after the installation of a climate control system!
OvreArts, the resident ensemble of the chapel, will feature contemporary works for chamber orchestra, all of which were premiered on the community concert series at the chapel. The concert will also include several anthems composed by Theodore Finney, the first conductor of the Heinz Chapel Choir.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Click here to check out the website for more info

06/15 2015

Schenley Plaza Activities June – October

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Schenley Plaza Activities
Fitness Programs (June – October)
  • Monday – Yoga – 12pm – 1pm
  • Wednesday – Zumba – 10am – 11am
  • Saturday – Yoga – 10am – 11am
  • Sunday – Tai Chi – 10am – 11am
Kids’ Day
Second Sunday of the month May – October
  • Free rides on the PNC Carousel
  • Entertainment for children
Music
WYEP Summer Music Series
  • Saturday, June 27
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  • Friday, August 28
  • Friday, July 31
  • Friday, September 25
Pittsburgh Symphony Concert
  • Tuesday, September 1
Farmers’ Market at Schenley Plaza
  • Friday 3pm – 6pm
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    June through October

 

06/02 2015

OPDC 35th Anniv Celebration: An Evening Of Storytelling – Fri 6/12 6-8:30

 OPDC's 35th Anniversary Celebration: An Evening of Oakland Storytelling. The event will take place on Friday, June 12, 2015 at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. 
Enjoy live Oakland stories curated with support from The Moth in Pittsburgh, food from Legume, and locally sourced beer and wine.  Tickets are $50.
Click here for more info and to order tickets

05/10 2015

Shakespeare Camp For Kids At Falk School – 6/22-26 or 6/29-7/3

Inline image 1Shakespeare Camp June 22 – 26
Falk Laboratory School and PICT Classic Theatre are excited to announce the second annual Shakespeare Camp. This year’s production is A Midsummer Nights Dream, one of Shakespeare’s much loved comedies.
The camp is being offered in two1-week sessions:
  • June 22nd – June 26th
  • June 29th – July 3rd
Each week-long session of the camp includes a wide range of activities, such as a “behind the scenes” field trip to The Charity Randall Theatre ensemble building, reading of the Bruce Coville storybook version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, “direct the actor” sessions, writing activities, kinesthetic activities including a Midsummer-themed tag game to be played in the gym, art activities, block play (including the creation of Midsummer “action figures”), and of course performance-based acting activities, including scenework and tableaux vivant.    PICT teaching artists will participate during activities over the course of each session of camp. The camp culminates in a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream scheduled
for 1:00 PM on Friday June 26th, and Friday July 3rd.
If you would like to register your child for Shakespeare Camp, please visit the Family Access Portal and submit the Shakespeare Camp Registration Form by April 24th. The camp registration forms are located in the Camp Section of School Forms Online. Full payment is due by May 4th and should be sent in with your child or mailed to Falk, attention Tina Mattis. In the “memo” section of the check, please write “Shakespeare Camp” and your child’s name.
We will accept the first 20 campers who have submitted a completed registration form and made full payment.
Also, please submit the attached photo image permission form.
Detailed Information…
05/08 2015

Welcoming Pgh & CitiParks Launch Spark! Film Series With Summer Cinema In The Park

Mayor William Peduto’s Welcoming Pittsburgh Initiative is partnering with Citiparks to present the Spark! Film Series at this summer’s Dollar Bank Cinema in the Park. Spark! includes a vibrant lineup of films that feature stories from diverse cultures. The series seeks to bring together Pittsburghers of all backgrounds and spark an engaging cultural dialogue.

“Building bridges of understanding between cultures is at the heart of Welcoming Pittsburgh,” says Mayor Peduto. “By creating opportunities to come together as neighbors and learn about one another, the Pittsburgh of my grandfather and the Pittsburgh of tomorrow will grow together.”

Spark! will showcase: Million Dollar Arm, The Refugees of Shangri-La, Cesar Chavez, Selma, McFarland USA, and Cantinflas. The first film in the Spark! series will debut on June 10. Dollar Bank Cinema in the Park runs June 7 through August 30 ​at seven park locations throughout the City of Pittsburgh.

“Our Citiparks team is committed to connecting with our residents in a way that resonates and brings our community together,” says Citiparks Director Jim Griffin. “Presenting the Spark! Film Series with Welcoming Pittsburgh reflects the growing landscape of our city,” Griffin noted.

SCHENLEY PARK, Flagstaff Hill

   Sundays and Wednesdays, June 7 – August 30, Dusk

   Schedule: http://pittsburghpa.gov/citiparks/cinema-schenley

Click here for the full press release and more info

04/24 2015

Oakland For All Ramp Crawl – Tuesday, May 5, 4-7pm

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Accessible bathrooms available at: Forbes Tower, 3600 Forbes Ave., 3rd Floor
As a kick off to the Oakland For All initiative, the Ramp Crawl event also coincides with the National Council on Disability’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh.
We hope that you will join us for this fun, positive experience that is intended to provide an opportunity for everyone to become more engaged in the discussion about the importance of ensuring “Accessibility for All”.
Suggested donation of $20 goes toward providing businesses with technical assistance and the on-going advancement of the Oakland For All, Beyond Accessible initiative – a project that seeks to make Oakland a model community for accessibility.
Click here to register