Pittsburgh Homes Daily

The Friends of Carnegie Library, South Side are holding “A Taste of the South Side” tonight (Friday, Oct. 6) starting at 7 PM.  Cost is $17 at the door.
On Saturday and Sunday, October 7th and 8th, the Builders Association of Downtown Pittsburgh is hosting the 2006 Festival of Homes. 
Sunday, October 8th from 11 AM to 5 [...]

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The Carnegie Library of Homestead is hosting “Taste of the Valley” tonight (Sept. 29, 2006) from 6 PM to 9 PM at the library.  For $40, you can sample signature dishes from the best restaurants in the Valley!
On Sunday, October 1, 2006, the Wesley Spectrum Tour of Homes will be held from Noon to 5 [...]

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What is there to do in Pittsburgh, September 23 and 24th? 
As I previously mentioned, there are two home tours in Pittsburgh this weekend.  Today is the Historic Bethel Park Presbyterian Church and House Tour.  On Sunday, the Friendship Home Tour will be held.  There is a write-up about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette if you’d like more information.
Sunday morning is also [...]

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Feel like your home is in a perpetual state of renovation? 
Need a break?
A home renovation project in Oakland Square at the corner of Parkview Avenue and the Boulevard of the Allies will be the scene of a Macbeth adaptation where Macbeth is a drywall contractor.  The play was featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday.
A [...]

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Catch Pittsburgh’s new mayor Luke Ravenstahl on Letterman tonight.
On Friday, there will be a golf fundraiser for Womansplace, which supports victims of domestic violence.
Saturday, September 16th is the Pittsburgh Rose Society’s annual Fall Rose Show with over 200 varieties of roses.
Other Events:
There is a three day celebration for the re-opening of The Hazlett Theater on [...]

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Looks like I missed an interesting charity event when I searched for things to do this weekend in Pittsburgh. 
On Saturday and Sunday, the 3rd Annual Parade of Ponds, a self-guided tour of 22 gardens around Pittsburgh, is being held.

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No shortage of things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
On Saturday, you can pitch your ideas for making Pittsburgh a better place to the Sprout Fund.  They’ve got $100,000 for the ideas at the session.
The annual Arts and Heritage/Movie Festival in Carnegie concludes on Saturday.  If you can’t make it on Saturday and are in [...]

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Labor Day marks the return of kids to school (if they aren’t there already) and the start of the Steelers regular season (on Thursday).  Fall, with its cool breeze and colorful leaves, is almost upon us. 
It also welcomes a number of home tours around the Pittsburgh area:
Sunday, September 10th, 2006 – Annual Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour
Saturday, Sept. 23 — [...]

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This Labor Day Weekend in Pittsburgh: a parade downtown, the 13th annual Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts Colonial Festival, the Labor Day Jazz Festival (coverage here), the Johnstown Folk Festival (prepare for music)(which got a great review by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), as well as other events.
The Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is also hosting a pre-party tonight [...]

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In honor of (or in spite of) Pittsburgh’s ranking as the 8th drunkest city in America by Forbes.com, the 14th Annual Wine & Food Festival will be held at Seven Springs Mountain Resort (read about it here).  If that doesn’t satisfy your desires, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette provides a list of the best wine bars in [...]

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