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Today was the start of the 23rd Annual East Pittsburgh Greek Food Festival, which runs through Sunday.  There is information about the other greek festivals going on this weekend around Pittsburgh here (pdf file), which is on the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh website.
On Saturday, there is a Lobster & Clam Bake at the Christian W. [...]

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Don’t forget to plan time for the big Pittsburgh events this weekend! 
The Manchester House & Garden Tour is today and tomorrow.  If you would like to read about it before you go, there is an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today and there was one last weekend in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review which can be found here here.
There are also two [...]

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It’s time again to plan a walk in Shadyside!  This weekend, August 11th through 13th, Shadyside will be hosting the Art Festival on Walnut Street and The Art Festival on Ellsworth.  Don’t miss them!  More details can be found at Think Shadyside.
Photo by TastefulTN (License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0).

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The Western Pennsylvania Humane Society and Station Square are hosting the third annual Sample of Station Square today (Wednesday, August 9th) from 6 PM until 10:30 PM.  Cost is $30 at the door.  Sample food from participating restaurants and conclude the evening with dessert on the Gateway Clipper’s Party Liner, which will be docked at Station Square.  [...]

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It’s an exciting time to be talking about Pittsburgh, with the All-Star Game in town. Pittsburgh’s new spirit is the talk of the town.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has articles about the Allegheny West Home & Garden Tour next weekend and a historic Deutschtown row house.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has articles about new homes in the Pittsburgh area, as well as the Babushkas and [...]

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It looks like the series on why Charlotte is better than Pittsburgh in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette came to an end on Wednesday with an article about Pittsburgh expatriates in Charlotte.  It’s a bit ironic that it ended the day before the Pittsburgh Business Times covered the announcement that a brokerage and investment banking firm opened an [...]

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The Penn Brewery is holding Weinerschinitzel Bark n’ Brew III today (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette link) to benefit Animal Friends.
BikeFest, run by Free Ride and Bike Pittsburgh runs today through July 4th (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article here).  Check out the BikeFest 2006 blog.
Gretchen Wilson will be at the Post-Gazette Pavilion on Saturday.
The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is letting dads with kids [...]

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation will be holding a home tour in Pittsburgh in November to coincide with its National Preservation Conference 2006.  They have also put together a list of resources for members visiting Pittsburgh called “Pittsburgh on your own.”  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on the initial preparations for the home tour.

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It’s the Jewel of McKeesport, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 
The second biggest rose garden in Pennsylvania can be found at Renziehausen Park in McKeesport, and it’s near full bloom.  It is cared for by the Garden Club of McKeesport and the Pittsburgh Rose Society (website a little out of date).

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Apartments.com is holding a contest to give away $20,000 to a deserving individual (determined by user voting) and one of the three finalists is a resident of the Pittsburgh area.  So wander on over to their website by Friday and give Vanessa Veltre a vote!  In addition to her own apartment, she would spend some of [...]

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