This WWII ship is parked on the river and open for tour this weekend

• Friday, September 3, 2010 – Part of First Fridays on Penn Ave
• Stop by The Cotton Factory to check out their limited edition t-shirts and make your own reusable tote out of a t-shirt

• Friday, September 3, 2010
• Washington Road
• Music by Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers

• 302 W. North Ave, 15212 – North Side
• Thursday, Sept. 2 – Sunday, Sept. 5

• New indoor market in the strip district opens today!
• will be open weekly on Friday, Saturday and Sunday

• Sunday, September 5, 2010 –  5:15pm
• Allegheny County Music Festival at Hartwood Acres
• $20 a Carload

• Sept. 2-5, 2010
• Outside of Heinz Field
• Ribs and Live music

• yes, more ribs and local music
• $7 entrance fee
• Live music from Fuel, Bon Jorney, and lots more
• South Park Fair Grounds

• Lake Elizabeth is a small lake (that could be mistaken for a pond) in Allegheny Commons
• Perfect for kids and beginners
• Free Kayaking before Lake Elizabeth closes for the season

• ZipCar is looking for a few good people to give up their cars and try the Low-Car diet – use the bus, walk and take zip car for 30 days
• the diet starts Septemer 14 and runs to October 12.

If I had to pick one song that reminded me of the beginning of High School it might have to be “Send Me On My Way” by Rusted Root.  I can still remember – freshman orientation and one of my high school classmates playing this CD on what now seems like a very large stero/boombox device – this way bc (before cellphone) and thus before ipods.

So with back to school time here (I am thankful I am not going back to highscool) – why not end the summer and kick off the school year with the Rusted Root Concert at Hartwood Acers.

11th Annual Allegheny County Music Festival
with Crossing Boundaries, Dormont Police and Rusted Root
Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:15pm
Hartwood Acers Park
$20 per carload – benefits the department of Human Services
Click here for more details

Here is a video clip of Rusted Root at Hartwood Acers from last summer

And to bring it back to high school in the 90s… here are some Rusted Root fun facts for you – since today is 9-02-10 day – yes – it is an excuse to celebrate the show 90210 – you may be interested to learn that Rusted Root contributed to the “Party of Five” soundtrack – another Fox tv show from my high school days.  Speaking of tv shows – thanks to a recent post on the blog Books N’at for reminding us that My So Called Life was set in a factional suburb of Pittsburgh.

Also from the Rusted Root biography page – “NASA engineers chose Send Me On My Way as “wake-up” music for the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, for Sol 21.”

Related reading

• Happy 9/02/10: Looking Back At Beverly Hills 90210 (cinemablend.com)
• Rusted Root @ Pearl-Palooza, 7/3/10 (timesunion.com)
• Happy 9/02/10: Take My Original Beverly Hills, 90210 Quiz! (buzzsugar.com)
• he’ll always be ‘jordan catalano’ to me! (popbytes.com)

• Hanson @ Carnegie Music Hall
• Friday, August 20, 2010 – 7:30pm

• Monthly bike ride around the burgh
• Meet at Dippy the Dinosaur in front of the museum in Oakland
• Everyone is welcome – easy flat ride for those that are new to cycling in the city

• Saturday, August 21, 2010
• Rib Fest and Live Music at the Station Square Amphitheater
• Saturday – Donnie Iris and tons of other live music – 2 stages

• Saturday, August 21, 2010 – 8am-2pm
• 50+ households will be participating in the sale

• Hosted by the Heinz History Center – all proceeds benefit the Italian American Program Endowment Fund, which is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Italian Americans in Western Pennsylvania.
• 24 4 person teams will compete
• Saturday, August 21, 2010 – 1pm-Dusk
• Italian food, beverages and music

Carrick Community Cornfest

• Saturday, August 21, 2010 – Noon-8pm @ Phillips Park
• Corn roast, music and more

• Kelly Strayhorn Theater Celebrates Gene Kelly‘s Birthday
• Saturday, August 21, 2010
• Tours of the Theater
• $2 Screening of Cover Girl
• Gene Kelly was born in Highland Park

Jam on Walnut

• Saturday, August 21, 2010 – Kelsey Friday and Dancing Queen (Pittsburgh’s Premier Disco Band)
• Free concert on Walnut St. in Shadyside

• Hothouse – The Sprout Fund’s annual fundraisers – the 2010 event will be held at the former Don Allen Chevrolet building in Bloomfield
• Venture Outdoors Free Family Festival @ Allegheny Commons
• Steel City Games Fest

The Carrick Cornfest was started in the 1970′s and continues as an annual festival this year.  Lots of local organizations will be on hand to celebtate the neighborhoods and enjoy a corn roast.

Phillips Park
Saturday, August 21, Noon-8pm

Facebook Event for Community Cornfest

Entertainment includes:

• traditional opening ceremonies by the award winning Pittsburgh Carrick High School Band
• Bhutanese dancers
• the Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance
• Jeff Martin’s Steel City Jazz Project
• Nadina Bembic’s Nalaladina
• folk singer Cathasaigh
• the rock group The Silent Wire

First ever Stanton Heights Neighborhood wide yard sale! Over 40 families will be opening up their garages and bringing their stuff out to sell.

Saturday, August 21, 2010, 8am-2pm

Where: Stanton Heights … conveniently nestled between Morningside and Lawrenceville

You can be a fan of Stanton Heights on Facebook here and check out the Stanton Heights Neighborhood Association blog here.

Here is a map of all of the homes who will be participating in the yard sale on Saturday – click on the map to go to the interactive google map.  Maps will also be available at the Stanton Heights United Methodist Church , located at 4721 Stanton Ave.

• 140 lbs of Bacon – Pittsburgh’s 2010 Bacon Bash Recap from Mr. Baconpants – If you missed the 2010 Bacon Bash – you can see photos and videos of all of the bacon fun at MrBaconPants.com. Over 100 people attended the event and over 140 lbs of bacon was consumed.

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Another fun Pittsburgh trivia fact is that Gene Kelly – the iconic American actor, dancer and singer in the rain – was born in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh.  The Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty is named after Gene Kelly and Billy Strayhorn (another Pittsburgher who is best known for collaborating with Duke Ellington).

The Kelly-Strayhorn Theater opened in East Liberty in 1914 as the Regent Theater and has had many different roles through out the years.  11 years ago the theater was reopened with the new name of the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater.  You can read more about the history of the theater here.

On Saturday, August 21rd, 2010 – you can celebrate Gene Kelly’s birthday (his actual birthday is August 23rd) at the theater.  Click here for more details on the Kelly Strayhorn Theater website.

• 2pm Tour of the Theater
• 3pm Screening of Cover Girl – admission to the film is $2
• Cake will be served

Here is the song Put Me To the Test from the film Cover Girl

• Review: Smiling Banana Leaf – FoodBurgh – The blog FoodBurgh has a nice review of The Smiling Banana Leaf in Highland Park. This place has been reccomended by a couple of IheartPGH readers in the past as well. Check out Mike's thoughts on the food and some photos of the place too.
• Steeltown Anthem Visits CommonWealth Press – Pittsburgh design blog, Steeltown Anthem, visits Commonwealth Press's shop on Carson St. – Lots of great photos of the shop, Pittsburgh t-shirts, posters and more.
• Relay in Doubt! : Venture Outdoors – Check out the story and the photos of the Venture Outdoors annual 24 hour ride from Washington DC to the point.

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• Venture Outdoors has a hike for the superstitious planned in Allegheny Cemetery
• Friday, August 13, 2010 5:30-7pm

• HUGE collection of pinball machines in Scott Township
• Only open to the public twice a year – for the tournament
• Thursday-Sunday, August 12-15, 2010
• Free to attend as a spectator

• All the bacon you can handle
• Saturday, August, 14th, 2010 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Bacon appetizers, bacon pierogies, chocolate covered bacon, bacon cupcake, and bacon wrapped tofu!

• Saturday, August 14, 2010
• 2 Sessions 1-4, 5-8
• Millvale Riverfront Park

Lebowski Bash @ Arsenal Lanes

• Arsenal’s Tribute to The Big Lebowski. Lebowski tunes and bowling prize giveaways!
• Sunday, August 15, 2010  - 9pm @ Arsenal Lanes
• Hosted by DJ Swank Cat – check out this interview with him from last year

• Sunday @ Dusk
• Flagstaff Hill

Last weekend of Bike Fest

• BikeFest 2010 – August 6-15
• Bike rides, bike events, bike tours and all things bike related
• Full list of events available at Bike-PGH.org