Imagine hearing jazz outdoors. Not too difficult since Pittsburgh offers many jazz concerts that take place outdoors in nice weather. Take that image up a notch, and picture yourself listening to jazz on your headphones while waiting for the bus in January. Then take your imagination one step further: your fellow bus patron presses a button…
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Come celebrate with us: Awesome Pittsburgh turns 3!
Celebrate Awesome Pittsburgh’s third anniversary at the Pittsburgh Public Market along with former and future grantwinners, partners, and friends! Monday, November 10 at 5:30pm – 8:30pm Pittsburgh Public Market, 2401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 Awesome Pittsburgh is honored to have given grants to 35 awesome projects in Pittsburgh over the past three years. Hear from…
Introducing Awesome Asides: Jeb Feldman
Awesome Pittsburgh is only possible because of the people who make it happen – from the grantwinners and trustees to the volunteers and other patrons of awesome who keep this thing going month after month. We decided it was time to find out more about these folks in a new feature called Awesome Asides, where…
Announcing our 16th Winner: Knit the Bridge
We all know our bridges are pretty awesome. So, how do you make them even more awesome? Take color and fiber and an army of knitters and turn one of the “three sisters” into an enormous community-led public art installation: you Knit the Bridge. Led by an idea sparked by Amanda Goss, a growing community of…
Announcing our 14th Winner: Juice Up 412!
More than just an awesome way to quench your thirst, Juice Up 412 is a social enterprise that uses their products – delicious and unique fruit and vegetable juices – to educate underserved communities about health, wellness and nutrition as well as food justice. Juice Up has already generated buzz with their pop-up juice bars…
Join us for Awesome Pittsburgh’s 1st Birthday
We grow up so fast. On Thursday, January 31, 2013, please join Awesome Pittsburgh Trustees, awardees, and friends to celebrate Awesome Pittsburgh’s first birthday! When: Thursday, January 31st from 7 – 9 pm Where: AVA Lounge, 126 S. Highland Avenue, East Liberty (map) Visit our Facebook page to let us know you are coming, or just…
Sew Awesome: Announcing our November winner, Urban Stitches
With all the buzz around the “maker” movement, it’s easy to forget that for generations, sewing machines allowed people to dream up and make new creations in their own homes everyday. Our November winner, Urban Stitches, has a mission to reintroduce sewing to the young people of Pittsburgh. “The goal of Urban Stitches is for young people…
An Awesome Internship
How often do you get to include the word ‘awesome‘ on your resume? Here is your chance! We’re looking for a passionate, organized, independent and innovative individual to join us this fall as the Awesome (Marketing and Events) Intern. Here’s what we can offer: A unique experience to work with an entrepreneurial group of individuals to…
Our June Winner: The First Bytes Society
To so many of us, computers are arcane devices that other people program for us so that we can read our email, tweet our support for the Pirates, and watch Pittsburgh Dad videos. In reality though, anybody can learn to code once you realize that, at its core, programming is simply a process of communicating…
Come to Awesome Party #3! June 4 at Future Tenant
Join the Awesome Pittsburgh Trustees at the third-ever Awesome Pittsburgh Party! Now with extra awesomeness at Future Tenant! Monday, June 4, 2012 7:00pm until 9:00pm 819 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA At the party, we’ll: Announce our May 2012 grant winner, Give updates on March and April awards, and Hold an awesome competition with 2 winners/prizes – one…
Our April Winner: Exquisite Machine
It’s often said that we all have a story to tell. Well, Pittsburgh, here is your chance to contribute a sentence of your own to a much bigger story, thanks to our April winner: Exquisite Machine, an interactive creative writing project that will engage the community in collective storytelling. Deanna Mulye, creator/project director of Exquisite Machine, describes the goals…
Awesome Pittsburgh at the Entrepreneur’s Growth Conference (5/9)
We’re excited to participate in the 14th Annual Entrepreneur’s Growth Conference, a day-long program for small business owners by Duquesne University’s Small Business Development Center. The event takes place on Wednesday, May 9th at Duquesne. For more information and to register for the event, check out their website at http://www.sbdc.duq.edu/egc2012.asp.
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