Events Happening Today 
Disability Resource BreakfastVolunteers Of America [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 8:30am
Cindy Moore, a representative of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, discusses healthy eating on a tight budget.
Learn how you can access the food you need when you find yourself between jobs, when you are working a low wage job or when you are starting a business and need to make ends meet.
Admission is free. For more information, or to register, call (412) 782-5344 ext 209.
Shop Featured Artist: Amber Coppings
Pittsburgh Center For The Arts [ venue info ]
5/4/2013 1pm through 6/30/2013 5pm
Stop by the center's gift shop to see a special display of local artist Amber Coppings' textile designs.
Hand- and machine- sewn applique details are art-inspired, geometric and are handcut from pieces of organic cottons, bamboo rayons and cotton jerseys that are hand-dyed with shibori techniques or digitally designed by Amber Coppings in her Lawrenceville studio. This allows for the most artistic expression and enhances the handmade nature of each individual piece. Other items being featured are hand-dyed infinity scarves, lightweight "Suzi" Hoodie Cape Vests and sumptuous handbraided organic cotton belts with vintage buckles.
Sale proceeds benefit the artist and the center. For more information, call (412) 361-0873.
Entrepreneurial Thursday
Little E's [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 5:30pm
"Entrepreneurial Thursday" is a casual, weekly event featuring live jazz, soul and blues performance (by vocalist/host Jessica Lee and special musical guests) to enhance networking of the entrepreneurial and innovation communities.
Tonight's theme is "Creative Entrepreneurs"
This is a 21+ event with a $5 cover. A dinner menu is available. For more information, call (412) 392-2217.
Culture Club: Play Is Not Just For Kids
Carnegie Museum Of Art [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 5:30pm
Join museum curators and other culture enthusiasts for conversation and cocktails during this monthly program, focusing on provocative topics.
Tonight's subject is how artist-designed playgrounds can rekindle an adult's playful spirit.
The $10 fee includes museum admission, gallery discussion and one drink ticket For more information, call (412) 622-3131.
Gasland 2
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 6pm
A 2013 sequel to the critically acclaimed 2010 documentary, this film continues to examine communities in the United States impacted by natural gas drilling and, specifically, a drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing that can be used in the Marcellus Shale.
The Marcellus Shale is a unit of marine sedimentary rock that contains largely untapped natural gas reserves.
Presented by Marcellus Shale Protest, an online information clearing house about Marcellus Shale gas drilling, activism and related issues. For more information, call (724) 485-9835.
Juice Box Memories Artist Reception
ToonSeum [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 6pm
Mix and mingle with art lovers and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers for the opening of a fun new exhibits of his "Brewed On Grant" strips from the past seven years that feature Luke Ravenstahl.
Born in 1980, Luke Ravenstahl became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history at the age of 26. He is among the youngest mayors of a major city in American history. Despite the fact that Ravenstahl has reached the ripe old age of 33, Rogers continues to draw the mayor as a six-year-old boy addicted to juice boxes.
Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (412) 232-0199.
St. Victor Parish Bingo
Saint Victor's Catholic Church [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 6:30pm
Gather in the church's parish hall for a fun and exciting night of bingo.
Bingo is a game of chance played with randomly drawn numbers which players match against numbers that have been pre-printed on 5-inch by 5-inch cards. The winner calls out the word "Bingo!" to alert the other players and caller of a possible win.
Proceeds benefit the church. For more information, call (724) 265-2070.
Saint Gabriel Bingo
Saint Gabriel Of The Sorrowful Virgin [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 7pm
Gather in the church's parish hall for a fun and exciting night of bingo.
Bingo is a game of chance played with randomly drawn numbers which players match against numbers that have been pre-printed on 5-inch by 5-inch cards. The winner calls out the word "Bingo!" to alert the other players and caller of a possible win.
Proceeds benefit the church. For more information, call (412) 881-8115.
The Rust Belt Rising Almanac Tour
Big Idea Bookstore [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 7pm
Take part in a non-traditional book event as this national tour stops in Pittsburgh.
The Head & The Hand Press in Philadelphia is releasing "The Rust Belt Rising Almanac", an anthology of stories about growth, change and loss in America's Rust Belt though short stories, poems, essays and art, designed in the style of the almanacs of old. This almanac includes a prose story set in Pittsburgh about growing up in the shadow of the Duquesne, now GenOn, Power Plant.
This is not be your typical book talk. To share these stories with the people of the cities featured, company founder Nic Esposito appears with Philadelphia musician Todd Henkin to showcase the work in the Almanac through performance-based story telling and song. For more information, call (412) 687-4323.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Consol Energy Center [ venue info ]
6/20/2013 7:30pm
Led by singer/songwriter Tom Petty, this legendary band performs straight-forward rock songs reflecting the joys and challenges of blue collar life.
Tickets to this all-ages concert are available from TicketNetwork through the link below.
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