The AIGA Pittsburgh will be screening the new Gary Hustwit film, Urbanized, at the Harris Theater on November 8th at 9 PM and November 9th at 7 PM. Read more about the screenings here and watch the trailer below.
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pittsburgh CONNECTS garfield this fall
The new Pittsburgh CONNECTS Lab in Garfield has a series of great workshops coming up, including sessions on computer and software training, free computer repair, writing invoices for non-profit organizations, and information about how to apply for heating assistance this winter. Read more about their November events here. In October, they are offering:
“Microsoft Excel Basics” on October 27th 2:00 PM;
“Invoicing for Non-Profits” on October 29th 6:00 PM;
And a PNCIS Information Session on October 27th at 6:00 PM.
RSVP or find out more about the workshops by calling 412-456-0858, by writing BGC.ENEC@gmail.com, or visiting their website.
cityLIVE! 39: equity in urban education
November 17 2011 | New Hazlett Theater | 6.30p.m.
Can algebra be an organizing principal for a civil rights movement? Robert Parris Moses thinks so! As the founder of the Alegbra Project, a revolutionary educational tool, Dr. Moses will show how mathematics can be used as an organizing tool to guarantee quality public school education for all students. As a result of his efforts, Dr. Moses received the Heinz Award from the Heinz Family Foundation for making math instruction available to children of all backgrounds.
Carey Harris, Executive Director of A+ Schools, an independent advocate for improvement in public education, will highlight local efforts and trends to provide opportunities to public school students and will also moderate the discussion, which we’ll kick off with some questions from Pittsburgh Public School students.
Be there or be square.
Missed this event? Catch the full video here or the short version here.
cityLIVE! in the news
Last night’s cityLIVE! event was written up in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review this morning. Moderated by Melanie Harrington, CEO of Vibrant Pittsburgh, the event featured D. Raja and Rich Fitzgerald, candidates for Allegheny County executive. Read the Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s coverage of the event here.
cityLIVE! 38: looking forward to immigration (with rich and raja)
October 18 2011 | New Hazlett Theater | 6.30p.m.
Pittsburgh is less diverse than 98 out of 100 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, according to the 2010 census …”whiter even than the Amish country around Lancaster, the Mormon population center of Salt Lake City, Midwest agrarian capitals such as Des Moines, Iowa, and far more isolated places like Boise, Idaho,” says Gary Rotstein of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. “How does a region built on immigration, albeit from previous centuries, come to have in 2011 such a small share of people of color?”
On October 18, cityLIVE! and Vibrant Pittsburgh will host a conversation between candidates D. Raja, Rich Fitzgerald and you, the audience, on the status of foreign born talent and diversity in the region. Economic development is at the heart of this discussion. For instance, 25% of U.S. business owners in the technology and engineering sector are foreign born, as are the owners of 24% of patent applications filed. Moderated by Melanie Harrington, CEO of Vibrant Pittsburgh, we will hear how our future leaders plan to tackle these issues in their future role as Allegheny County Executive.
This is an important conversation. Be there, or be really square.
Missed this event? Catch the full video here or the short version here.
brainstorming up a storm
On Tuesday night, cityLAB held a brainstorming session to work through the 16 incentives for our 6% Place in Garfield. Community members worked with the Carnegie Mellon architecture students who are researching and designing the incentives this semester.
After a presentation about the 6% Place and student progress on the projects, we organized into break-out sessions. CMU students and community members worked together in 8 groups to make the incentives as good, as strong, and as viable as possible.
Read more about the background of the experiment here and watch this space to hear more about the 6% incentives in the coming weeks.
read all about it
We’ve had some great press coverage about our 6% Place experiment and the brainstorming meeting we will be holding tomorrow in Garfield.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review posted a short article about the meeting yesterday, and The Bulletin, a publication of the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, just published a great piece about the experiment, the 16 ideas for Garfield, and our upcoming meeting. Read their coverage here, and read more of their October issue here.
Thanks to the Tribune-Review and The Bulletin for this great coverage!
P.S. R.S.V.P. to tomorrow’s brainstorming meeting here!
brainstorm about the 6% place TOMORROW!
Please join us tomorrow night to brainstorm about 16 fantastic ideas for Garfield. 70 architecture students are working on these ideas right now and need your feedback! Garfield residents, adults, youth, stakeholders, and community leaders alike, anyone who is excited about Garfield’s future, should attend tomorrow’s meeting at the BGC Community Activity Center at 113 North Pacific Avenue.
The evening will begin at 6 PM with a repeat presentation of the 16 ideas and images of the students’ work so far, followed by the brainstorming session at 7 PM. Please join us to make an exciting change in Garfield! (And: cookies will be served!)
R.S.V.P. here.
come with your ideas on october 4th!
Come help us connect the dots! Your ideas for Garfield are needed at a brainstorming session!
Help us brainstorm for change in Garfield on Tuesday, October 4th at the BGC Community Activity Center, 113 North Pacific Avenue. We’ll explore 16 fantastic ideas for Garfield’s future with 70 architecture students.
Hear the 6% Place presentation at 6 PM (a repeat performance) and join in with your ideas at 7 PM.
Be there or be square!
R.S.V.P. to the 6% Brainstorming Meeting here.
off and running
The next phase of our 6% Place experiment got off to a strong start last Wednesday at our community meeting at the St. Lawrence O’Toole Activity Center in Garfield. Garfield residents, along with neighbors from Friendship and beyond, listened to cityLAB present 16 projects for the 6% Place, all designed to reach our 6% goal. We listened to comments, organized committees and are preparing for the next phase – the DO phase.
Details to follow!
