DIGGING IN TO DETAILS Cooperative business worker-owners make about 15% more than workers in conventional business and have more say in working conditions. Cooperatives also tend to have higher growth rates and are more responsive to their communities and resilient throughout business cycles. Learn the nuts and bolts of a cooperative business: legal form, finance, […]
Mental Health Cafe is a monthly community conversation on mental health and mental illness over coffee (or tea!) and treats. The event will focus on informal discussions and friendly peer support in a welcoming space for all. People are invited to participate actively or passively, or just listen. In order to ease discussion, each month […]
Anonymous Open Mic is a storytelling project working to build a community narrative around mental illness in Pittsburgh. Pittsburghers affected by mental illness can submit a short story, poem, or spoken word piece anonymously online. Community members can then volunteer to perform the anonymous works in front of a live audience. Get Involved! Submit your […]
Don't get any bright Ides! This year we'll be celebrating the Ides of March the way it's meant to be celebrated, by coming together and stabbing en masse! Enjoy a night of readings, games, and fun Ides trivia with some great tea and atmosphere provided by the folks at Tupelo Honey Teas. All are welcome. […]
Please join us for an evening celebrating ceramic arts on Friday, March 16th from 5-9pm! As a part of NCECA (the National Conference on Education in the Ceramic Arts) the Braddock Carnegie Library is hosting three different events, including artists receptions and tile making with Braddock Tiles. We will be demonstrating methods for printing directly […]
It’s not every day that Mayor Peduto proclaims that it’s Puppet Day in Pittsburgh. In fact, it’s only one day: Wednesday, March 21. For the first time the City of Pittsburgh will celebrate World Day of Puppetry with an official proclamation and plenty of puppet events sponsored by the Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh. An evening […]
For all the good they can do, many businesses, agencies, and community organizations can also be less than inclusive in their decision making. Increasingly, businesses and community organizations see being more inclusive as a way to create more value in what they do. It’s of course about doing the right thing but also about “firing […]
The Letter From the Birmingham Jail, a Reading Directed by Tracey D. Turner To honor the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr., Steel City Shakespare Center will present a reading of Dr. King's Letter From the Birmingham Jail at The Shop in Homewood, read by various performers of different ethnicities, creeds, […]
Hello! We are planting the life support for a new generation. 1,200 trees will be planted for 1000 newborns arriving in Pittsburgh at Magee-Women's Hospital starting in April for a total of 5000 trees by October. Each child receives a gift of five planted in their name to mark the start of life and to […]
For April's Mental Health Cafe, join the Inside Our Minds Team as we meet-up and discuss mental health and mental illness in a casual, peer-led setting. :) We will be meeting in room 3b. If you cannot find the group, please private message our Facebook page or text the Inside Our Minds phone line: (412) […]
Inside Our Minds is turning two, and we'd love for you to come and celebrate! The Inside Our Minds Team will be partying at the Wigle Whiskey Barrelhouse this year - and we hope this year can be even bigger and better than the last! The Inside Our Minds Team will be partying at the […]
Doors at 6:30pm | Performances begin at 7:00pm | Free Event This special Anonymous Open Mic will feature readings from the teens from Creative Nonfiction's Writing Away The Stigma program! We will also be accepting anonymous and non-anonymous submissions from the general public. Submit your story here: https://goo.gl/forms/ojXcVE9cLedjIuN33 Host and Event Information Anonymous Open Mic is […]
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