Bernie Sanders attracted thousands to Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center for his first rally in the area. The estimated 8,500 lined up at 7:30am for a chance to see their hero, the presidential candidate from Vermont. I believe the photos speak for themselves.
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Philanthropist Jean Case Talks Inclusive Innovation
Philanthropist Jean Case visited Pittsburgh to promote mission based investments and businesses. Among several stops on her tour, she stopped by Alphalab Gear and spoke with Ilana Diamond and a keen audience about inclusive innovation, the changing role of leadership, and of course mission driven startups. [justified_image_grid ids=”11106,11100,11104,11105,11111,11112,11110,11109,11108,11107″]
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TEDxCMU Talks Cover Everything from Social to AI
Complimentary copypasta from TEDxCMU Louis-Philippe Morency CMU Faculty Since January 2015, Louis-Philippe Morency has been a tenure-track Faculty at CMU Language Technology Institute where he leads the Multimodal Communication and Machine Learning Laboratory (MultiComp Lab). He was previously Research Faculty at USC Computer Science Department. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT Computer […]
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TEDx University of Pittsburgh Talks Medical and Cultural Design
Copypasta from TEDx University of Pittsburgh: Raymond Gastil, Director of City Planning for the City of Pittsburgh Ray Gastil is City Planning Director for Pittsburgh, where he leads initiatives to improve neighborhood planning, resilient communities, comprehensive planning, complete streets, and riverfront planning. He co-chairs the Affordable Housing Task Force. The Department has responsibilities for the […]
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Layer Cake Music Showcase at the New Hazlett
From the artists themselves: The Commonheart – Formed to invoke emotion through tone and energy, The Commonheart is a band configured of up and coming artists from the Pittsburgh area who came together to create a unique sound for music lovers. “We know exactly what we want to sound like and we are ready to go out […]
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Box Heart Gallery Opening: Kal Mansur and Michael Walsh
As I told the owner, “Boxheart sucks at marketing…” But we always need to discover the things that hide. In all my time in Pittsburgh, I had never stepped foot into the venue placed in Pittsburgh’s Little Italy of Bloomfield. In two years time of covering over a thousand events, not once did this gallery […]
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PDCDC Downtown Experience Awards Dinner
The Pittsburgh Downtown Community Development Corporation (PDCDC) hosted its third annual Downtown Experience Awards Dinner at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh. The dinner has quickly become a signature event for downtown Pittsburgh drawing hundreds of business, philanthropy, and leadership minded power players in the region. This year, three were honored; Mayor Bill Peduto, Public Servant of the Year; […]
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Startup Weekend Pittsburgh Women
Startup Weekend has been a popular draw in Pittsburgh’s thriving tech scene. Participants pitch ideas, form a team, and luck willing design a product in 54 hours. Many companies have come from the competition. Some have even been wildly successful. That’s not to say the event doesn’t have issues like sexism. The Women edition of Startup […]
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Pittsburgh Bicentennial Gallery Crawl
For the bicentennial, this was the worse down town gallery crawl we’ve covered. It was also one of the least attended. Most of the exhibits were up from last time. There was nothing to see here. The only thing of note was Future Tenant’s showcase, Nate Bertone’s #WeWoreTheMasks. See photos.
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Paul Singh Stops in Pittsburgh #RJTechTour
Paul Singh is living the American Dream. He’s driving across the United States with a war trailer equipped with Wifi. This is refreshing for a guy who’s flown over half a million miles. This week he stops in Pittsburgh. He made a few appearances at the regular haunts, but his custom-built Airstream travel trailer parked outside […]