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posted on
December 31st, 2008
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December's drink & draw

Oh! We have a very dedicated group of artists here in Pittsburgh! Leslie posed for a very full house last night for the drink & draw session at brillobox. It was so nice to see all of the regul ...

posted on
December 25th, 2008
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Ho !

posted on
December 23rd, 2008
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The Piano Crash

One of my favorite economics websites reminded me that before there was the American car industry-- there was the piano business. Pianos were once the larg ...

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posted on
December 17th, 2008
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Artists Review Artists Project @Thinking About Art

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posted on
December 13th, 2008
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The floodgates open at the Viaduct

To avoid the sick trap of getting the Petula Clark pop song "Downtown" stuck in my head whenever I think of downtown Pittsburgh, I give my internal voice a solid yinzer accent, rendering it "dahnta ...

posted on
December 12th, 2008
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World Turned Upside Down Part 3

As usual, Cleveburgh Diaspora had a great post about migration trends which brought me back to my "read more about "World Turned Upside Down Part..."

posted on
December 11th, 2008
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Tony Buba / Film Kitchen last Tuesday

Kudos to Matt Day for assembling a fantastic Film Kitchen last Tuesday night at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Getting the blatantly obvious out of the way, he wangled the best food ever out of Chipotle gr ...

posted on
December 10th, 2008
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Digging Pitt
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Rust Belt bloggers Public Art Post: Waffle Shop: A Reality Show

Josh Rubin's contextual art class at CMU struggles to find new and interesting ...

posted on
December 9th, 2008
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Is News Now A Charity?

Can't say I was entirely surprised, but two recent stories about the health of major newspapers really hit home. The Tribune Company, owner of the Chicago Tribune, LA Times and several other major ...

posted on
December 4th, 2008
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Pittsburgh

The Wise Chinese

As the U.S. and the west's bubble economy implodes, exposing the thin air at it's core, the political players and crony capitalists have grasped at the hope that they can pull the world's last solv ...

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