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UPWords Reading Series, plus Gist Street Pod-snack (Thursday, 03 January 2008 12:29 PM ): If, like me, you're a fan of the Gist Street Reading Series and uncertain how you'll endure these lonely months when it's on hiatus, take a look at this announcement: On January 11th from 7pm-9pm, Union Project will host their...

All the fun that's fit to print (Sunday, 02 December 2007 10:33 PM ): To help you plan your week, here are the key events on my schedule. Please join me when you can: Wednesday, December 5: The 74th anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition. I'll post recommended beverages on Wednesday. For now, if...

Finding your inner artist (Monday, 24 September 2007 11:03 AM ): Today, Elizabeth Perry is throwing a virtual drawing party to celebrate 1000 consecutive days of her drawing something every day. You should participate: I am inviting you to a distributed drawing party: sometime during the day Monday, please find a...

Upcoming in Pittsburgh: mad creation of art for 24 solid hours (Tuesday, 11 September 2007 10:49 PM ): Fun event coming up for artists, aspiring artists, and people who think they're not artists but who are open to creativity: The 24 Hour Creative Marathon is a two-part event, beginning with a 24-hour artistic marathon and culminating in...

To do: Open House at City Theatre (Tuesday, 28 August 2007 06:00 PM ): Next Friday will be a busy one in Pittsburgh. In addition to the Gist Street Readings and the Pirates playing Chicago Cubs at home (Vintage Cap Night!), there's this very fun event at City Theatre on the South Side: Fun-Festive-FREE-Fifth...

Tomorrow, tomorrow! I love you, tomorrow! (Wednesday, 08 August 2007 04:34 PM ): Tomorrow evening, please come to Pittsburgh BlogFest 11. We'll all talk, eat, drink, and generally get down with our bad selves. WHAT: Pittsburgh Blogfest 11 WHEN: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM and beyond WHERE: Finnegan’s Wake...

Pittsburgh BlogFest 10, on May 10 (Wednesday, 02 May 2007 10:42 AM ): Pittsburgh bloggers: It's time to socialize again. Please join us for Pittsburgh BlogFest 10. WHAT: Pittsburgh Blogfest 10 WHEN: Thursday, February 22 May 10, 2007, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM and beyond WHERE: Finnegan's Wake (near PNC Park, 20 General...

Saturday: BootCamp PGH (Thursday, 19 April 2007 11:55 PM ): Why I've not been blogging these last few weeks: I've been helping organize a terrific event that will happen Saturday. To wit: BootCamp PGH is a free one-day, immersive "entry level" workshop designed to educate students, small businesses and corporate...

What to do this weekend (Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:50 AM ): Three activities this weekend that will make it worth your while to dig yourself out from the snow: 1. The Muckleman is playing at City Theatre through February 18. At the opening night party I asked some people at...

BlogFest 9 (Sunday, 04 February 2007 03:54 PM ): It's time for the first BlogFest of 2007! WHAT: Pittsburgh Blogfest 9 WHEN: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM and beyond! WHERE: Finnegan's Wake (near PNC Park, 20 General Robinson St., North Shore, 412-325-2601), in the Pub...

Have lunch with the Human Baton (Monday, 18 December 2006 11:44 PM ): Things are busy here at My Brilliant Mistakes HQ, and I apologize for the even-lighter-than-usual posting. Given that I'm very busy, it's about time for me to cram something strange and needlessly time-consuming into the schedule. Right on schedule: I've...

Event: Artists with a Cause (Wednesday, 13 December 2006 04:09 PM ): Artists with a Cause - Benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Photographer George Mendel is working with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on his next gallery show. This coming Thursday December 14, 2006, George will be featured with two other artists at...

Creative Cafe of Elisco Advertising (Wednesday, 22 November 2006 02:13 PM ): New creative/social venue opening in Lawrenceville: Elisco Advertising will open up its Creative Cafe located in Lawrenceville to bring together artists, musicians, poets and chefs for regular happenings, just to get the creative juices flowing. And the public will be...

City Theatre special event: "Stage Directions" (Monday, 13 November 2006 09:13 AM ): Unique discussion TONIGHT (Monday 11/13) at City Theatre: "Stage Directions," a discussion by the Artistic Director Tracy Brigden and Artistic Associate Kellee Van Aken. From the e-newsletter: [They] will lead a talk about casting and directing plays that have never...

Man Is Man at the Sage Building (Friday, 10 November 2006 09:50 AM ): Something to do tonight or tomorrow night (if you need a break from PodCampPittsburgh): A new adaptation of "Man Is Man," the anti-war comedy by Bertolt Brecht, with live music, performed in an abandoned children's clothing store. MAN IS MAN...

BlogFest 8 tonight! (Thursday, 09 November 2006 08:50 AM ): Tonight tonight tonight! Will we see you there? Please say yes! Details here....

Here come the pod people (Monday, 06 November 2006 09:39 PM ): This is a great week for geeks in Pittsburgh.

NaSiUFToMuMo (Friday, 03 November 2006 09:38 AM ): It's the third day of NaNoWriMo: I wrote 1,037 words the first day (well under the 1,667 words/day target), and none yesterday. So that project is well behind. It's also the third day of DrawMo! I sketched a red onion...

Pat Patterson at the Carnegie Museum (Thursday, 26 October 2006 01:52 PM ): Patricia L. Patterson, Butler artist, was named the Floyd F. Chaney Award designee in the upcoming 2006 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibit to be held at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh from October 27, 2006 to January 14, 2007....

Whenever you're near me I hear a symphony (Friday, 06 October 2006 10:04 AM ): What: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra "Blogfest Bonus" Concert -- Shostakovich's Centennial ("heroic, patriotic and blazing") Where: Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave. When: October 8 -- THIS SUNDAY -- at 2:30 PM How Much: FREE for up to 30 Pittsburgh Bloggers!! The...

The greatest rock and roll band in the world (Tuesday, 29 August 2006 07:50 PM ): Today in "I know people who are connected with the movie industry" news, my buddy Peter K sends a link to the trailer for The Pick of Destiny with Jack Black, the other Tenacious D guy, and a weird green...

Angels with an attitude: Ditty Bops in Pittsburgh TONIGHT (Saturday, 19 August 2006 03:40 PM ): Tonight, 8pm, at the Garfield Artworks, catch the Ditty Bops live. WYEP listeners will remember "Sister Kate" from the previous record; I'm not sure what the single is from the current CD but I can say it's all good stuff...

BlogFest 7 & BlogDay 2006 (Wednesday, 16 August 2006 12:46 PM ): Ending the summer with a bloggy bang, it's ... Pittsburgh BlogFest 7! Wednesday, August 30th, 2006.

Pittsburgh BlogIN -- tomorrow! (Saturday, 01 July 2006 05:07 PM ): Pittsburgh area bloggers who are hanging around for the holiday weekend: Remeber, Sunday 7/1 is the First Pgh BlogIN. It's a chance to finally get back to posting entries. Or to upgrade to a new version of WordPress. Or to...

The long-awaited Pittsburgh BlogIN (Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:27 PM ): Calling all bloggers and wannabe bloggers: As a complement/counterpoint to our much-beloved Pittsburgh BlogFests, we're starting a new type of event -- one where instead of standing around talking about blogging, we get right down and do it. WHAT: The...

Friday on my mind (Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:16 PM ): Hey! You're coming to the BlogFest (#6) on Friday, right? Details below. Send me an email at blogfest (at) closkey . com so we can warn the waitstaff. I look forward to it with great antici... pation....

BlogFest 6 (Tuesday, 09 May 2006 08:53 AM ): BlogFest 6, May 19 -- join us!

My blog wants to party all the time (Wednesday, 18 January 2006 09:16 AM ): Tonight is BlogFest 5. (You may call it Blogylon 5, if you prefer.) (At Finnegan's Wake, 5pm until 9:30 or so, details here.) Announcements of our featured guest Robert Scoble seem to have created extra interest in the local blogging...

Pittsburgh BlogFest 5 (Wednesday, 04 January 2006 08:30 AM ): My blog wants to party all the time.

Party on (Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:34 AM ): I'm currently thinking up writing-based drink recipes. Suggestions welcome.

This week: Pat Patterson reception, S.Side Pgh (Sunday, 06 November 2005 10:59 PM ): My friend, the very talented Pat Patterson, will be exhibiting her paintings on the South Side starting this Thursday. In particular, her exhibit includes the tremendous painting she created as part of her MFA thesis -- beyond its sheer size...

Happy Birthday to We (Friday, 04 November 2005 08:21 PM ): You say it's your birthday! It's my birthday too, yeah!

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do. (Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:01 PM ): Whether you're participating in NaNoWriMo this year or not, please know that November 4, next Saturday, is NaDruWriNi, National Drunken Writing Night. In other words, it's your yearly chance to crack open your favorite beverage, type away madly and lushly,...

Last call for BlogFest (Wednesday, 10 August 2005 03:06 PM ): Tomorrow is the third Pittsburgh BlogFest. RSVPs had steadily trickled in when we first announced the event, but of the last week or so there's been a veritable wave of responses! Well, maybe that's overstating it. How about this: There...

Everybody knows about those cheese balls (Wednesday, 02 March 2005 10:35 PM ): I'm going to be in a play, and you should come see it. The Butler Little Theatre's next production is "The Book of Liz," written by Amy Sedaris and David Sedaris. The story centers on Sister Elizabeth Donderstock, a member...

"It means 'respond so very promptly'" (Sunday, 16 January 2005 04:59 PM ): Three days until the second Pittsburgh BlogFest. Will it be fun? Yes, certainly. Will you be glad you attended? You betcha. WHAT: Pittsburgh Blogfest 2 WHEN: Wednesday, January 19, 5:30 - 9:30 pm and later WHERE: Finnegan's Wake (near PNC...

Think globally, rock locally (Tuesday, 14 December 2004 09:15 PM ): As mentioned previously in these pages, local rockers The Faders ("original, intelligent alternative-pop in the vein of Elvis Costello, Crowded House, and Wilco") had their first brush with international stardom recently when they were chosen to be filmed by the...

Health begins with 'H' and so does Ham (Wednesday, 01 December 2004 11:30 PM ): A blast from my San Francisco past: The amazing and incomprehensible Billy Nayer Show will be performing in Pittsburgh Sunday night. Explaining The Billy Nayer Show is like the Supreme Court trying to define pornography: You can’t describe it, but...

The Faders -- and you! -- on the BBC (Wednesday, 10 November 2004 10:39 PM ): Want to be on British television? You can be -- we got the hookup for you. The Faders, our favorite local alt-country-and-more hipsters, are about to have a close encounter with the BBC, and they want you to be there....

A bowl of barnuts, a pint of ale, and thou (Wednesday, 10 November 2004 05:49 PM ): I will start Sunday sitting on a panel, speaking as knowledgeably and entertainingly as possible. By the afternoon, however, I hope to be sitting in a bar somewhere in Pittsburgh, watching TV and cheering loudly. The question is, which bar...

Gripping stories that happen to be true (Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:55 PM ): An event you won't want to miss: 412: The Pittsburgh Creative Nonfiction Literary Festival. I'll be part of a panel discussion Sunday morning, talking about online publications. Both Inkburns and Fat Plum will have items available in the Media Fair...

Wheels within wheels (Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:25 PM ): If for some reason you choose not to attend the Pittsburgh BlogFest, you can instead see Jonathan Lethem read American Shorts Reading Series. According to the website, "Although Lethem’s latest foray into the literary world, a short story collection entitled...

Pittsburgh bloggers, unite! In person! (Wednesday, 13 October 2004 10:17 PM ): If you are within 60 or so miles of the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers to form the Ohio, and you have a blog or read blogs (you know who you are: you're reading this), please take note:...

Wrap it up, I'll take it (Wednesday, 29 September 2004 08:46 PM ): Today's lesson, regarding The History of Paper and Papermaking: Corrugated Paper Products In 1856, Englishmen, Healey and Allen, received a patent for the first corrugated or pleated paper. The paper was used to line tall men's hats. However, this was...

Gist Street Reading, October 1 (Monday, 27 September 2004 10:08 PM ): The skinny on this month's reading, from Gist Street's Sherrie: Toi "Guggenheim" Derricotte and Cathy "Coming in from New York City" McKinley. Poetry and Non-fiction. A power-duo of literary accomplishment. 305 Gist Street. James Simon's Sculpture Studio. Readings begin at...

Fun stuff far away: special screening of The Incredibles (Monday, 27 September 2004 09:54 PM ): I'm on the wrong coast for this event, but it sounds like an unbeatable night. Special Screening of The Incredibles to Benefit The Emery Education Foundation Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:00 PM Hosted by Pixar Animation Studios 1200 Park Avenue...

Ready for my closeup, part 2 (Monday, 13 September 2004 10:42 AM ): Tomorrow, at the bright and chipper hour of 9am, I'm going to be in a TV studio smiling nervously, sweating, and shaking ever so slightly. This will be because I'll be backstage at KDKA's Pittsburgh TODAY Live with Jennifer Antkowiak,...

Hecklers needed (Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:58 AM ): As I mentioned over at Sticky Notes, I'll be venturing out into public this week. Thursday evening at 7pm, I'll be speaking at the Barnes & Noble in Cranberry Township, on Rt. 19 near I-79. The event is "Your Own...

The modern alternative to the midlife crisis: Long Live Rock! concert (Wednesday, 28 July 2004 04:43 PM ): Fun event announcement from my friend Julie Long: Some men buy themselves a sports car when they turn forty. My husband decided to give himself a rock-n-roll fantasy. His basement band Midlife Crisis is playing at the Byham Theater on...

Gist Street Cookout! (Tuesday, 13 July 2004 01:16 PM ): The annual, not-to-be-missed Gist Street Cookout is approaching: It's summer! The corn is over knee-high, and the basil plants have decided they'd like to stay for awhile. That means it's time to fire up the grill for the annual cookout...

...and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes. (Tuesday, 08 June 2004 10:39 AM ): How to celebrate Bloomsday (June 16) in Pittsburgh: The James Joyce Society of Pittsburgh is presenting a reading (in three concurrent sessions) of Ulysses: Join us for a reading of James Joyce's Ulysses the most famous novel of the 20th...

Things to do in Pittsburgh when you're dead (Tuesday, 01 June 2004 10:59 PM ): I'm not actually dead, nor even resting, unfortunately. But I may be dead by the this time next week, given the full slate of activities I have lined up. Local folks might want to join in (for the activities, not...

This Saturday: The Songwriters Project (Wednesday, 05 May 2004 10:59 PM ): The Songwriters Project will perform from on Saturday, May 8, 7 to 9 PM at The Mattress Factory 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (T: 412-231-3169, F:412-322-2231, E: info@mattress.org) Songwriters: Kevin Finn, Atumn Ayers, Karl Mullen, Emily Rodgers, and Audra...

This Friday: Black Fish (Wednesday, 05 May 2004 10:34 PM ): Also from the mailbag, for those about to rock: This FRI 07 MAY - Black Fish - rocks the house @ Thirsty's, 9:30P. Thirsty's 301 N Craig @ Centre 412.687.0114...

This Friday: Gist Street Reading Series (Wednesday, 05 May 2004 10:25 PM ): From the mailbag: announcing this month's Gist Street Reading Series Hello Gist Street! Spring is here even though the furnace just kicked on. Things are blooming, and it's time to get out of the house. So come on over to...

The quiet man sings (Tuesday, 27 April 2004 11:12 PM ): Karl Mullen -- Irish-born singer/songwriter/artist/man-about-Pittsburgh -- is having a busy week: April 28 (Wednesday) Irishtown: the debut of a new band Mullaney’s Harp and Fiddle, Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, 8 PM April 29 (Thursday) Hip to Be Square-Songwriters Circle The Square...

Special delivery (Thursday, 22 April 2004 05:43 PM ): This afternoon, UPS delivered a package to me. (Two posters from the Bonny Doon Vineyard, of wine labels designed by Ralph Steadman. Quite cool. The company also offers fun t-shirts and other goodies, and lots of wine that cannot be...

Old Vic follows the lead of Butler Little Theatre (Thursday, 22 April 2004 11:45 AM ): Kevin Spacey, new Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theater Company in London, announced that the theater will present The Philadelphia Story: Dual Oscar-winner Spacey said he also intended to stage "The Philadelphia Story" next year and had been talking...

Art All Night (Tuesday, 20 April 2004 11:20 AM ): Insomniac artists and art aficionados in Pittsburgh: this weekend is for you. Art All Night, in Lawrenceville, runs from 8pm Saturday through to 2pm Sunday, and features "professional and amateur artists of all ages and abilities." This includes you. Bring...

Your fiction and poetry dose for April (Friday, 02 April 2004 05:52 PM ): I almost forgot to mention: It's the first Friday of the month, which means tonight at 7:30 the Gist Street Reading Series (it's not about suffering) will feature fine words and more, at the James Simon Sculpture Studio in Pittsburgh....

ADV: Book Boot Camp (Thursday, 01 April 2004 12:08 PM ): [We interrupt this blog for a brief advertisement.) Dear Pittsburgh-area writer: Do you have a manuscript moldering in a bottom drawer? Starting April 18, Fat Plum will present Book Boot Camp, a six-session workshop with tracks for manuscript revision, publishing...

The soothing chirp of a room full of pagers (Wednesday, 31 March 2004 09:15 PM ): Tomorrow night will not be a good night to have a computer or network problem in the Pittsburgh area, as it's the first Thursday of an even-numbered month, which means it's Geek Night. The Church Brew Works will be overrun...

I could tell you a story that could make you cry (Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:59 AM ): I'm pretty sure every fan in the world knows more about the Pixies reunion tour than I do. Shows are selling out even though they're not advertised in local media. I can barely keep track of the announced shows in...

Butler, Pennsylvania: Cultural mecca (Thursday, 18 March 2004 07:46 PM ): A couple of weekend events for those in western PA: The Butler Little Theatre opens its production of Proof, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning drama, tomorrow (March 19). The show will run through next Saturday (March 27), except Monday....

Zeliepalooza (Thursday, 18 March 2004 07:29 PM ): As part of the "Save the Strand" project -- an effort to renovate the old Strand Theatre in Zelienpole, PA -- there will be a band fest next Thursday, 3/25, at Sanctuary in the Strip. Details available here. I'm not...

Upcoming Event: Gist Street Reading Series, Feb 14 (Friday, 06 February 2004 02:27 PM ): From the mailing list announcement from Sherrie Flick: "The February Gist Street is on SATURDAY, February 14th. That's right--a Valentine's Gist. Come with your honey, come stag--but please do come to hear Anthony McCann and Matt Rohrer read their poetry....

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