This coming Sunday, meet in the parking lot next to the Second Avenue end of the Hot Metal Bridge to do another South Side run. It's also the day of Pedal Pittsburgh, so there's sure to be a lot of activity there in the morning. It will be very festive.
I think that I will be missing this one as well so please send me a report.
Below is Paula's great description of yesterday's run:Four of us had a very nice run in Homewood Cemetary as the Race for the Cure alternate. We had some discussion of alternate ideas for next week's run, but did not know whether the running group bylaws would allow a planned run location to be amended. Anyway, even if allowed, we decided that it would be too confusing for sieve-like brains! We will save our ideas for another week.
One of our discussions this morning was about how many interesting community events are scheduled at this time of year. Here are a couple that we talked about this morming, all taking place next Saturday!
1. May Market put on by the Phipps Garden Center on Shady Ave. This is a fair in which area garden clubs put on displays. Good chance to see interesting plants. Also, don't miss the mushroom sandwiches! 5/17 10am-7pm (I think; also has times on Friday and Sunday).
2. Church of the Ascension Big Sale: A Spring Market Festival held at Church of the Ascension in Oakland at corner of Ellsworth and Neville on 5/17 9am-2pm. This will include a large rummage sale, plant sale, beverages, cotton candy, popcorn and baked goods. All proceeds will be contributed toward a mission project to rehab homes in Pittsburgh's East End to provide housing for those who need it. At the festival, there will also be free balloons for the kids, a bouncy gym, face painting, a three legged race, sidewalk chalk and a water balloon toss. There will be live bands throughout the day.
3. Shakespeare Open Monologue Night, a fundraiser for Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park: will be a series of monologue performances 5/17 4-6pm at Make Your Mark Cafe in Point Breeze (next door to Pino's restaurant).
4. Oakland Girls Choir Spring Concert: Voices of Peace featuring three trilogies: Srul Irving Glick's Psalm Trilogy, Eleanor Daley's Rose Trilogy and Paul Halley's Freedom Trilogy. There will also be selections from the French film 'Les Choristes', Stabat Mater by Pergolesi and more. It should be a fabulous concert. It takes place Saturday 5/17 at 7:30pm at Church of the Ascension, Ellsworth and Neville, and again Sunday 5/18 at 4pm at Trinity Cathedral downtown. Tickets (available at the door) are $10 for adults, $5 for students, $25 family cap. The girls choir will culminate the 2007/08 season with a twelve-day concert tour in The Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
5. And I am adding one: The Pittsburgh Folk Festival is this coming weekend - a break from its usual Memorial Day slot. http://www.pghfolkfest.org/
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