Monday, December 31, 2007

2008 Jan 1 to Jan 6

New Years Eve with the Hash House Harriers
Run at 7 PM, Party at 11 PM

The Mobile Museum
Friday January the 4th
we'll be at the entrance to the Main Carnegie Library in Oakland, in Pittsburgh, PA from 3-5:30pm
Saturday January the 5th
we'll be at the Quiet Storm in the Friendship/Garfield area of Pittsburgh from 12-1pm
Saturday January the 5th
and the Crazy Mocha in the Bloomfield area of Pittsburgh from 1:30-2:30pm

Thursday, December 27, 2007

2007 Dec 24 - Dec 30

National Aviary on the North Side
Free all week
aviary

New Year's Even run with the Hash House Harriers

Thursday, December 20, 2007

2007 Dec 17 - Dec 23

The Pittsburgh Off Road Cyclists (PORC) are always active in the burgh, even on this week before xmas:
*Wed;~Riverview park @ Riverview Dr.6:30 Level 3/C
*Thurs;~Riverview Park @ Riverview Dr.
HOLIDAY COOKIE RIDE ! + Apres' Treat with Robin & Sean
6:30 Level = Festive-Casual-Pleasant
*Fri~City park ride TBA
*Holiday Party (CAMP IN) no DUIsCamp fire + Coffee & Treats in the morning(Ride to follow)~Best Homestead Contest~Best Dish/Entree' Contest~Bike Porn~Adult Bevs to imbibe~Late night bench racing~And Much Much More !
Shaping up to be the BEST PORC Party EVER !!!More Details TBA
PORC’s RIDE RATING KEY PACE:
1 = Beg, 2 = Casual/Pleasant, 3 = Int, 4 = Adv, 5 = Expert
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY:
A = Beg, B = Casual/Pleasant, C = Int, D = Adv, E = Expert

The harriers are alive as well, with runs on Friday and Sunday
Hash: Winter solstice Global Orgasm Day for Peace, Fool Moon

Time: Friday, 6:09pm, December 21, 2007
Hares: Doggy Style, Protocal
Where: Duke's Station, 5981 Baptist Rd, Whitehall, 15236
GPS: 40° 20' 40.73"N, 80° 0' 52.98"W
Google Directions:
Click on Directions to Duke's Station and when the google map page appears, enter your street address and your zip code (example: 325 Waterman Rd, 15025) and click the Get Direction button.
Old Style Directions:
From downtown Pittsburgh take Liberty Bridge and go through the Liberty Tunnels (stay in right lane) and take Route 51 South.
Go 4.1 Miles on Route 51 South pass Route 88 up the Hill and turn right on Brownsville Rd
Continue straight at first light Brownsville Rd turn Baptist Rd
Go 2.5 miles past, past Cool Springs Golf Range, and Duke’s Station is on your left.
Apres: Same as Hash Start, Duke’s Station
Hash Contacts:
Doggy Style – phone 412-882-9561 (cell 412-527-3183)

Hash # 1285, Afternoon Delight with three “Not So Virgin” Hares
Time: Sunday 2:00pm, December 23, 2007
Hares: Doggy Style, Si Phylli, and Aching for One
Experience is everything! Who wants one virgin let alone 72 virgins? Who wants to put up with all those false starts and the metaphysical bullshit when all you just want to do is get down to one thing, hashing? Cum and join the three non-virgins for group activities!
Flashlights are required if you like to watch!
Where: Doggy Style’s House, 5152 Caste Drive, Whitehall PA, 15236
GPS 40° 21' 41.77" N, 80° 0' 22.62"W
Google Directions:
Click on Directions to Doggy’s House and when the google map page appears, enter your street address and your zip code (example: 325 Waterman Rd, 15025) and click the Get Direction button.
Old Style Directions:
From downtown Pittsburgh take Liberty Bridge and go through the Liberty Tunnels (stay in right lane) and take Route 51 South.
Go 2.1 Miles on Route 51 South through the intersection of Route 88, note the Hillview Tavern on your right
Continue on Rt 51 in the right lane another 0.21 miles and bear right onto Fairhaven Rd (if you miss Fairhaven Rd, just turn right on Stewart Ave at the next light and then left onto Provost Rd). Fairhaven Rd turns into Provost at the intersection of Stewart Ave.
Continue on Provost Rd/Fairhaven Rd for 0.25 miles to the next light (Note: Gas USA on corner)
Bare right at light onto Weyman Rd
Go 1.0 mile and turn right on South Passage Dr (if you cum at second light you went too far)
Go 0.3 miles and turn left on Caste Dr
Go through the stop sign and Doggy’s house is the Sixth house on the right from the stop sign.
Park along the street just don’t block any driveways. Note: In Whitehall parking is allowed on one side of the street so look at the signs before parking.
Apres: Same as Hash Start, Doggy Style’s House
Hash Contacts:
Doggy Style – phone 412-882-9561 (cell 412-527-3183)
Si Phylli - phone 412-606-1341
Aching for One -

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

2007 11 Dec - 17 Dec

Friday Dec 14
• Students and faculty of the Afro-American Music Institute will perform a free concert of jazz, classical and holiday songs at Borders Books & Music in East Liberty Friday at 6 p.m. Young people in attendance will be encouraged to interact with the musicians.

SATURDAY Dec 15
Cracow Creche
The fifth annual Cracow Creche exhibition and reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the William Pitt Student Union, Fifth Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus.
The creches are a folk art specific to the city of Cracow, Poland, where they are called szopka. They originated in the Middle Ages as elaborate puppet stages for Christmas season morality plays. The creches were made by students in a six-week workshop taught yearly by Pittsburgh folk artist and former art administrator David Motak, who traveled to Poland to learn the craft from szopka masters.
The Pittsburgh project is the only one of its kind outside of Poland. The event, sponsored in part by the University of Pittsburgh Polish Nationality Room Committee, is free and open to the public. Traditional Polish holiday music and ethnic pastries will also be featured. For information, visit website .

When: Saturday, Dec 16th, 2007
Time: 2:00 pm -
Hash House Harriers run
Where: Carngie Area
Hare: Dick-A-Day
it basically starts from the same place my Hot Flash Hash started last year.
Let's say, take exit 57 off of Rt. 79, towards Carnegie.
Then Noblestown Rd. towards Oakdale.
When you get to Walker's Mill Road, park -- there are some lots that may or
may not be legal on both sides of Walker's Mill Road.
(Or if you want to be SURE you're legal, go down Walker's Mill and
park at the Panhandle Trail parking lot, it's only about another tenth of a mile.)

Saturday, December 1, 2007

2007 03 Dec - 09 Dec

Tue Dec 4 - 5 PM
CMU - Art Building - Kresge Hall
The School of Art presents Trenton Doyle Hancock, an artist who uses painting, printmaking, drawing, collage and sculpture to create a mythological world where the classic battle of good versus evil is acted out between his central characters, the Mounds and the Vegans. The narratives unfold episodically with the artist moving backwards and forwards in time, continually developing and enriching his stories. His works exhibit a multiplicity of layers and meaning that are at once both exuberant and subversive.


Wed Dec 5 - 6 PM
CMU - Student Center - McCononmy Auditorium
Building Virtual Worlds
See the raucous stage show that marks semester’s end for the “Building Virtual Worlds” class. The interdisciplinary project course attracts students from computer science, drama, engineering, art and other departments who work in teams to develop interactive virtual worlds. The often hilarious, colorful and exhilarating show allows students to show off their best projects to a standing room only audience. Created by renowned Computer Science Professor Randy Pausch, the class now is taught by Jesse Schell, assistant professor in the Entertainment Technology Center, a joint operation of the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. “What I think is special about the show is that it is unlike anything else — it is a mix of performance art, video games, computer animation and audience participation — a virtual reality vaudeville show that has become a Carnegie Mellon tradition,” Schell said.

Thu Dec 6 - 5 PM
Happy Hour for computer programmers
Church Brew Works, Lawrenceville
Free beer and appetizers, sponsor is Sun Microsystems
Geek Night

Thu Dec 6 - 6 to 9 PM
33 Terminal Way, 15219 (off Carson St)
Bike Pittsburgh and Friends Holiday Party Invitation
Come celebrate the holidays and bikes, trails, and cleanways!
Please join Bike Pittsburgh and our friends, Friends of the Riverfront and
Allegheny Cleanways for our annual festive holiday party. We'll have plenty of
food, drinks, and yuletide cheer to go around. Music will be provided by the
Boilermaker Jazz Band. Please feel welcome to invite your friends and
colleagues.
When: Thursday December 6, 6PM - 9PM
Where: Our office: 33 Terminal Way, 15219 off Carson
Cost: Free

Sat Dec 8 - 2 PM
South Side Works
Pittsburgh's Third Annual Santarchy will start at 2:00pm at the fountain in the South Side Works on Saturday, December 8, 2007. Same time and place as last year (and nearly the same day)! Remember that Santa is ON TIME until 2:00pm, at which point the herd will be sheparded toward its first watering hole and time loses all meaning. DO NOT BE LATE. If you can't be there by 2:00pm, you better have a backup plan for your costume. A hundred red suits can disappear pretty quickly at the sound of alcohol pouring into glasses. Early Santas get a souvenir book of lewd carols. Late Santas get left behind.

YES, you MUST wear a costume. NO, you can NOT get by with a red shirt and Santa hat. BE CREATIVE, ya lazy bum! You don't have to look like Santa, but you MUST NOT look like you. Jeans, in particular, will be removed and destroyed without warning.

There will be less of a schedule this year than in previous years, and what little schedule there is, is subject to revision or abandonment at any moment. We're expecting a record number of Santas, elves, reindeer and other critters this year, and who knows what direction they might wander. Stick with the pack and you shouldn't get lost or hurt too badly. If you see more than one pack, stick with the biggest one. Or not. It's Santarchy, not follow-the-effing-leader. Santa is welcome pretty much anywhere he enters, except maybe Dee's.

Bring money for public transit, alcohol and food. Bring your ID, because even Santa gets carded these days. Stay hydrated, or at least stay liquored up. Pay your own tab and tip the staff like Santa would. Bars will be packed, lines will be long, and stops will be short. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN INEBRIATION.

(Santa does not advocate breaking open container laws. Santa's just sayin'...)

Don't be THAT Santa. Your friends want to have fun, not scrape the puke outta your beard or prevent your wasted ass from wandering recklessly into traffic.

Bring innocent toys to hand out to kids and naughty toys to give to adults. IT IS YOUR CIVIC DUTY TO MAKE PEOPLE WONDER WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.

There will be more antics this year than in previous years. Be ready to be rambunctious and spend a lot more time drawing attention to ourselves. Remember that Santarchy isn't about the BARS, it's about the CRAWLS. We have some intentions, but if you have an idea for a prank or stunt along the way, JUST DO IT. Get other people to join you, to share the fun and spread the blame. Interact with passers-by as well as other Santarchists... they will probably appreciate it.

And add to that, don't get yourself into any trouble that you can't get yourself out of. Santa has a way of disappearing when the red and blue lights start flashing or the fists start flying. Don't expect a Santa Bouncer or Santa Lawyer to come running to your side, ya stupid prick!

Remember the answers to these frequently asked questions:

Q: Is this some sort of political statement?
A: No, it's fun. Remember fun?

Q: What are you protesting?
A: Shitty holiday parties.

Q: Who's in charge?
A: Santa!

Q: Which Santa?
A: The one with the beard.

Q: Which Santa with a beard?
A: That's it, you're on the naughty list.

Q: Where are you going?
A: Nobody knows but Santa.

Q: Can I join you?
A: Get into a costume and we'll talk.

Q: But I don't have a costume?
A: Buy us all a round of drinks and we'll talk.

If you manage to stay with the pack the whole afternoon and evening, and not get yourself beat up or arrested, you should finish up somewhere near Satan Square. I mean, Station Square. Same difference, if you think about it. Anyway, getting your fat Santa ass back to the South Side Works for your vehicle is your own damn responsibility, since the reindeer will be too drunk to pull the sleigh. Your best bet is to have someone drop you off at the starting point and take a cab home. Cabbies absolutely LOVE having drunk Santas as passengers, no matter what you've heard to the contrary. Tip them well. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.

Santarchy is brought to you by the Pittsburgh Cacophony Society -- you may already be a member!

Hey Santa! If you're joining Pittsburgh Santarchy this year, remember to bring your trusty toy sack along for extra cacophonous fun! A black contractor-grade trash bag will work well, but just about anything large and strong enough to hold a shitload of toys will come in *very* handy for you this season.

Sun Oct 9 - Noon
Hash House Harriers run
White Oak Park
from the turnpike or Rte. 22 –
get to the intersection of 22/48S in Monroeville.
Follow 48S for 5.7 miles.
Go straight thru the intersection of 30/48S.
Continue on 48S (Jacks Run Rd).
Follow 1.6 miles to McClintock Rd.
Turn left and park in lot on the right.