Saturday, December 8, 2012
Handmade Arcade is Saturday, Dec. 8 in Pittsburgh, and local artists from around the area.
Pittsburgh's first and largest independent art and craft fair returns tomorrow, Dec. 8, to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The fair, now in its ninth year, will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will feature more than 150 vendors from the Pittsburgh region—including Allison Glancey from Forest Hills—and from around the country. Handmade Arcade encourages shoppers to buy local and buy handmade. Here are a few of the local vendors: Forest Hills Dormont Brookline South Side Mt. Lebanon McMurray Oakmont Cranberry Township North Hills Canonsburg For a complete list of vendors, see the Handmade Arcade website, or the Handmade Arcade Facebook page. _______________________ Forest Hills-Regent Square Patch is on Facebook …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
After the opening reception on Friday, the gift shop will be open through Dec. 9 and feature for sale the works of local artist and crafters.
Wilkins School Community Center in Swissvale will open its annual Holiday Gift Shop for business with an opening night party on Friday, Nov. 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. Residents of Swissvale, Edgewood, Regent Square and others are welcome to shop, mingle and be entertained. Those who attend can enjoy sipping wines selected by Chris Forbes, sample homemade goodies, listen to the SteelCity Ukuleles' holiday performance and join in the fun with The Milton Street Carolers. The shop remains open from 12 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday until Dec. 9. The center is located at 7604 Charleston Ave., near the corner of South Braddock Avenue. The event will also serve as an open house for Play Space, which is …
More than 40 artists will be featured in seven venues in the East End.
Seven venues and more than 40 artists will be featured on this year’s Art Buzz Tour, set for Dec. 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour will extend through much of the East End, from Edgewood and Swissvale, down Braddock Avenue and over to Forbes Avenue to Squirrel Hill. New to the tour this year will be the Edgewood Elves, a group of more than 30 artisans who will showcase their work at the Edgewood Club, 1 Pennwood Ave. The Edgewood Club has hosted a holiday sale in the past, but this is the first time it has been a part of the Art Buzz Tour, coordinator Shirley McCormick said. Photographer Lisa Seligman of Edgewood is one of the artists who will show her work at the Edgewood Club. Seligman, who is also a teacher in the Pittsburgh …
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Founder of Wilkins School Community Center has history of bringing people together
Kay Wetzel has spent more than three decades living by the premise that community is important to everyone. Founder of the Wilkins School Community Center, Wetzel, 74, of Swissvale remains board president there, continuing to volunteer at special events, the annual holiday gift shop and several other local organizations. In 1979 when the original elementary school closed at the site, children moved to Dickson Elementary in Swissvale, leaving the building vacant. Wetzel and a group of people in the community wanted to hold onto the space and immediately took action. "I think people need to know each other in the community and care about each other and it seemed like the right thing to do," Wetzel said. Today, the center is home to …
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Sue T
10:40 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
I am really looking forward to this. I did most of my Christmas shopping at the Edgewood Club show and Artful Diva's last year. I'll really be running around with them now on the same weekend! more ›