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 …
This crafty event takes place Nov. 12.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Handmade Arcade, Pittsburgh’s award-winning independent craft fair, returns on Saturday, Nov. 12, featuring Allison Glancey of Forest Hills and Eryn Paat of Regent Square. The event is held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, located at 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd. in Downtown Pittsburgh. Known for its commitment to showcasing handmade, locally produced goods—many that integrate upcycled, recycled and eco- friendly materials and techniques—Handmade Arcade is thrilled to again makes its home inside the world’s first “green” convention center. Glancey is a printmaker who makes rock posters for indie favorites like The Detroit Cobras, The Decemberists and Belle and Sebastian, while Paat of Regent Square is a bead …
Machine filled with locally made crafts spending its last week at Square Cafe
The Travelling Pittsburgh Craft-O-Tron Machine is now in its last week at the Square Cafe on South Braddock Avenue in Regent Square. The machine moves around the city and holds locally made arts and crafts that are dispensed in a vending-machine style for $5 a piece. Need a pair of pickle earrings? The Craft-O-Tron has them! The Craft-O-Tron came to the Square Cafe's foyer at the end of November and will stay until around Jan. 3 until making its way to another business in Pittsburgh. For more information on the project, e-mail pghcraftmachine@gmail.com. (Disclosure: Local Editor Stephanie Rex worked at the Square Cafe during college.)
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