Pittsburgh, PA

This Saturday, the 29th, at the Palisades is going to come a night you will not forget! 70’s style meets intergalactic! With a great lineup of djs and a dance floor that claims to be the biggest in Southwestern Pennsylvania, come dressed up in your finest space age/disco gear and get ready to dance all night!

In case you can’t read the print, here’s the lineup:

9-10: Kevin James
10-11: Craig Kavasia
11-12: Transender
12-1: DJ Donkey Punch
1-2: Mikey Shanley (formerly DJ Sirius)
2-3: Jae Illa and MC Akira
3-4: Dave Breakwell
4-5: Naoko
5-6: DVS

The Palisades
501 Water Street, McKeesport PA 15132
9pm
$20 admission

For more information visit www.myspace.com/ivankilowatt

According to the site: We’re gonna send you to outer space, to find another race! That’s right…the return of the theme party! So girls and boys, get that duct tape and tin foil ready, ’cause it’s an OUTER SPACE party!!!

MASSIVE SOUND ! 12 Stacks for 50,000 Watts of Aural Satisfaction! Enough Bass to be heard for miles!!! This event is thrown as a going away party for a resident Pittsburgh Sound Engineer that was born and raised here in Pittsburgh who is pursuing his professional recording debut.

And since I’m also a fan of Rumi and they quoted him, here ya go:

Dance, when you’re broken up.
Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance, when you’re perfectly free.
-Rumi-

And while I’m on the subject of good music, check out the Indie Music Chatter blog here.

Although I probably won’t go in costume, hope to see you at Linear tomorrow!!

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I Made It! is having their next craft show just in time for the holiday season. This Saturday from 2-8pm at the Homestead Owls Club, you can check out some of the best locally made crafts around. There are going to be approximately 50 vendors selling unique holidays gifts, including jewelry, clothing, household items, accessories and more!

For more information visit their Myspace page here. Or for more information on becoming a vendor yourself or to be put on their mailing list, email them at imadeitpgh@gmail.com

The Owl’s Club is located at 108 W. 8th Avenue in Homestead.

The Creative Treehouse’s Benefit for Big Brothers, Big Sisters Event

Just in case you can’t read the print:

On Saturday, December 8th, the members of the Creative TreeHouse in Bellevue will put their talents to good use and hold a benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh. Professional holiday portraits will be taken at the Creative Treehouse, located at 517 Lincoln Ave (2nd Floor) Bellevue, PA 15202 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM for those who bring a toy donation for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Suggested donations are toys for boys and girls up to age thirteen and around the price range of $10. Family portraits are available for a donation of two gifts, one for a boy and one for a girl. Single portraits will be available for a donation of one gift. A holiday backdrop designed by Creative TreeHouse members will be available as will a normal studio backdrop for single and family portraits. The whole family is invited to spend time at the Creative TreeHouse while portraits are being taken. Portraits will be available to download online with a special code provided to each guest at the event.

Six different photographers will be shooting the portraits all day and if you’d like to see a sneak preview of some holiday photos, visit the Treehouse’s website here. This is a great event for a great cause and I encourage all of you to stop out on Saturday before or after the I Made It! event. I guarantee it will be way more fun than shopping at the mall all day.

Sticking with the holiday theme of this post, I’d like to say that books are a great gift idea, although it’s not easy to pick the right one. So I’d like to suggest for the global warming denier in your life, why don’t you check out Prof. Holly Fretwell’s book The Sky’s Not Falling: Why It’s Ok to Chill about Global Warming. The Fiction Scribe blog has interviewed the writer and you can check out what she has to say here.

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For those of you not in the know, Moondog’s is a bar, as well as a place to see live acts in Blawnox, which is only a short drive from downtown off of route 28.

For the past 18 years they have been featuring numerous live acts, including local, national and international musicians in all genres, although they are best known for their blues bands.

To see who has played at Moondog’s, all you need to do is go there and look up towards the ceiling and see all the signed photographs and I guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised.

The bar is rather on the small side, but there is plenty of room and plenty of nice people. I’m always amazed at the great talent that is ‘hiding’ out in this place.

Moondog’s has also expanded their event nights to a Myspace Monday and a hip-hop night. The Myspace Mondays are nights where amateurs can take the stage, usually in the form of acoustic guitar and the like. Definitely something to check out if you’re sick of the same old stuff. And of course, the hip-hop night is self-explanatory and they’re been getting a really good turnout, so that’s something to check out as well.

Here’s their December schedule:

Thurs., Dec. 6, 8pm: Wishbone Ash
Friday, Dec. 7, 9:30pm: Debbie Davis
Sat., Dec. 8, 9:30pm: Tinsley Ellis
Thurs., Dec. 13, 8pm: Hip-hop Nite
Friday, Dec. 14, 9:30pm: Hubert Sumlin & the Nighthawks
Sat., Dec. 15, 10pm: Jake’s Blues
Friday, Dec. 21, 10pm: Lenny Collini Trio
Sat., Dec. 22, 9:30pm: Harper
Friday, Dec. 28, 10pm: Francine & the Mountain Top Band
Monday, Dec. 31, 9pm: Norm Year’s Eve with Norm Nardini & Mark Stutso

Moondog’s is located at 378 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh PA 15238

You can visit their website for future events, directions, etc. here.

And while you’re at it, why not check out the Getting Crafty blog for some Xmas gift ideas. It’s rapidly approaching, so don’t wait too long!

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