Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Don't make your Pittsburgh Christmas company sit around on your couch all day. Here are 10 places that you can show your guests.
1. CONSOL Energy Center Here's a great idea for all of you with hockey withdrawal. The inaugural Three Rivers Classic is taking place on Dec. 28 and 29. The four NCAA Division I men's teams scheduled to participate are from Robert Morris University, Penn State University, The Ohio State University and Miami (Ohio) University. Click here to buy tickets. 2. Frick Art & Historical Center Experience the culture and refinement of the Gilded Age. View arts and artifacts, check out vintage cars and carriages, and enjoy fine dining and more. The exhibition of Walter Gay masterpieces is now on view. Click here to plan your visit. 3. Senator John Heinz History Center Check out "Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame" at the Heinz …
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1001 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
CONSOL Energy Center
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-79.992863
1212 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA
Senator John Heinz History Center
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-79.90245
7227 Reynolds St, Pittsburgh, PA
Frick Art & Historical Center
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-80.008709
700 Arch St, Pittsburgh, PA
National Aviary
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-79.952179
1 Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA
Phipps Conservatory
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Pj McArdle Rdwy & Grandview Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Mount Washington
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-80.013958
100 Art Rooney Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Heinz Field
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-79.950361
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Museum of Art
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-80.000859
655 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Cabaret at Theater Square
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-79.972699
1 Allegheny Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Science Center
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The offensive lineman and former Highlander left his hospital on Wednesday morning.
Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Jason Pinkston, a 2006 Baldwin High School graduate and former Pittsburgh Panther, tweeted on Wednesday morning that he is leaving a Cleveland hospital where he was hospitalized for almost a week with blood clots in his lungs. Said Pinkston via Twitter on Wednesday, "Finally got my walking papers I'm outta here today!!!!!" According to an ESPN article by The Associated Press on Monday, "The 25-year-old was rushed to the Cleveland Clinic on Thursday with the life-threatening condition. He had been feeling poorly for most of last week and became ill during the previous Sunday's home game against Cincinnati." The Browns selected Pinkston in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft after an outstanding career at…
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Join Patch for a live chat about tonight's pro football draft.
Who will the Steelers pick first? Will the Cleveland Browns go for Justin Blackmon or Ryan Tannehill? Got an opinion about the season's overall prospects? Join Patch Local Editors Mike Jones and Robert Edward Healy III in Pittsburgh and Chris Mazzolini and Mitch Cooper in Cleveland tonight for a live first-round chat. Tell us what YOU think! And if you're near Heidelberg, stop and say hello in person to some of our western Pennsylvania team at the Pittsburgh Bottleshop Cafe in Collier Town Square.
Monday, April 23, 2012
We'll be at the Pittsburgh Bottleshop near Bridgeville on Thursday night to meet with readers and discuss the draft. Join us at the pub to win great prizes or discuss the draft with us online!
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Monday, April 23, 2012
The NFL Draft this Thursday night couldn't be happening at a better time for Pittsburghers after the elimination of the Penguins from the Stanley Cup playoffs. So to welcome the unofficial start of the 2012 NFL season, Patch is throwing a first-round draft party at the Pittsburgh Bottleshop Cafe near Bridgeville … and you're invited! We'll be hanging out at the restaurant and pub in Collier Town Square along Route 50 all night Thursday as top picks Andrew Luck, RG3 and others go off the board. We'll be talking football and watching players be drafted before the newest Steeler is selected with the 24th overall pick. And if you sign up to receive our morning Baldwin-Whitehall Patch email newsletter, you'll be entered to win Patch swag or …
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Pittsburgh Bottleshop Cafe
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Friday, June 10, 2011
The B-W Patch gives you another best-of list in a weekly feature.
The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch presents its weekly Patch Picks feature, highlighting editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off and more. With Baldwin-Whitehall's public and private schools closing for the summer, the timing is right for this week's Patch Picks: five great moments from our area's interscholastic sports scene in 2010-11 (in no particular order): The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch launched on Dec. 30, 2010, so we were partial to winter and spring news this school year. Please don't take it personally, and check back each week for more Patch Picks! Here are last week's picks, which featured things to do before you graduate from high school.
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155 Cochran Rd, Pittsburgh, PA
Mount Lebanon High School
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-75.658779
800 Linden St, Scranton, PA
The University of Scranton's John Long Center
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Baldwin High School
4653 Clairton Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA
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1260 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Radio City Music Hall
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
The B-W Patch gives you another best-of list in a weekly feature.
The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch presents its weekly Patch Picks feature, highlighting editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off and more. Here is this week's list, calling out former Baldwin High School students who are making big news in the world these days: Check back each week for more Patch Picks! Here are last week's Patch Picks, which featured the best nearby restaurants with great desserts. (Yes, some topics aren't as serious as others.)
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Baldwin High School
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Pinkston will compete for an NFL job as an offensive lineman after playing mostly defense during his days at Baldwin.
The Cleveland Browns traded away two sixth-round picks to the New York Giants to move up and select Baldwin High School alumnus Jason Pinkston '06 in the fifth round of the NFL's annual draft at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday. Pinkston played for fellow Baldwin alum Dave Wannstedt '70 at the University of Pittsburgh from 2006 to 2010 while Wannstedt was Pitt's head football coach. Wannstedt also played football at Baldwin and at Pitt. He is now an inside linebackers coach and assistant head coach with the Buffalo Bills. Pinkston is a 6-foot-4, 317-pound offensive lineman who played mostly defensive line at Baldwin High. He is projected at three different spots on an NFL offensive line: left guard, right guard and right tackle. The …
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1260 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Radio City Music Hall
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Fighting Highlander
9:20 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Glad to see that Jason is ok. I was disturbed to see his hospitalization come across the ESPN bottom line. Has anyone heard anything about him recently? I am hoping that no news is good news. more ›