Please join us for Penn Avenue's monthly art event. Hope to see you there! Unblurred: Friday, July 2, 2010 5PM - 7PM | BRILLOBOX - 4104 PENN AVE. SOFT ROCK HAPPY HOUR Come start your art-world wanderings listening to the smooth sounds of soft rock. $2 domestic bottle specials, $3 well drinks specials. 5PM - 9PM | ENVY & CHEF J TROPICAL CUISINE - 4923 PENN AVE. African Caribbean Soul and Vegetarian cuisine. From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. enjoy our 7.99 dinner buffet special, 2.50 drink special live entertainment beginning at 7:30 unblurred after party from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. 5PM-10PM | QUIET STORM - 5430 PENN AVE. SUPPER CLUB: On Tuesday, July 6, join us for a fixed price menu of seasonal specials, featuring choice of soup, salad, entree & sides, plus coffee or tea for $15 per person. BYOB at no charge. We'll also be serving our regular dinner platters & specials on Friday, July 2, for Unblurred. Stop in for a milkshake or snack on your Penn Avenue stroll! qspgh.com 6PM - 8PM | CREATIVE FITNESS PITTSBURGH - 5406 PENN AVE. FITNESS CLASS DEMONSTRATIONS. Come get your Free Fitness Evaluation! Check out the NEW Summer Class Schedule. Come see what were all about! Why workout alone? Get motivated with our Certified Personal Fitness Instructors. Check us out at www.creativefitnesspgh.com or call and make a appointment 412-361-6000 6PM - 8PM | GLASS LOFTS - 5491 PENN AVE. OPEN HOUSE. Stop by the Glass Lofts for ongoing tours. 412-441-6147. 6PM-9PM| ARTica - 5110 PENN AVE. REORGANIZATION ARTica is undergoing a huge reorganization! Take advantage of the many, many antique and collectible items priced to go! Also see local art by Biko, Leslie Ansley, Bill Cousins, Richard Weirzbowski and other others. ARTica will aslo be open Saturday, if you see something you didn't get and dreamed about on Friday night! Or call for an appt for a tour of the shop any other day of the week. 412-596-6521. 6PM - 9 PM | PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER - 5472 PENN AVE. HOT STUFF Opening Reception. See John Miller’s over-sized fast food including glass french fries as well as 6-foot tall martini glasses and more in this new exhibition. Plus, heat defying acts of art! This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 412-365-2145 ext. 201. www.pittsburghglasscenter.org. 6PM - 11PM | AWESOME BOOKS - 5111 PENN AVE. BOOKS Check out thousands of used and new books at Pittsburgh's newest bookstore! Large selections of Fiction, Art, Poetry, History, Science, Pop Culture, Movies and more - lots of bargains!! 6PM - 11PM | INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S ART GALLERY - 5020 PENN AVE. “ART OF CONSCIOUSNESS: CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF SPIRIT" The International Children's Art Gallery hosts Unity Center of Pittsburgh's "Art of Consciousness: Creative Expressions of Spirit," a display of multi-media works from emergent local and international artists. Works will be displayed on the first floor. On the gallery's third floor (an awesome loft space!) you are welcome to express your spirit by joining an open collaborative drumming and jamming circle facilitated by members of Unity Center of Pittsburgh. Drumming begins at 8:30pm. FREE. ICAG hours for this event Friday, July 2nd, 6pm - 11pm, www.unitycenter.com 6PM - 11PM | MOST WANTED FINE ART - 5015 PENN AVE. LOCAL ARTISTS Sarah Sindler and Kristi Jan Hoover will have new work for all to see. Sarah will be displaying her sculptures about human relations to the environment. Kristi will be showing her newest figurative photographs. Grand Snafu performs at 9pm. FREE. MWFA hours for this show Thursday and Friday -1pm-6pm www.youtube.com/ mostwantedfineart. 7PM | DANCE ALLOY THEATER - 5530 PENN AVE. PITTSBURGH CHOREOGRAPHS. Please join us as we celebrate local choreographers as they express their creative dance voices through movement and music . Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door or in advance. 412-363-4321 or www.dancealloy.org 7PM-10PM | IMAGEBOX - 4933 PENN AVE BOB ZEHMISCH shows a fresh crop of summer work. Figure drawings, colorful collages and a foray into clay will all be represented. Bob Z. is a local Pittsburgh artist with a B.F.A. from Slippery Rock University. He is currently working toward his teaching certification at Carlow University, and teaches classes for children at both the Braddock Library and the Carnegie Museum of Art. There will be a closing reception on Sunday, July 25 from 1-4 p.m. 7PM - 10 PM | THE IRMA FREEMAN CENTER FOR IMAGINATION - 5006 PENN AVE. CLOSING RECEPTION for Paintings by Evan Knaurer and Waterscapes by Irma Freeman. We welcome back Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson and are pleased to present DJ Soy Sos with Special Friends. Gallery hours Saturday 2 -5 pm or by appointment. Call 412- 934 - 0634 or see <irmafreeman.com> for more information about the exhibition and upcoming summer classes and summer camps. This exhibition runs through July 17th. 7PM - 11PM | THE CARAVAN COLLECTIVE - 5025 PENN AVE. DEBUT The Caravan Collective debuts with "The American Dream Vacation + Hot Dogs," an installation better seen than explained. www.caravancollective.wordpress.com. 7 PM - 11PM | GARFIELD ARTWORKS - 4931 PENN AVE. EVOLUTION IN ART XI. Paintings, photography, and ink drawings by Sam Morrin, Obsolete, Eli Blasko, Josh Emery and Elan Wojciechowski. Music by Jack Wilson, Warning Bell, and DJ Ohmss with poetry from William James. Donation requested. Runs until July 31. 412-361-2262. www.garfieldartworks.com 10PM - 2AM | BRILLOBOX - 4104 PENN AVE. PANDEMIC DJ DANCE PARTY Come end your art-world wanderings by getting down with the global groove sounds of Pandemic. 11PM-12AM | WAFFLE SHOP - 124 S. HIGHLAND AVE. THE UNEMPLOYMENT SHOW. After a successful premiere in June, the Unemployment Show is back for another show on Friday, July 2nd. Host David T. English talks about unemployment, interviews special guests, presents comedy skits, and tries to find work for the unemployedmasses. He'll be talking with the unemployed, the under employed, theover employed, the unhappily employed, the seemingly unemployable, and picking the brains of people who have created their own niche. Come see it live at the Waffle Shop the first Friday of each month at 11PM or watch it streaming live online at www.Waffleshop.org. View full episodes, fun extras, and fill out applications at the unemploymentshow.com. JULY 3, 9AM-3PM | ART WITH A HEART, LLC -6300 FIFTH AVE. YART SALE at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts JULY 3, 12 PM - 4PM | KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER - 5941 PENN AVE. BAZAAR Get a head start; declare your independence a day early! From 12PM to 4PM KST hosts a handmade market in our lobby featuring artists from I Made It! Market and more. Check out the handspun, handpainted yarn and pick up a knitted wine bag! Other crafters will be showing and selling creative items that make fabulous, personal wedding, birthday, or just-for-fun gifts. On stage from 2 PM to 4 PM, see dance and music from local Pittsburgh ensembles. Free! JULY 7, 6 PM | PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER - 5472 PENN AVE. SUMMER LECTURE SERIES with Becky Smith and Jason Forck. A free lecture series about studio glass art. Internationally known glass artists present slides and informal discussions on most Wednesdays. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 412-365-2145 ext. 201. www.pittsburghglasscenter.org. Unblurred is a monthly event that opens the Penn Avenue Arts District (4800-5500 Penn) for exploration by adults & children. The Penn Avenue Arts Initiative (PAAI) is a joint strategy of Bloomfield- Garfield Corporation & Friendship Development Associates to support artists in the renovation of blighted, formerly vacant buildings & in turn create an artist niche along the Penn Avenue Corridor. Submit Your News to be Included in our Newsletter Unsubscribe from this newsletter, Change Your Email Address and Manage Your Info on Our Site.