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Urban Hike: Adventure in the Jungle of the City’s Backyards

Urban Hike makes the unfamiliar familiar, taking participants out of their cars, out of their comfort zones, and introducing them to the strange, quirky, endearing things their city has to offer. And in doing so, Urban Hike enables people to explore on their own.

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The Shadow Lounge Legacy: Igniting a Cultural Scene

Before the final party, Justin Strong reminisces about Shadow Lounge’s early days and talks about the exciting next chapter

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Artists and Film Makers Lend Talents to Health Care Movement

Healthy Artists hosts a movie poster exhibition around their documentary series, opening January 4th at Modern Formations

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Seed Award – Round 100!

We here at Sprout are thrilled to announce the winners of the Round 100 Seed Award! After another competitive round and tough decision making on behalf of our Advisory Committee, Sprout is pleased to fund four new exciting projects.

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Handmade Arcade Offers More Than Crafts

The festival of all things do-it-yourself returns, bigger than ever, this Saturday, December 8 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh Zine Fair brings print to the people

A Sprout Seed Award helps writers, artists, illustrators, printers, and bookbinders host the second annual celebration of DIY publishing

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Production still: Voyage of the Chelyuskin Club

Voyage of the Chelyuskin Club: A Conversation with Emily Newman [Temporary Art Review]

A film about the wreck of the steamship Chelyuskin is the newest project from 2012 Seed Award recipient Emily Newman.

Penn Ave Arts in Motion / Poster by Mike Budai

Arts in Motion fair comes to Penn Avenue

Penn Avenue is hosting its largest ever arts fair on Saturday, June 15th between Pacific and Atlantic Streets. Enjoy the music, art, food and fun with community members from the Friendship, Garfield and Bloomfield neighborhoods.

Image: Knit the Bridge

Knitted blankets could cover Andy Warhol Bridge [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

Seed Award project Knit the Bridge prepares to cover the Andy Warhol Bridge crossing the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh with fabric art knitted by more than a thousand volunteers.

Two woodblock tangrams to be used for printmaking

Tangrams + Steamroller = Community Art: An interview with the MITCH Collective’s Siena Baldi

Siena Baldi is founder and director of the MITCH Collective, a community arts nonprofit in the Ohio Valley offering workshops, artist residencies, and studio space. MITCH Collective received a Spark Award for Insta-tangram, a community printmaking project happening at public events in June 2013.

John Carson performs Song for Pittsburgh Downtown in Market Square / Photo: Natalya Pinchuk

Song for Pittsburgh video contest winners announced

Sprout awarded Song for Pittsburgh a Connect Your City grant to help bring people and communities together through music. You’ve helped us extend the impact of the project through video!

Lacing up for an Urban Hike / Photo: Margaret J. Krauss

Urban Hike: Adventure in the Jungle of the City’s Backyards

Urban Hike makes the unfamiliar familiar, taking participants out of their cars, out of their comfort zones, and introducing them to the strange, quirky, endearing things their city has to offer. And in doing so, Urban Hike enables people to explore on their own.

So Ready for Summer

Are you “So Ready for Summer”?

So is Sprout! Get your Summer started with us at our annual Summer Social Open House Tomorrow!

Africamericas explores African culture in the Americas via films, exhibitions, lectures

Africamericas offers Pittsburgh a glimpse of African music, rhythms, and culture in the Americas, May 6th – May 11th, 2013.

Help us document Song for Pittsburgh performances, win membership to Pittsburgh Filmmakers

At high noon on Sunday, April 21, five vocalists will perform Song for Pittsburgh, an ode to the Steel City and its people written and composed by artist Jennifer Nagle Myers.

Transit Tales

Transit Tales wants to hear how public transit makes a difference in your life

Transit Tales hosts a Story Collection Hub at the Kingsley Association this Saturday, April 13 — Share stories of your public transit adventures!

Fuelling up at Creative Mornings Pittsburgh / Photo: Ben Filio

Creative Mornings finds a home in Pittsburgh

CreativeMornings was founded in New York City in 2009 to gather creative types for a free breakfast and a twenty-minute talk by a local peer. Now Pittsburgh joins the nearly fifty cities to host CreativeMornings.

Rhyme Calisthenics

The Shadow Lounge Legacy: Igniting a Cultural Scene

Before the final party, Justin Strong reminisces about Shadow Lounge’s early days and talks about the exciting next chapter

Art at the 'Mat by Cheryl Capezzuti / Photo: Renee Rosensteel

Art at the ‘Mat Reinvents Dryer Lint as Flying Sculptures

On March 23, Cheryl Capezzuti revives the National Lint Project at Trey’s Laundromat in Brighton Heights after an 8-year hiatus.

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Connect Your City Happy Hour

Celebrate the first day of Spring with The Sprout Fund.

Image Courtesy of Front Street

Front Street premieres new episodes on Thursday February 21st at 8PM

Pushing the envelop of the already out-there internet talk show genre, Front Street puts guests on the hot pink seat.

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