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
Recent Updates
Bike Fest 2012 kicks off this weekend with Pedal Pittsburgh on Sunday, August 5
“Pittsburgh and bikes are like chocolate and peanut butter.” -BikePgh co-founder Lou Fineberg
What College should be, for real [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Seed Award project manager and Saxifrage School founder Tim Cook shared his vision for a new paradigm in higher education on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Next Page feature
The Drift Sets Art Afloat on Pittsburgh’s Iconic Three Rivers
With a focus on projects that address the rivers and waterfronts, this floating art platform is expanding, thanks to support from a Seed Award, to include new artists and performances.
Resurrecting the Ghost of Luna Park
A visitor once described the corner of Baum Boulevard and Craig Street as “a beautiful place at night, for it is full of electric …
Big Idea Bookstore Connects to the Community
The Big Idea was granted a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund to create community curated sections of the bookstore as a way of reaching out and establishing formal connections with other local activist organizations.
‘Timeline’ for Connellsville Historical Museum is February [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Laura Szepesi visits the Connellsville Historical Museum, a new cultural asset made possible in part by a Sprout Seed Award.
An Imaginary Walking Tour of Pittsburgh’s Gateways, Corridors, and Creative Places Reveals Treasures and Challenges
To appreciate Pittsburgh’s vibrant neighborhoods, little-known delights, and pockets of lingering decay, sometimes you have to ditch the car.
VIA Opens New Mixed-Use Event Space at 6119 Penn Ave in East Liberty
VIA, Pittsburgh’s audio-visual collective, won a Seed Award to launch the Music and New Media Festival in 2010. Now they’re taking root in a venue of their own.
The Black Forest: the darker side of Pittsburgh’s underground art scene [boingboing]
Writing on boingboing, Dean Putney pages through the latest edition of Unicorn Mountain, a Seed Award supported comics, writing, art, and music anthology.
Tammy Ryan’s ‘Lost Boy’ play bears fruit in contest [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Tammy Ryan wins American Theatre Critics Association 2012 Francesca Primus Prize for “Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods,” a play that started its life as a Sprout Seed Award project.
Nina Marie Barbuto uses art to build confidence…and community [Pittsburgh City Paper]
The City Paper visits Assemble and talks to founder Nina Marie Barbuto about her Spark-supported Learning Parties
Musicians with a Mission hosts benefit concert
Concert and silent auction to be held this Saturday, June 9th at 7:00PM at the Third Presbyterian Church, with proceeds supporting project that connects musicians with the elderly
Historic Railroad Caboose to become Welcome Center on the Yough River Trail
Connellsville Caboose Welcome Center on the northern trailhead of the Yough River Trail opens Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Fledgling Filmmaker Preserves Pittsburgh’s Stellar Past
A 2005 Seed Award launched Dan Handley as a documentary filmmaker. He’s just completed his most ambitious piece to date, Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory.
Sprout welcomes summer 2012 interns
The Sprout Fund is excited to welcome three new interns to support its programs and activities throughout summer 2012.