August 2008 Archives
A local post-doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh has set his sights on producing a documentary about the almost century old, Allegheny Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in the city’s Riverview Park.
Daniel Handley, who is a resident of Observatory Hill hopes that the film will give Pittsburgher’s insight into the 96 year old Pittsburgh Landmark.
Pittsburghers everywhere are invited to come home this Thanksgiving weekend for a special red-carpet screening of the film “My Tale of Two Cities,” November 28th at The Byham Theater, Downtown Pittsburgh, as part of the city’s Homecoming Weekend and 250th birthday celebration. The evening will benefit Steeltown Entertainment Project’s “Youth & Media Initiative” in partnership with the Holy Family Institute.
The Walt Disney Company has recently annouced plans to partner with Carnegie Mellon University to open a Research and Development Lab for Disney’s Theme Parks, television networks, and animation studios.
Panopto, a Pittsburgh based technology company that grew out of the vision of former CMU students Eric Burns and Bill Scherlis has worked to capitalize on the desire for video-on-demand by students and faculty at univeristy campuses around the world.
On November 28th at The Byham Theater, as part of “Pittsburgh’s Homecoming Weekend” celebrating the city’s 250th birthday, there will be a special red-carpet screening of “My Tale of Two Cities”, a film about coming home and the city of Pittsburgh reinventing itself. The city of Pittsburgh stars in this often funny and sometimes moving “comeback story” where “St. Elmo’s Fire” screenwriter (and Steeltown co-founder) Carl Kurlander tosses a football with Franco Harris and his son Dok, goes shopping in the Strip with Teresa Heinz Kerry, has breakfast at Ritter’s diner with Paul O’ Neill, asking them and others how their hometown can once again become “The City of Champions.” Pittsburghers everywhere are invited to come home for this special Thanksgiving weekend event and then join Mr. McFeely and the cast in singing “Won’t You Be My Neighhbor?”. Go to www.mytaleoftwocities.com to see clips from the movie and email homecoming@steeltown.org for information on tickets to the event.
