Welcome to Pittsburgh!

Welcome to Pittsburgh!

We’ve been working with the great Local Committee in Pittsburgh  – Adam Hart, Steve Haines, Emily Davis, Chad Hunter, Diana Little, Greg Pierce, and Miriam Meislik.   Don’t miss .. + Pamela’s for breakfast + The whiskey selection at Butcher & Rye Don’t miss .. + The Duquesne Incline + Cathedral of Learning + Carnegie Museums Don’t miss .. + The gelato in Bloomfield + Heinz History Center The Andy Warhol...

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Pittsburgh Food (and Beverage) Finds

Pittsburgh Food (and Beverage) Finds

Thanks to our Local Committee for some great food and brewery recommendations – Adam Hart, Steve Haines, Emily Davis, Chad Hunter, Diana Little, Greg Pierce, and Miriam Meislik.   Inside the Omni William Penn Food and drink options inside the hotel include the Terrace Room, Tap Room, Speakeasy, Brueggers Bagels, and Stance Coffee. Bakersfield (bakersfieldtacos.com) Mexican Street Fare. Tacos. Whiskey. Tequila. 940 Penn Avenue (412)...

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Things to do in Pittsburgh

Things to do in Pittsburgh

The AMIA 2022 Local Committee has been busy!!  In addition to tours, they’ve been working on the best things to do, to see, to eat, and to drink in Pittsburgh.  With 30 days left until the conference, we’ll be adding something new here every day! Thanks to our Local Committee – Adam Hart, Steve Haines, Emily Davis, Chad Hunter, Diana Little, Greg Pierce, and Miriam Meislik. In no particular order … Andy Warhol Museum. ...

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Screenings at AMIA 2018

Screenings at AMIA 2018

In collaboration with the NW Film Center, we’ve been able to schedule a slate of screenings open to the public in Portland, highlighting the work of our members …       November 28 . NW Film Center 8:00pm – Open to all attendees Surprise Screening!  A new restoration of a 1960s classic film.  Courtesy of Park Circus.       November 29 . NW Film Center 7:30pm – Open to all attendees Awards +...

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Transportation

Transportation

“If New Orleans is not fully in the mainstream of culture, neither is it fully in the mainstream of time. Lacking a well-defined present, it lives somewhere between its past and its future, as if uncertain whether to advance or to retreat. Perhaps it is its perpetual ambivalence that is its secret charm. Somewhere between Preservation Hall and the Superdome, between voodoo and cybernetics, New Orleans listens eagerly to the seductive promises...

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New Orleans: See & Go

New Orleans:  See & Go

“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851   Amistad Research Center – Amistad is a library and archives founded to document race relations and America’s racial and ethnic heritage. It has a rotating exhibition space where it displays manuscript material and fine art from its collections on a quarterly...

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