DEEP SUMMER series at the Leslie Park Pool – come join us!
Dear Friends,Forgive this email blast, but I wanted to let you know about our ongoing project to transform the abandoned Leslie Park Pool and Bathhouse into a new community center. Help spread the word and please join us if you can. I promise it will be tons of fun. These are three events in the inaugural series being staged by the Leslie Park Pool Collective, a community group re-imagining the decommissioned City pool as a multi-use event and performance space. The project has ongoing support from Councilman Patrick Dowd, Senator Jim Ferlo, CitiParks, Public Works and a host of Lawrenceville residents who took part in three winter workshops to generate ideas for re-use. The City has approved our permit. The series is called DEEP SUMMER because all events have a “pool pun” in the name.Performances will be staged IN the empty pool and on the surrounding deck.The collective has been working through winter and spring with CitiParks, Public Works, and Councilman Patrick Dowd’s office to make the space safe and accessible for event patrons of all ages. Contractor Mistick Construction was a major benefactor in this effort, donating safety fencing for the pool perimeter. DEEPEND7/24/10; 6pm-dusk(rain date 7/25; 1-3pm)$5 admissionAn all-ages concert of live instrumental classic and modern surf music produced by Lawrenceville’s own nightlife provocateur, Michael “Zombo” Devine. The action-packed, super danceable line-up includes “best-of” bands Daikaiju, Kabuki Surf from Alabama, The Action Cats and the Wakening. Plus some old-school classic sixties sounds and zombie surf music, too! The event is funded by a grant from Lawrenceville Corporation’s Mainstreets Community Event Microgrant Program. DEEP SKY – Urban Star Party7/25/10; 8:00pm -11pm (No rain date)FREEAn urban astronomy extravaganza hosted by Google Pittsburgh. The night will be perfect for sighting constellations and planets. The evening kicks off with a chamber concert of ethereal works by Lawrenceville resident Jonathan Cordle and friends. Pittsburgh’s Amateur Astronomers Association will have enthusiastic volunteers and three 200 lb telescopes through which the public can gaze heavenward. Did you know that the Sky APP was developed here in Pittsburgh? Google Software Engineers will demo their Sky Map application which lets users locate and name planets, stars and constellations just by pointing their Verizon Android phone to space. Google is especially excited about drawing in children and unfamiliar audiences to explore astronomy, telescopes and how they work. –Knox ConsultingWriting, Business Development and Marketing for the A/E/C Industry
