The EAT Initiative has been blessed with the opportunity to provide Produce & Protein Blessing Boxes to our community members! Are you in need of food? Each box contains 30lbs of produce, meat, and dairy. It will feed a family of 4 for one week.

Here’s how to get a box:

Please complete this form: https://forms.gle/cUTt6cjwdrKau6jz8

Email us at frontoffice@eminenthospitality.com or text (412) 499-5599 to schedule your appointment to pick up your produce Blessing Box!

Post a picture with the hashtag #blessingbox and share your favorite meal or recipe via Facebook or Instagram @eatinitiative  

Food is available for pick up Wednesday – Saturday, October 29th – October 31st by appointment.

Big news! For the first time ever, if you are a voter in Pittsburgh Ward 25, Districts 2 and 3, you can vote at the Mattress Factory on Election Day, November 3. Polls are open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm Anyone in line at 8:00 pm will be allowed to vote. Find more official Allegheny County Election Day info here.

If you want to encourage others to register and to cast their vote, check out our Facebook and Instagram to like and share artist-designed images from the Plan Your Vote campaign. Plan Your Vote is a 2020 visual arts initiative from Vote.org that harnesses the power of art to promote and encourage citizens to exercise their right to vote.

You may also have noticed SOS Color Code 2020, a multi-site, exterior installation of three flags created by Chicago-based artists and designers Luftwerk and Normal on view at the Main Building. The project transforms the international signal of distress into a sign of solidarity and connectedness, calling for humanity and a willingness to help one another. The flags will be on view outside of the Mattress Factory through Election Day.

The Ruins of Western Pennsylvania

Matthew Christopher
Author and Photographer

Tuesday, October 13
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Fee: $5

This lecture will be held via ZOOM conference. Click here to get your ticket and RSVP.

Author and photographer Matthew Christopher, presents a journey through some of western Pennsylvania’s most fascinating ruins— from a haunting abandoned prison to the remains of the neighborhood of Lincoln Way and beyond. Join us as we explore the fascinating stories of how these places were left behind and separate fact from fiction when it comes to their past.

About the presenter: Matthew Christopher has had an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child, but started documenting them a decade ago while researching the decline of the state hospital system. His two books, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, and Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences, and his website, also titled Abandoned America, have chronicled the stories of modern ruins across the United States and gained international attention. He has recently expanded his scope to document abandoned locations across the globe.

We are beginning the first of two fall semester CPE courses, taught through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) this month. “Pittsburgh Heritage I,” provides participants with the opportunity to explore Pittsburgh’s heritage through the lens of architecture. Participants are surveying local and regional history, cultural heritage, historic preservation, architecture, and more.

Our next course, “Exploring Your Neighborhood and City,” provides first-hand knowledge of the historical and architectural development of Pittsburgh, a city of 90 neighborhoods. The course uses the immediate community as a classroom for teaching social studies, art, and English, as well as other subjects––and provides teachers with the skills required to use the community as a learning resource in their own classroom.

Remote and self-guided tours, videos, articles, and discussions will provide participants with diverse experiences and increased knowledge so they can enrich student learning.

If you or someone you know is interested in joining this exciting learning opportunity, it’s not too late! Registration for our second course –– “Exploring Your Neighborhood and City” (3 CPE credits) –– is open now.

Click HERE to learn more and to register. For registration and credit questions, contact Linda Muller, CPE Program Specialist at the AIU. For course content questions, contact Sarah Greenwald, PHLF’s co-director of education.

We look forward to exploring our region with you this Fall!