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New Daily Changing Billboard Message

Written by admin. Posted on 07/25/2010. Filed under General. No comments.

for the next month our billboard will be used to list some of the big and small needs we have at the waffle shop. If you bring in one of the things we need, we will create a special display with your name next to the thing you bring in, and add a new item [...]

Would You Like to Be a Host at the Waffle Shop?

Written by admin. Posted on 07/02/2010. Filed under General. No comments.

It’s easy, really. If you are interested in being a host on our talk show just contact us at info@waffleshop.com . You get a free waffle for every hour you act as host of the talk show. It’s a pretty sweet gig, you meet lots of interesting people and YOU GET TO HOST A TALK [...]

July 10th The Tehran/Pittsburgh YouTube Mix

Written by admin. Posted on 06/29/2010. Filed under General. No comments.

Conflict Kitchen (Pittsburgh) and Sazmanab Project (Tehran) will present a live screening of videos curated directly from Youtube posts shot both in Tehran and Pittsburgh. This back and forth format will utilize the vast and idiosyncratic resources of YouTube to present first-person video accounts that reflect on the daily life of each city. The forty-minute [...]

Waffle Shop Looking for Restaurant Manager

Written by admin. Posted on 06/01/2010. Filed under General. No comments.

RESTAURANT MANAGER, (25-35 hrs/wk) MAIN GOALS: Manage and maintain shop's restaurant; further Waffle Shop mission/vision; develop new strategies throughout restaurant as needed, oversee restaurant staff. $12 an hour with benefits. RESTAURANT -Oversees all restaurant preparations, open hours, and clean up at shop -Manages scheduling for all restaurant and creative staff, including scheduling staff, finding replacement [...]

Waffle Shop Launches Billboard

Written by admin. Posted on 05/02/2010. Filed under General. 2 Comments.

(From our press release) What if something overheard in a restaurant ended up on a billboard? Starting this week Pittsburgh’s late night Waffle Shop, which happens to have a talk show right on the premises, launches a billboard driven by its guests and their conversations. A storytelling system developed by Waffle Shop founder Jon Rubin [...]

Sota Construction Services Helps New Billboard Project

Written by admin. Posted on 04/30/2010. Filed under General. No comments.

Sota Construction Services has generously donated time, money, and labor to help bring our new billboard into fruition. Special Thanks to Ernie Sota, Joe Nelson, and Zottola Fabrication.

8 New Episodes are up!!

Written by admin. Posted on 12/23/2009. Filed under General. No comments.

We’re working our way through backlogged footage and have just loaded eight new episodes to our website. Personal favorites include “The Cowardly Lion of Prison,” and the new “Dickie Leftfoot Hour.

Friday 9pm TRANS-CITY SING ALONG

Written by admin. Posted on 12/01/2009. Filed under News. No comments.

As part of the show “Frenemies”, Ben Kinsley and M. Callen will be hosting the first ever TRANS-CITY SING ALONG via webcast between Front Room Gallery in Cleveland and the Waffle Shop in Pittsburgh! Attendees are invited to sing, stomp, and otherwise revel in the collaborative performance of tunes by the likes of R. Kelly, [...]

The Josh Greene Body Double Hour, This Sunday

Written by admin. Posted on 11/10/2009. Filed under News. 1 Comment.

Come and talk to the friends and family of San Francisco Artist Josh Greene, through Josh Greene himself. What does this mean? Well, using Skype, the voice of Josh’s family and friends will be streamed live to a headphone earpiece Josh is wearing. Whatever they say will then be repeated live at the shop by [...]

Saturday Programming

Written by admin. Posted on 11/08/2009. Filed under News. No comments.

That’s right, come into the shop for brunch on saturdays and you will run into our new programming. This past weekend involved coversations about dating, siberia, rappers as non-role models, stereotypes, muslims, and relationship advice from everyone in the shop.

YouTube – A Plea from the Waffle Shop

Written by admin. Posted on 10/29/2009. Filed under News. Tagged donations. No comments.

YouTube – A Plea from the Waffle Shop.

From the Music Box Mystery Challenge

Written by admin. Posted on 10/28/2009. Filed under News. No comments.

The Dickie Leftfoot Hour

Written by admin. Posted on 10/27/2009. Filed under News. Tagged video. No comments.

Last month’s show: Dickie’s topic of the night is Your Sexuality and the Economic Crisis. Dickie is back at the shop live on Friday November 6th

Consciousness Cafe, Nov 13th

Written by admin. Posted on 10/26/2009. Filed under News. No comments.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13th, 7:30pm-9:30pm The holiday season is filled with holiday cheer, joy and celebration but also stress, anxiety, and the painful rehashing of family dramas. Customers at this café will: • Discuss the Taoist fundamentals of yin and yang energy and how the universe constantly seeks balance • Learn and practice mental, emotional and [...]

JobMaster Supreme Challange

Written by admin. Posted on 10/05/2009. Filed under News. No comments.

JOBMASTER is a nomadic, ever-evolving, gameshow – - – from one episode to the next the types of games and challenges presented are always new and different from previous iterations. As the format and rules slowly change and evolve over time – each contestant is confronted with a unique series of tasks and situations that [...]

Sundog Peacehouse Scores Internet Videos

Written by admin. Posted on 10/03/2009. Filed under News. No comments.

Peace/Noise trio Sundog Peacehouse will play a special set of live sound scores for a unusual selection of internet videos. This promises to be a great show and good TV. Watch them live on our online stream at www.waffleshop.org or come down to the shop and see them live the old fashioned way.