February Field Trips

Stained Glass Masterpieces

Tuesday, February 11th, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Free of charge 
Meet at the church

This field trip will be a tour of two buildings in Oakland to enjoy the stained glass masterpieces of Charles J. Connick (1875 - 1945), an American stained glass artist who learned his craft in Pittsburgh and then created some 20,000 stained glass windows around the world.

The first building on the tour is the First Baptist Church, where the Rev. Gary Denning will explain the design of the stained glass windows in the building. Then we will walk to the Heinz Chapel where IWAP’s own Dewi, an architectural designer, will highlight the aesthetics of the chapel's windows.

The tour will end with an optional lunch at the Porch, a bistro on the Schenley plaza: www.theporchatschenley.com/

January 2014 Field Trip

On Friday, January 24th from 10:30 to 12:00 we will tour the Manchester Bidwell Corporation which offers art and music programs for youth and career training in culinary, medical, and green industry fields.

No charge for the tour or for parking on the grounds. We may be able to have lunch in the dining room of the culinary program for $7 each. Sign up with Norma.

For more information on this wonderful facility, see “Can Beauty Change a Life?” which was broadcast on NPR: http://m.npr.org/news/Arts+%26+Life/174728388

December Field Trip

Nationality Rooms, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh. December 17th

 December's field trip will be a tour of the University of Pittsburgh's 29 Nationality Rooms, which are specially decorated for the holidays each year.

Each room depicts and was donated by the ethnic groups that have settled and helped to build the City of Pittsburgh. 27 of the rooms are in constant use as functional classrooms, while the other two are display rooms which can only be explored via a guided tour.

At this time of the year, the rooms are decorated to reflect the national, traditional and religious holidays of the nations represented.

The tour cost is $4 per person.

After the tour, we will have lunch at the Carnegie Museum Cafeteria (cost extra). This will be followed by a visit to the Museum's Christmas Tree display (optional).

November Field Trip

Visit the Amish Country - Tuesday, November 12.

We will travel north to Volant to tour the Amish inhabited area near New Wilmington, PA. The Amish emigrated to the United States beginning between the 1700’s and 1800’s to escape religious oppression. Objecting to industrialization and worldliness they have retained their simplicity throughout the centuries. In plain functional garb these Old Order Amish do not own anything motorized or electrical: no cars, tractors, telephones, or any electrical appliances. A German dialect is still spoken at home and at church meetings. They are very hard workers and very community oriented. 

A guided tour will take us through the countryside where the Amish people farm, build furniture, study and pray. We will visit food shops, a quilt shop, furniture shop and a tack shop to meet the owners and see their handmade products. Afterward we will eat an Amish lunch at a restaurant that was once the home of Dr. Seth Poppino, a medical doctor and abolitionist. His home was a stop on the underground railroad which took American slaves to Canada in the mid 1800’s. Amish accept cash only. 

For car-pooling: Meet at 8:30 AM at Bayard St. next to the First Baptist Church. 

We must leave by 8:45 AM!

Pay $25 for our Amish meal and guide by Tuesday, November 5, choosing your meal at the time of payment.

Choices are: 

1. Chicken and Biscuits, Salad, Sticky Bun, Dessert, Coffee or Tea

2. Ham Loaf, Salad, Sticky Bun, Dessert, Coffee or Tea

3. Homemade Pierogies (vegetarian), Salad, Sticky Bun, Dessert, Coffee or Tea

October Field Trip

Downtown Pittsburgh

Our field trip will be conducted by guides from the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation on Friday, Oct 11, 2013 and consist of a Grant Street Walking Tour and a Jail Museum visit.

We will meet outside the Grant St. entrance of the Omni Wm. Penn Hotel at 10am and end at the
Old Allegheny County Jail Museum at noon. You may come directly to the hotel starting point or meet at the church at 9:45am to share rides.

After the tour we will buy lunches individually in one of the Market Square restaurants and gather in the Square to enjoy them together weather permitting.

The fee for the tour is $10. It is not suitable for small children and the use of cameras requires prior written permission from PHLF.

September Field Trip

Our first field trip for the season will be to Heinz Field, Pittsburgh’s Football Stadium, on Friday, September 20th.

We will meet at the church at 9:20 to carpool and leave at 9:30.

The charge is $7 per person, except $5 each for those over 55 or under 18. Parking is an additional $6 per car.

After an hour-long tour of the field, the press box, a Great Hall, plaza and more we will walk about 3 blocks to the Rivers Casino for lunch at their Grand View Buffet offering all-you-can-eat of a great variety of foods for $14.99 + tax.

Field Trips - 2012/2013 Season

• May

               Visit to the Rivers of Steel Heritage Area.

• April

               Tour of two Hindu temples followed by lunch at an Indian restaurant.

• March

               Bowling alley at Fun Fest Entertainment Center in Harmarville.

• February

               Visit to the August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Avenue in downtown
               Pittsburgh. A guided tour through their current exhibit: The Nazi
               Olympics Berlin 1936.

• January

               Tour of the Pittsburgh Glass Center
               (www.pittsburghglasscenter.org).

• December

               #1 - Lawrenceville Cookie Tour.
               #2 - Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet.

• November

               Visit to the Rivers Steel Heritage Area to learn and see the impact
               steel workers had in Pittsburgh.

• October

               Trip to Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve - a plant and animal
               sanctuary in North Pittsburgh.

• September

               Discovering the beauty and history of Pittsburgh! A ride on the
               Incline - a funicular railway, to the top of Mt. Washington to enjoy
               the best view of the City, followed by one hour narrated sightseeing
               cruise that starting on the Monongahela River and continuing up
               both the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.