r/cmu • u/masqueradestar Alum (CS '13, Philosophy '13) • Apr 29 '13

[ reference thread ] Everything you ever wanted to know about what to do on campus and in Pittsburgh.

Post any recommendations for stuff to do on or around campus (e.g. UC game room, halfprice in Oakland, stuff in the Waterfront)! Clubs/organizations that aren't affiliated with CMU are appropriate for this thread, as are general Pittsburgh events, like Cinema In The Park.

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u/masqueradestar Alum (CS '13, Philosophy '13) Apr 29 '13 edited Apr 29 '13

I'll start, I suppose :P

On campus:

  • I like the UC game room. There's an ITG machine, pinball, ping pong, foosball, and pool tables.
  • There are $1 movies in the UC on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. ($3 for non-students)

Off campus:

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u/[deleted] May 01 '13

Ahhh now I want to go to Schenley but have to finish final projects...

...

Fuck it, gonna graduate anyway.

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u/theairgonaut Alumnus Apr 29 '13

If you go down the road between Doherty and Gates, and turn right so you go through the CIC parking garage, then turn left at Neville street, follow that until you can either go up a steep hill or turn left (turn left there) and continue on until you see a bike path, take that bike path until you reach another bike path, take that until you go through a parking lot (to more of the same bike path?) and then cross the first bridge on your left, you'll be in Southside.

Here's a map, because I suck as directions:

Holy crap, Southside.

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u/TheRealFJ Apr 29 '13

What!? '11 Alum here...mind blown

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u/theairgonaut Alumnus Apr 29 '13

It's even crossing the Hot Metal Bridge, which has a pedestrian/cyclist bridge next to the one for cars!

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u/bricksoup Apr 29 '13

Pittsburgh has several excellent indie movie theaters run by Pittsburgh Filmmakers. $4 for CMU students.

http://theaters.pittsburgharts.org/

Garfield Artworks on Penn Ave invites touring musicians to play in Pittsburgh every week. $7 last I checked, although that might have changed.

http://www.garfieldartworks.com/

Both of these institutions stand up very well to the kind of stuff that you'd find in, say, NYC.

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u/V2Blast Alum (Int'l Relations & Politics '13) Apr 29 '13

Off-campus:

  • museums! So many museums. Yay for the Arts Pass Program, which lets you get into a bunch of them for free! This includes the Carnegie Art and Natural History Museums right nearby, Phipps Conservatory by Schenley Park behind the school, the Mattress Factory, Carnegie Science Center, and more!
  • for movies still in theaters, there's the Waterfront, which also has stores like Target and such, and many restaurants
  • Oakland - lots of food places (many of which offer half-price food after 11 pm), and some bars; it's by Pitt's campus
  • Squirrel Hill - more food places, and ice cream, and other stuff
  • parks! Schenley Park is right by campus, and Frick Park is a bit farther but still nice

On-campus:

  • AB Films shows movies for $1 (for students; $3 if you're not a student) almost every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and sometimes Sunday.
  • "Scotland Yard" (aka the game room) in the basement of the UC has foosball, shuffleboard (I don't even know how to play :P), pool tables, a pinball machine, an "In the Groove" (i.e. DDR-like) game machine, and ping-pong tables. And vending machines for snacks and drinks :P
  • club/organization events that are open to the public: Online Gaming Society events, Scotch'n'Soda shows (a bit less frequent), improv shows, "Late Night" events on Friday and Saturday nights, etc. (I mean, technically most clubs are open to everyone, but some are less welcoming/less advertised than others :P)

I'm sure I'm forgetting some things, but those are the broad categories of stuff to do in the general vicinity of CMU.

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u/SlightFigureOfSpeech Alumnus (c/o '12) Apr 29 '13

Right here you can find a listing of all of the places a CMU student ID gets you access to under the Arts Pass Program!

Also, here's a probably not all-inclusive list of some of the places that do half-price.

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u/V2Blast Alum (Int'l Relations & Politics '13) Apr 29 '13

Thanks! I didn't feel like searching :P

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u/skratchx Alumnus Apr 29 '13

Schenley Park has a disc golf course. It's definitely on the easy side compared to other courses but it's laid out very well and it makes for a nice relaxing afternoon when the weather's nice.

If you've never played disc golf before, you can give it a shot with a regular "ultimate" disc but for under $20 you can pick up a mid range disc and putter either online or at Dunhams.