Join us April 4 for GlobalPittsburgh First Thursdays International Networking Happy Hour at AVA Lounge. This Month's Partner: Pittsburgh Folk Festival

Join us April 4 for GlobalPittsburgh First Thursdays international networking happy hour. If you are interested in meeting people from all over the world in Pittsburgh and learning more about different cultures, come to AVA Lounge in East Liberty from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Bring your friends, family and colleagues or come alone - you will make new friends!

In April, GlobalPittsburgh will partner with the Pittsburgh Folk Festival to celebrate "Unity in Diversity." For over 50 years, the Pittsburgh Folk Festival has been a member-based consortium of ethnic community cultural organizations that now celebrates the diversity of more than 30 countries and cultures around the Pittsburgh area. Their 56th Annual International Folk Festival will take place April 19-20, 2013. Come to our networking event on April 4 to learn more about the Pittsburgh Folk Festival.

GlobalPittsburgh First Thursdays is a regular monthly night of networking and socializing with different themes and activities on the first Thursday of every month. It's an evening of friends, interesting conversation and good spirits with an international flair. Everyone is welcome.

AVA Lounge is located at 126 S Highland Avenue in East Liberty.

Admission is FREE for paid GlobalPittsburgh members. Admission is $5 at the door for everyone else. Membership information will be available at the event, but you may also join GlobalPittsburgh now at www.globalpittsburgh.org/membership and get in free on the night of the event.

If you have questions, please contact Nadya Kessler in the GlobalPittsburgh office at 412-392-4513 or by email at nkessler@globalpittsburgh.org. Photos from past First Thursdays and a few other GlobalPittsburgh events, activities, and programs can be viewed at www.flickr.com/photos/globalpittsburgh. See you there!