This site is the work-in-progress evolution of a Pittsburgh-based listserv called "Happenings." Happenings sent out one plain text email a week with an edited selection of some of the more interesting things going on in our quickly evolving city. In its 3 years of publishing, it accumulated 2000+ direct subscribers (thisishappening now has 5298 members) and became one of the more relied-on pieces of communication in Pittsburgh. Suffering from its own success, it became clear that a different sort of solution was needed.

Happenings was never the typical events list, and thisishappening is not your typical events website.

• You can use the powerful browse/search tools to focus in on just the things you’re looking for.
• As a registered member, you can tailor the events you get on your home page and in your weekly email to your personal tastes.
• As a producer of events, you get a new channel for reaching your current and potential audiences: the system lets members subscribe directly to you and the types of events you produce. Read more about how your events get out.

This is just the initial release of thisishappening, there’s a lot more on the way, and we want to know what you think. Please let us know if you find any bugs or have any feedback about how to improve the website or the services it provides.

This work has been made possible in part by 3rc , The Sprout Fund, and The Richard King Mellon Foundation.