Mon, 23 November 2009 Dreaming Ant will be closed on Thursday, November 26, 2009 for Thanksgiving. Movies rented on Sunday (11/22) will be due on Friday (11/27) before midnight. Happy Turkey-day, y'all! Category: News -- posted at: 2:16 AM Comments[0] |
Sat, 26 September 2009 Have you ever arrived at Dreaming Ant, only to forget the movie you wanted to rent? Or, perhaps, you stored movies you wanted to rent on your dreamingant.com WishList but never had a way to access the list once at the store? Maybe you've been watching a television series but forgot what the last disc you rented was? Now you can login to your dreamingant.com MyAccount area while at Dreaming Ant and check your personal WishList and Rental History! Additionally, you can access all other features found on dreamingant.com from our kiosk: ! Search or Browse Dreaming Ant's inventory of over 15,000 movies while in the store, including titles that don't have even cases displayed ! Check current availability of movies ! View Member Ratings & Reviews of movies ! View Top Rentals & Staff Picks Category: News -- posted at: 4:43 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 August 2009 August 27, 2009. Al Hoff gives Dreaming Ant DVDs, Paul's CDs & Big Idea bookstore shout outs in Pittsburgh City Paper's recent back-to-school article Field Trips. Scroll down to Bloomfield under Neighborhood Trips. http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:67784 Category: News -- posted at: 2:07 AM Comments[0] |
Wed, 26 August 2009 We are no longer accepting returns at our old drop-box in Oakland. The actual box will be physically removed in the coming weeks, but please make a note to begin returning all rentals to our Bloomfield store starting immediately. We have an after hours drop-box next to our Taylor Street entrance in Bloomfield if you can't make it during our store hours. Sorry if this inconveniences you, but circumstances have forced us to take our box down. Thanks for your understanding and continued support! Category: News -- posted at: 1:28 AM Comments[0] |
Thu, 30 July 2009  The 48 Hour Film Project, the world’s oldest and largest timed film making competition, comes to Pittsburgh for its 3rd annual visit on August 7th, 2009. Pittsburgh filmmakers of all levels will rely on teamwork, adrenaline, and lots of caffeine as they race against the clock to complete short films in only two sleepless days. Filmmakers begin at 7PM on Friday August 7th, at ArtDimensions Pittsburgh. There, each team receives a genre, a character, prop, and a line of dialogue that they must work into their piece. Then, on August 9th by 7:30pm (only 48 hours later), they must return a 4-7 minute film. Films submitted even one minute late are disqualified. “While the tight deadline may seem like an obstacle, ultimately it places the emphasis on creativity and teamwork, and gooses participants into making their films rather than just talking about them,” said Mark Ruppert, co-executive director of The 48 Hour Film Project. “More importantly, it breaks down barriers by allowing anyone with a free weekend, a video camera, and boundless creative energy to experience the fun, exhilaration, and satisfaction of producing a fully-realized film.” The 48 Hour Film Project provides exposure for the filmmakers and their films. Over 20 films will be premiered to the Pittsburgh public on August 12th and 13th at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, just days after the competition. The Pittsburgh Best Film will be announced at the Awards Ceremony held on August 21st, also held at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. The top 14 films will be shown and the winning team will receive a trophy, Movie Magic Screenwriter software, and will go on to compete for top honors at Filmapalooza, an awards event honoring the 2009 tour’s top film submissions. Filmapalooza will take place for the first time at the NAB Show in 2010. Honors will include Best Director, Best Acting, Best Script, Best Musical Score, and Best Film of 2009. The 2009 Grand Prize winner will receive $3000 cash and a Panasonic AG-HPX170 camera (list price $5695). Organizers also announced that 14 of the 2009 tour’s best films will be screened at the Cannes International Film Festival’s Short Film Corner in 2010, as well as appear on a nationally distributed DVD. The 48 Hours Film Project is proudly sponsored in Pittsburgh by Dreaming Ant DVDs, ArtDimensions Pittsburgh, Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Squishy Films, ParkNavy Advertising, Pittsburgh Film Office, Rag Trader, Pittsburgh Trophy Company, Deep Fried Trouble, ARK United, In The Blood Tattoo, NWA East, Quiet Storm, Ava, Qdoba and Big Science Music. For further information and dates for Pittsburgh please visit: www.48hourfilm.com/pittsburgh/ To see selected 48 Hour Films, go to www.48.tv Category: News -- posted at: 10:02 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 29 March 2009 March 24, 2009. Tom VanBuren helps celebrate Dreaming Ant's 6th anniversary with an amazing write-up in The Pitt News: Celebrating the magic of the lost movie rental store. Category: News -- posted at: 5:00 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 30 January 2009 Our drop-box in Oakland will remain intact, indefinitely. So although our Oakland store is closing this weekend, you will still be able to rent in Bloomfield and RETURN your movies in Oakland. Hopefully, this will provide some additional convenience for those of you who used to frequent our S. Craig Street location. While you're dropping off your DVDs in Oakland, make sure to support our former neighbors Phantom of the Attic Games & Wicked Discs - two great local retailers! Category: News -- posted at: 1:49 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 29 January 2009  Dreaming Ant will be closing at 5:30PM this Sunday (February 1) in order to allow all of our staff the same opportunity to support the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers...well, and because it's highly unlikely any of yinz are gonna be watching movies that night n@! Go Stillers!! Category: News -- posted at: 5:52 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 2 January 2009 After lengthy and painful deliberation, we have come to the conclusion that we can not afford to keep our Oakland Dreaming Ant location open much longer. We plan on closing our Oakland doors at the end of the day on January 31st. Our Oakland drop-box will remain available for returns at least until the end of March, however, and possibly until the end of the year...if I can convince our landlord and the other building tenants to allow us this convenience. Our plans for Bloomfield are to keep things status quo. We will migrate all of our movies to our Crazy Mocha location. We have yet to determine, however, how to store/display the 5,000+ movie cases currently in Oakland...so any suggestions would be welcome! It's very sad for me to have to close Oakland seeing as we've all put a lot of time and energy into it, but the reality is that even after two years we have yet to break even. We hope that those whom we did get to know in Oakland will make the short jaunt to Bloomfield. If you have any questions about this announcement, feel free to either post it in the comments below or email me at dean@dreamingant.com. Thank you all for you understanding & continued support! dB Category: News -- posted at: 8:31 PM Comments[2] |
Wed, 10 December 2008 Dreaming Ant chosen as Best place to rent movies that isn't the Internet by Pittsburgh City Paper Staff "Let's face it: You get Netflix thinking you're going to blast through The Wire, but you end up wasting your monthly fee by keeping National Treasure for three weeks. And sure, Redbox can dispense you a movie, but remember human interaction? Tucked away in the back of Crazy Mocha lies Dreaming Ant, where real-live people who actually know what they're talking about can help you browse Ant's small (yet at the same time, expansive) DVD library. Here, you can ponder Hollywood comedies versus independent ones, and a great selection of foreign films, as well as see all of the works of featured directors shelved conveniently in one spot, giving you a valid reason to leave your house." Pittsburgh City Paper, Staff Picks!, 12/10-12/1708, pg. 28 Thank you to the Pittsburgh City Paper Staff from all of us at Dreaming Ant! Category: News -- posted at: 6:42 PM Comments[0] |
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