Articles by SLB Radio
Interview: Dancing Classrooms, Mark Rogalsky
From 05/06/2017: Mark Rogalsky with a preview of Dancing Classrooms, featuring 5th graders from Pittsburgh Banksville, Brookline, Faison, Montessori, Roosevelt, Sunnyside, and Westwood along with St. Benedict the Moor School and Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Academy, 5/6 (10 to 11:45 am), Pittsburgh Allderdice.
Interview: Listen Up! Neighborhood Debate Classic
From 05/06/2017: Jermaine Johnson with details on Listen Up! Neighborhood Debate Classic, featuring students from Woodland Hills, Penn Hills and University Prep at Pittsburgh Milliones, 5/12 (7 to 9:30 pm), August Wilson Center for African American Culture.
Southwestern PA BotsIQ 2017 Finals
BotsIQ is a manufacturing workforce development program disguised as a high school robotics competition. The Smart Sport is designed to provide high school students with an exciting, hands-on team experience while they learn about the pathways to a rewarding career in manufacturing. Under the expert guidance of their high school teachers and industry mentors, students work in teams during the academic year to design and build 15lb Bots to battle in a gladiator-style competition. Youth Express broadcast live 2017 finals competition.
Live Music: Wheeling Park High School Bluegrass Band
From 04/29/2017: Wheeling Park High School Bluegrass Band featuring Amelia Cianelli (15, fiddle), Bailey Stephenson (17, banjo), Joseph Glorioso (15, guitar), Lilli Gadd (15, bass), Norman Lee (16, guitar) and Marguerite Demasi (16, mandolin) along with instructor Bob Turbanic.
Youth Express: Destino Cello Quartet
From 04/29/2017: From Youth Chamber Connection, the Destino Cello Quartet featuring 10th graders Mallika Matharu (16, Upper St Clair), Clara Turner (16, Mount Lebanon), Genevieve Scanlan (15, Quaker Valley) and 11th grader Olivia Burik (17, North Hills).
Youth Express: Propel Northside Talent Show
From 04/29/2017: Eboni (10, Hill District) talks about her talents in drawing and writing along with instructor Emily Bonessi to preview the Propel Northside Talent Show.
Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”
7th and 8th graders attending Woodland Hills Prime Time After School program wrote and recorded about what they want to be when they grow up.
Live Music: Aaron Lefebvre
From 04/22/2017: Acoustic music with folk-fusion instrumentalist Aaron Lefebvre.
Youth Express: Northside Open Spelling Challenge
From 04/22/2017: Past participants Shaniya (11, Propel Northside) and Tatyanna (11, Schiller), along with Doreen Upshaw, preview the Northside Open 3rd Annual Spelling and Literacy Challenge 2017, sponsored by The Pittsburgh Project for students in Grades 3-8 with one winner per grade, 5/20 (10 am to 1 pm).
Youth Express: BotsIQ Preview
From 04/22/2017: Southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ participants Zach Knight (California University of Pennsylvania), Ashley McGhee (12th grade, Yough High School) and Thomas McFadden (12th grade, Fox Chapel High School) discussing their experiences learning about manufacturing principles and career opportunities as they prepare for the BotsIQ competition, 4/28 and 4/29, California University Convocation Center.
