Youth Expression Showcase

Our weekly radio program invites students in Grades K-12 to perform live on the air. Hear young musicians, singer/songwriters, photographers, writers, poets and other people who express themselves through the arts.

Oral History

SLB Radio’s Oral History Program connects teens with adult role models in their communities. Click here to listen.

Callers

Since 1978, The Saturday Light Brigade has broadcast LIVE spontaneous on-air phone calls from kids and adults as part of its Saturday morning radio program. Now you can hear some of the most memorable calls from people participating in on-air games and other participatory features or simply calling to tell us about something exciting.

Performance

Join us as we celebrate the original talent in our midst with these weekly archives of in-studio performances by regional and national musicians and artists. Folk, bluegrass, jazz, singer/songwriter, international, storytellers and more!

Interviews

Audio replays from the hundreds of arts, human services and other non-profit organizations interviewed by SLB each year.

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Youth Express: V, a Wind Quintet

December 3, 2016 – 10:30 am
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From 12/03/2016: Youth Chamber Connection and Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra present “V” Wind Quintet, featuring Beth Danley, flute (12th grade, Trinity Christian School), Geoffrey Madge, oboe (9th grade, Chartiers Valley High School), Sydney Ellison, clarinet (12th grade, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School), Mitchell Dubin, bassoon (9th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA) and Maya Waller, French horn (12th grade, North Allegheny High School).

Interview: Steel City Shakespeare, A Christmas Carol

December 3, 2016 – 9:30 am
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From 12/03/2016: Michael Mykita and Jeffrey Chips with a preview of the Steel City Shakespeare production of A Christmas Carol, 12/15 to 12/17, multiple venues

Interview: Puppet Making Workshops, First Night Parade

December 3, 2016 – 9:00 am
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From 12/03/2016: Cheryl Capezzuti with details on free family puppet making workshops throughout December in preparation for Pittsburgh’s First Night parade.

Interview: Maxine Bruhns, Nationality Rooms

December 3, 2016 – 8:00 am
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From 12/03/2016: Maxine Bruhns with details on the Nationality Rooms Holiday Open House, Pitt’s annual free celebration of multicultural holiday traditions, 12/4 (noon to 4), Commons Room, Cathedral of Learning, Oakland.

Crossing Fences: 2016 Garfield

December 1, 2016 – 3:13 pm
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Garfield Voices features first-person reflections from eleven men as collected by fifteen boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Brothers and Sisters Emerging. Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.

Propel Hazelwood After School: Ultimate Pet

November 30, 2016 – 5:12 pm
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We’ve all daydreamed about having an exotic pet. A tiger… a panda… maybe some kind of tiger/panda hybrid. The sky’s the limit! Students at Propel Hazelwood put aside the prohibitive costs (and city permitting issues) that go along with owning a rare, possibly dangerous creature, to talk about what kind of animal they would choose if they could have any pet.

Propel Pitcairn After School: Monster Stories

November 29, 2016 – 5:22 pm

Students at Propel Pitcairn After School were asked to dream up a monster that lives behind their school. What would it do? What would it eat? How did it come to be?

Live Music: The Brothers Jenkins

November 26, 2016 – 12:00 pm
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From 11/26/2016: Live music with Eddie and Cory of The Brothers Jenkins.

Crossing Fences: 2016 Northview Heights

November 23, 2016 – 12:21 pm
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Northview Heights Voices features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by twelve boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with YouthPlaces. Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.

Crossing Fences: 2016 Penn Hills

November 23, 2016 – 12:16 pm
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Penn Hills Voices features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by fourteen boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Penn Hills Varsity Football, Penn Hills Midget Football League, and the Penn Hills YMCA. Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.