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YES: City Theatre Company Young Playwrights
From 09/26/2015: City Theatre Company 2015 Young Playwrights award-winners Korey Grecek (13, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter), Tara Marsh (14, Lincoln Junior/Senior High School), Ciara Sing (15, Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12), Michelle Do (16, North Hills High School), and Sasha Edwards (16, Washington High School) all have plays selected for the 2015 Young Playwrights Contest.
YES: Riversong String Band
From 09/19/2015: The Arnold-Mages sisters of Southside Slopes, Josephine (5), Lillian (6), Camille (12), and Emily (15), are four fiddlers who perform as Riversong.
YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, J. Oliver Choo
From 9/12/2015: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists winner J. Oliver Choo (12) performs selections from Schubert and Motzart on piano.
YES: Big Brother, Big Sister of the Month
Lauren and Shyae talk about their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBS staffer Cheryl Jones.
YES: Gabby Moran on Female Leadership Initiative
Gabby Moran (16) on her experience with Three Rivers Community Foundation and the launch of the Female Leadership Initiative at Oakland Catholic High School
Singer and Pianist Donna Groom
Donna Groom of the Skyliners talks about her career and upcoming solo concertat the Upper St. Clair Theater on September 12th at 7pm.
YES: Falstaff’s Fellows
Jonathan Aceto (12, homeschooled, Squirrel Hill), Lydia Aceto (17, homeschooled, Squirrel Hill), Grace Bolland (17, homeschooled, Kennedy), Skylar Rella (17, Winchester Thurston), and Rhiannon Passmore (14, CAPA Pittsburgh) of the youth performance troupe, Falstaff’s Fellows, read scenes from King Lear in anticipation of the upcoming Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks production.
YES: Center of Life
From 8/29/2015: Ellis Durham (17, Gateway), Skylar Thomas (15, Pittsburgh CAPA), and Milan Grayson (14, Pittsburgh CAPA) discussed their experience at Center of Life’s summer jazz program and played tracks from a CD recorded at the camp.
Live Performance: The Penny Arcade
From 8-22-14: Improv comedy with Arcade Comedy Theater’s Penny Arcade in advance of their 8/29 performance at the Kids Comedy Cabaret at the Pittsburgh Comedy Festival, Henry Heymann Theater, Oakland.
YES: Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest Winners
From 8/22/2015: Nicole Fallert (18, Fox Chapel Area High School) and Maya Best (16, Pittsburgh CAPA) with excerpts and reflections on their award-winning writing featured in this year’s Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
