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Interviews with Grammy Nominees for Best Children’s Album
From 2/2/13: To celebrate the upcoming 55th Grammy Awards, we featured live interviews with all five Grammy nominees for Best Children’s Album on this week’s SLB. Listen to hear about the careers and lives of Mark Oblinger, songwriter for JumpinJazz Kids, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings artist Elizabeth Mitchell, Jason Rabinowitz of Brooklyn-based band The Pop Ups, Joe Mailander of Minneapolis bluegrass/roots duo The Okee Dokee Brothers, and singer/songwriter/storyteller Bill Harley.
Big Sister Renee Ciorra and Little Sister Cheyenne
From 1/26/13: Renee Ciorra and Cheyenne discussing their mentoring relationship along with BBBS staff member Tom Baker
YES: Sydney Wolff
From 1/26/13: Singer-songwriter Sydney Wolff, a sophomore at North Hills High, performing original songs on guitar
King For a Day: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
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YES: Dreams of Hope
From 1/19/13: Dreams of Hope with a preview of Department of Hope: Agents of Change, an afternoon of original scenes, spoken word, song and drama created by youth with professional artists, 1/27, 4 pm, August Wilson Center
YES: Center for Young Musicians Pianists
From 1/19/13: Pianists Andrew Li (6), Isaac McKinley (16), Hafsah Shahzad (10), Sarah Pitell (16), and cellist Hannah Synnott from Center for Young Musicians
YES: Propel Andrew Street High School Open Mic Night
From 1/12/13: Live performances captured by our microphones during the 12/20 Open Mic Night at Propel Andrew Street High School. Special thanks to student TaShaun, the talented student who engineered the recording session
YES: Gemini Theater’s “Tarzan and Jane”
From 1/12/13: Members of the cast of Tarzan and Jane with a preview of this classic story as staged by Gemini Theater, 1/12 through 2/3
YES: Students from Project FLOWW
From 1/5/12: From 1/5/12: High school students from Pittsburgh Obama, Pittsburgh CAPA, Winchester Thurston and Shadyside Academy sharing their travel experiences in Sri Lanka and Nepal as part of Magee Womancare International’s Youth Leadership South Asia International Exchange Program and their goal to reduce wastewater in our region through a community action plan called Project FLOWW
YES: Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh Youth Dance Troupe
From 12/29/12: Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh Youth Dance Troupe members Alexandra Knapp (Joffrey Ballet School, New York City) and Aubri Knapp (Pine Richland Middle School) previewing the troupe’s New Years Eve performance as part of Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2013
