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Youth Express: Do the Write Thing Challenge
From 09/10/2022: Jaia Harrison (Grade 9, Northgate Senior High School) and Deahmi Mobley (Grade 9, Central Catholic) were named Pittsburgh Do the Write Thing Challenge Ambassadors for their essays on the impact of gun violence on young people.
Interview: Friends of the Riverfront, Kelsey Ripper
From 09/10/2022: Kelsey Ripper on Friends of the Riverfront trail development and their upcoming Allegheny River Clean Up Series in collaboration with Allegheny Cleanways (from 9am – Noon on 9/10 in Natrona and 9/11 in Tarentum).
Interview: TELL Pittsburgh 2022-23 Season, Kathy Maron-Wood
From 09/10/2022: Kathy Maron-Wood previews TELL Pittsburgh’s 2022-23 Virtual Season, beginning at 7PM on September 15 with Donna Washington, then Vijai Nathan on October 20, and Len Cabral on November 17.
Interview: Greensburg Music Festival, Adam Seifert
From 08/27/2022: Adam Seifert of Westmoreland Cultural Trust previews the 4th Annual Greensburg Music Fest (8/27 from 12:30 – 9PM at The Palace Theatre).
Interview: Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Michael Buzzelli
From 08/27/2022: Michael Buzzelli previews the Pittsburgh New Works Festival (Pittsburgh and nearby performances from 8/20 – 9/11).
Interview: Prerna Chakkingal
From 08/20/2022: Prerna Chakkingal (Grade 11, South Fayette High School) reflects on her TEDx event talks Your Difference is your Power (TEDxWhiting) and Pondering Over Feminism (TEDxInnovationDr).
Youth Express: Mia Clemons
From 08/20/2022: A poem and interview with writer, Mia Clemons (Grade 9, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School).
Interview: Vocal Confluence, Susan and Steve Hawkins
From 08/20/2022: Susan and Steve Hawkins preview Together Again, an annual performance by Vocal Confluence, a Pittsburgh-based mixed harmony barbershop chorus (8/20 and 8/21 at First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood, 120 East Swissvale Avenue).
Interview: Carrie Blast Furnaces Open House, JaQuay Edward Carter
From 08/20/2022: Historian JaQuay Edward Carter presents Open House at the Carrie Blast Furnaces, an event by Rivers of Steel (8/20 from 1:00 – 5:00PM).
Youth Express: Jordyn Walker Poetry
From 08/06/2022: Poet Jordyn Walker (Grade 11, Westinghouse Arts Academy) who recently attended the Youth Writers Camp (May 2022) at August Wilson African American Cultural Center.
