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Live Music: Rightly Noted

March 5, 2016 – 12:50 pm
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From 03/05/2016: Live music with Rightly Noted, featuring Peter Wright (guitar, vocals) and Lee Stivers (mandolin, upright bass, vocals).

Live Music: Pittsburgh Savoyards

February 27, 2016 – 12:50 pm
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From 02/27/2016: Cast members from The Pittsburgh Savoyards preview the production of Pirates of Penzance along with Matt Brown (keyboard), Lynette Garlan (producer) and Sean Lenhart (director). Production runs 3/4 to 3/13 at Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall.

Live Music: Sassafras Stomp

February 20, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/20/2016: Johanna Davis and Adam Nordell make up Sassafras Stomp, a contradance band, visiting Pittsburgh for a Feb 19 Dance and Feb 20 House Concert.

Live Music: Brewer’s Row

February 13, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/13/2016: Nicholas Hohman, Leah Esser, Mark Hohman, Corry Drake, and Tim College of Brewer’s Row preview their new CD, There Was a Time We Were Kids.

Live Music: The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers

February 6, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/06/2016: Appalachian bluegrass with The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, featuring Gary Antol (guitar, vocals), Libby Eddy (fiddle, vocals), Joe Dep (clawhammer banjo) and Ed Croft (upright bass, vocals).

Live Music: Emily Pinkerton and Rodrigo Invernizzi

January 30, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/30/2016: Emily Pinkerton and Rodrigo Invernizzi with roots music from North and South America in advance of their performance at the SongSpace concert series, First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, 1/30 (7:30 pm)

Interview: Crystal Worl

January 23, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/23/2016: Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh F.I.N.E. Art Resident Crystal Worl on formline shapes and storytelling traditions from her native Alaska.

Live Music: The Ripples

January 16, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/16/16: Cincinnati-based contra dance band The Ripples present a contemporary-meets-traditional sound influenced by jazz, bluegrass, waltz, world, and pop.

Live Music: The Damaged Pies

January 2, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/02/2016: Steve Bodner of The Damaged Pies and LouAnn Ross of Jeremiah’s Place, promote “Same Circus, Different Town”, a film viewing at noon on Jan 23 at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont. Proceeds from the event go to Jeremiah’s Place, an organization that provides childcare in crisis situations.

Live Music: Jeremy Caywood

December 19, 2015 – 12:45 pm
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From 12/19/2015: Singer/Songwriter Jeremy Caywood performs before the Hambone’s “Miracle on 42nd Street” acoustic Sunday brunch.