Youth Expression Showcase

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In Studio Pop-up: AFS-USA

July 22, 2017 – 8:35 am
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From 07/22/2017: Ty Bedillion (Washington, Pa) and Eliyas Ali (Yemen), discuss their experiences as part of the AFS-USA international cultural exchange and scholarship program along with program ambassador Angelina Winbush and AFS volunteers Charlene Filsaime and Carol Huff.

Interview: ABBEY in the Red

May 27, 2017 – 11:35 am
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From 05/27/2017: Herman Pearl and Ben Barson with music and conversation in preview of ABBEY: In the Red, a music and dance performance inspired by the life and music of Abbey Lincoln, August Wilson Center, through 5/27

Youth Express: Prime Stage Theatre, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”

May 6, 2017 – 10:35 am
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From 05/06/2017: Pine-Richland seniors Kristin Martin (17) and Jackson Guido (18), with teacher John Dolphin, discussing the Perks of Being a Wallflower along with actors Julia Zoralto (17, Shadyside Academy) and Peter Stamerra (16, CAPA), staged at the school last fall with a production by Prime Stage Theatre running 5/5 to 5/14 at the New Hazlett Theater.

Interview: EQT Children’s Theater Festival 2017

May 6, 2017 – 8:20 am

From 05/06/2017: Pamela Komar with details on the 2017 season of the EQT Children’s Theater Festival, May 18-21.

Interview: Dancing Classrooms, Mark Rogalsky

May 6, 2017 – 7:20 am
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From 05/06/2017: Mark Rogalsky with a preview of Dancing Classrooms, featuring 5th graders from Pittsburgh Banksville, Brookline, Faison, Montessori, Roosevelt, Sunnyside, and Westwood along with St. Benedict the Moor School and Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Academy, 5/6 (10 to 11:45 am), Pittsburgh Allderdice.

Interview: Listen Up! Neighborhood Debate Classic

May 6, 2017 – 6:50 am
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From 05/06/2017: Jermaine Johnson with details on Listen Up! Neighborhood Debate Classic, featuring students from Woodland Hills, Penn Hills and University Prep at Pittsburgh Milliones, 5/12 (7 to 9:30 pm), August Wilson Center for African American Culture.

Interview: Pittsburgh Fringe Festival

April 1, 2017 – 11:00 am
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From 04/01/2017: Kristi Ward and Sean Miller with details on the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival.

Interview: STEMisphere, Alana Kulesa

April 1, 2017 – 8:35 am
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From 04/01/2017: Alana Kulesa of Carnegie Science Center with the latest on its online STEM curriculum resource STEMisphere.

Interview: Jake Reinhart on John Kane

March 25, 2017 – 7:50 am
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From 03/25/2017: Greenfield resident Jake Reinhart with details on his efforts to name the new Greenfield (Beechwood) Bridge in honor of laborer and artist John Kane.

Interview: Emily Newman, Ice Station Zebra

March 11, 2017 – 8:35 am
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From 03/11/2017: Emily Newman and Zena Ruiz on Ice Station Zebra, a new Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh installation.