Youth Expression Showcase

Our weekly radio program invites students in Grades K-12 to perform live on the air. Hear young musicians, singer/songwriters, photographers, writers, poets and other people who express themselves through the arts.

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Since 1978, The Saturday Light Brigade has broadcast LIVE spontaneous on-air phone calls from kids and adults as part of its Saturday morning radio program. Now you can hear some of the most memorable calls from people participating in on-air games and other participatory features or simply calling to tell us about something exciting.

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Join us as we celebrate the original talent in our midst with these weekly archives of in-studio performances by regional and national musicians and artists. Folk, bluegrass, jazz, singer/songwriter, international, storytellers and more!

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Audio replays from the hundreds of arts, human services and other non-profit organizations interviewed by SLB each year.

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Interview: New Horizon Theater, WEBEIME

September 23, 2023 – 8:20 am
Webeime

From 09/23/2023: Joyce Meggerson-Moore and Layon Gray previewing the New Horizon Theater production of Webeime, 9/28, 9/29 (7:30 pm), 9/30 (3 pm, 7:30 pm), 10/1 (3 pm), Pittsburgh Public Theater Helen Wayne Rauh Rehearsal Hall, 621 Penn Avenue.

Interview: Scholastic Writing Awards, Leslie Wessner

September 23, 2023 – 7:50 am

From 09/23/2023: Leslie Wessner on how students in Grades 7 to 12 can submit their work to the Scholastic Writing Awards program.

Interview: The Library of Things, Sarah Beasley

September 23, 2023 – 7:20 am
Crafts

From 09/23/2023: Sarah Beasley on Allegheny County Library’s Library of Things program.

Interview: TELL Pittsburgh 2023, Kathy Maron-Wood

September 16, 2023 – 8:20 am

From 09/16/2023: Kathy Maron-Wood previews TELL Pittsburgh‘s 2023 Virtual Season, beginning at 7 pm on 9/21 with Mike Perry, then Karl Smith on 10/19, Jennifer Munro on 11/16, and the Winter Olio on 12/14.

Interview: Afterschool Welding Lab, Maura Bainbridge

September 16, 2023 – 7:50 am
Industrial-Arts-Workshop

From 09/16/2023: Maura Bainbridge talking about Industrial Arts Workshop’s After School Welding Lab, an opportunity for students ages 14 – 18 to learn technical welding and creative metal sculpture.

Interview: Wings, Water, and Wildlife Festival, Sarah Koenig

September 16, 2023 – 7:20 am
Wings-Water-Wildlife

From 09/16/2023: Sarah Koenig with information on the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania’s Wings, Water, and Wildlife Festival at the Buffalo Creek Nature Park on 9/23, 10 am (Sarver, PA).

Interview: National Day of Play, Adam Zahren

September 16, 2023 – 6:50 am
Playful-Pittsburgh_Loose-Parts

From 09/16/2023: Adam Zahren from Playful Pittsburgh sharing information about two events at Lytle Land Park in Hazelwood: The National Day of Play on 9/16 at 10 am and The Hazelwood Tree Appreciation Day on 9/22 at 4 pm.

Interview: Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour, Leslie Vincen

September 9, 2023 – 8:20 am
Mexican-War-Streets

09/09/2023: Leslie Vincen from the Mexican War Streets Society with information on its 51st Annual Mexican War Streets House and Garden Tour on 9/17, 11 am

Interview: Pittsburgh Pennywhistle Project, L.E. McCullough

September 9, 2023 – 7:50 am
Penny_Whistle_sculpture

From 09/09/2023: L.E. McCullough discussing the Pittburgh Pennywhistle Project, a project distributing free pennywhistles at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival during his Basics of Irish Pennywhistle workshop, 9/9 (3:30 pm), Carrie Blast Furnaces

Interview: Alloy School Open House, Sarah Gilmer

September 9, 2023 – 7:20 am
Alloy-Open-House

From 09/09/2023: Sarah Gilmer from the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater with information on The Alloy School’s Open House and fall workshops