Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade
Youth Express: Center for Young Musicians Duet
From 05/06/2017: From the Center for Young Musicians, Abby Bojalad and Kathryn Allen (12, Sewickley Academy) with vocal selections along with accompanist Jake Nathanson and instructor Margaret Olson.
Interview: EQT Children’s Theater Festival 2017
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
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
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.
Live Music: Wheeling Park High School Bluegrass Band
From 04/29/2017: Wheeling Park High School Bluegrass Band featuring Amelia Cianelli (15, fiddle), Bailey Stephenson (17, banjo), Joseph Glorioso (15, guitar), Lilli Gadd (15, bass), Norman Lee (16, guitar) and Marguerite Demasi (16, mandolin) along with instructor Bob Turbanic.
Youth Express: Destino Cello Quartet
From 04/29/2017: From Youth Chamber Connection, the Destino Cello Quartet featuring 10th graders Mallika Matharu (16, Upper St Clair), Clara Turner (16, Mount Lebanon), Genevieve Scanlan (15, Quaker Valley) and 11th grader Olivia Burik (17, North Hills).
Youth Express: Propel Northside Talent Show
From 04/29/2017: Eboni (10, Hill District) talks about her talents in drawing and writing along with instructor Emily Bonessi to preview the Propel Northside Talent Show.
Live Music: Aaron Lefebvre
From 04/22/2017: Acoustic music with folk-fusion instrumentalist Aaron Lefebvre.
Youth Express: Northside Open Spelling Challenge
From 04/22/2017: Past participants Shaniya (11, Propel Northside) and Tatyanna (11, Schiller), along with Doreen Upshaw, preview the Northside Open 3rd Annual Spelling and Literacy Challenge 2017, sponsored by The Pittsburgh Project for students in Grades 3-8 with one winner per grade, 5/20 (10 am to 1 pm).
Youth Express: BotsIQ Preview
From 04/22/2017: Southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ participants Zach Knight (California University of Pennsylvania), Ashley McGhee (12th grade, Yough High School) and Thomas McFadden (12th grade, Fox Chapel High School) discussing their experiences learning about manufacturing principles and career opportunities as they prepare for the BotsIQ competition, 4/28 and 4/29, California University Convocation Center.



