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Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade

YES: Kentucky Avenue School Mythological Monster Mash-Up

October 3, 2015 – 2:00 pm
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From 10/03/2015: Gemma Brooks (7), Eliza Harris (8), Olina Mukherjee (9), Lukyan Silver (10), and Zora Harris (11) of Kentucky Avenue School talk about their Mythological Monster Mash-Up Project for Maker Faire Pittsburgh, 10/10 and 10/11.

YES: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month

October 3, 2015 – 2:00 pm
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From 10/03/2015: Big couple Brian Needham and Ami Saji with little brother, Xavier, talk about their relationship forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staff, Sandra Eritano.

YES: City Theatre Company Young Playwrights

September 26, 2015 – 1:30 pm
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From 09/26/2015: City Theatre Company 2015 Young Playwrights award-winners Korey Grecek (13, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter), Tara Marsh (14, Lincoln Junior/Senior High School), Ciara Sing (15, Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12), Michelle Do (16, North Hills High School), and Sasha Edwards (16, Washington High School) all have plays selected for the 2015 Young Playwrights Contest.

Live Performance: Speak Life Storytellers

September 26, 2015 – 1:30 pm
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From 09/26/2015: Captain Adam J. Keene and First Officer Langston Kelly of Speak Life Storytellers present an odyssey of the imagination. They tell the story of a group of kids and their search for the key to wealth.

YES: Riversong String Band

September 19, 2015 – 1:19 pm
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From 09/19/2015: The Arnold-Mages sisters of Southside Slopes, Josephine (5), Lillian (6), Camille (12), and Emily (15), are four fiddlers who perform as Riversong.

Live Music: Ben Bedford

September 19, 2015 – 1:04 pm

From 09/19/2015: Live music with singer/songwriter Ben Bedford in preparation for the BurghSong festival.

YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, J. Oliver Choo

September 12, 2015 – 4:22 pm

From 9/12/2015: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists winner J. Oliver Choo (12) performs selections from Schubert and Motzart on piano.

Live Music: Tom Breiding

September 12, 2015 – 4:21 pm
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From 9/12/2015: Live Music with folk singer/songwriter Tom Breiding after his release of River, Rails and Roads.

YES: Big Brother, Big Sister of the Month

September 5, 2015 – 2:48 pm
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Lauren and Shyae talk about their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBS staffer Cheryl Jones.

YES: Gabby Moran on Female Leadership Initiative

September 5, 2015 – 2:29 pm
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Gabby Moran (16) on her experience with Three Rivers Community Foundation and the launch of the Female Leadership Initiative at Oakland Catholic High School