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Live Music: Ernie Hawkins & Clint Hoover

June 17, 2023 – 11:05 am
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From 06/17/2023: Acoustic blues with Ernie Hawkins and Clint Hoover, previewing their show at Breezeway Home, 6/24 (6:30 pm), Point Breeze.

Youth Express: Ligonier Valley Writers, Olivia Mastren-Williams

June 17, 2023 – 10:35 am
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From 06/17/2023: Olivia (Liv) Mastren-Williams (15, Chartiers Valley High School), recipient of the Naccarato Award from the Ligonier Valley Writers Student Poetry Competition, talking about her poem The Five Stages of Grief.

Youth Express: Youth Shakespeare Society, Much Ado About Nothing

June 17, 2023 – 10:05 am
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From 06/17/2023: Matilda MacInnis (10, homeschooled), Sydney Forschein (14, homeschooled), Ella Craig (17, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School), Kinsley Beachler (20, Seton Hill University), and Theo Fantozzi (21, University of Rhode Island) from The Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh previewing lines from Much Ado About Nothing, running 7/7 and 7/8 (6pm), 7/9 (2pm) at Perman Funeral Home

Interview: The Boxcar Children, Prime Stage Theatre

June 17, 2023 – 8:20 am
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From 06/17/2023: Wayne Brinda discussing the Prime Stage Sprouts’ production The Boxcar Children running 6/16 – 6/25 (7pm on Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30pm on Sundays) at the New Hazlett Theatre.

Live Music: Lee Robinson and ISKA

June 10, 2023 – 11:05 am
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From 06/10/2023: Pittsburgh Jazz musician, saxophonist, and composer Lee Robinson and ISKA (Zack Mester, Joe Defazio, and Stephen Chin).

Youth Express: Lincoln Park Writers

June 10, 2023 – 10:35 am
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From 06/10/2023: Camilla Adams (17), Hailey Ake (15), Adrien Emler (14), Jacob Lewis (17), Felicity Portoulas (14), Ravenna Rodgers (15), Mallory Rose (15), Rachel Sledzianowski (15), and Savanna Stile (15), all students from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, talk about the importance and value of writing in their daily lives.

Youth Express: Ab-So-Flutely Amazing Quartet

June 10, 2023 – 10:05 am
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From 06/10/2023: Selections on the flute with Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artist Award honorees the Ab-So-Flutely Amazing Quartet: AJ Schmidt (15), Anna Qin (16), Lacey Pribanic (16), and Nia Hanington (15), all students from Franklin Regional High School.

Live Music: Monallo & Rev. Ezra

June 3, 2023 – 11:05 am
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From 06/03/2023: Music and conversation with touring duo Monallo and Rev Ezra in advance of their show at Pittsburgh Winery, 6/3 (3 pm)

Youth Express: PMT Summer Camps

June 3, 2023 – 10:35 am
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From 06/03/2023: Show tunes and conversation about Pittsburgh Musical Theater Summer Camp opportunities with Ilyssa Bails (16, Allderdice), Rayna Aiken (15, PA Leadership Charter School), Chris Russell (18, West Mifflin Area High School), Eli Fisher (17, Thomas Jefferson High School), and PMT staffer, Quinn Patrick Shannon.

Youth Express: WPCTE Flash Fiction, Garret & Adam

June 3, 2023 – 10:05 am
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From 06/03/2023: The Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English (WPCTE) Flash Fiction Contest honorees Garret Tokar (11th grade, Avonworth School District) and Adam Burk (3rd grade, Sharpsville Elementary School).