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Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade

YES: Rishi Mirchandani

August 24, 2013 – 1:14 pm
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From 8/24/13: Fox Chapel Area High School student and Pittsburgh Concert Society honoree Rishi Mirchandani with selections on piano

Preview: We Love Our North Side Schools

August 17, 2013 – 1:18 pm
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From 8/17/13: Terri Lee from Jehoshabeath Eli, along with students Coquii and Aaron, preview We Love our North Side Schools, an 8/24 walk from Buhl Community Park to the Fred Rogers statue to show support for North Side children as the new school year begins

Preview: Tuskegee Airmen Memorial

August 17, 2013 – 1:00 pm
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From 8/17/13: Rich Dieter and Regis Bobonis, Sr. discussing the 9/15/13 dedication of the Tuskegee Airmen of Western Pa. Memorial in Sewickley Cemetary. Special guests include Josh White, Jr. (whose father Josh White wrote the 1941 song Uncle Sam Says and served as a key voice of the fight against Jim Crow practices in the U.S. military), Bill Hicks, Sr. (Tuskegee Airmen) as well as Bill Hicks, Jr., and Kim Slater-Wood, each of whose father served as a Tuskegee Airman.

YES: Liz Jones

August 17, 2013 – 12:26 pm
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From 8/17/13: 10-year old singer-songwriter Liz Jones of North Strabane Intermediate School, a guitarist studying at David’s Music House

YES: Pittsburgh Music Academy

August 17, 2013 – 11:44 am
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From 8/17/13: A Pittsburgh Music Academy ensemble featuring students Kelsey Erdely (piano), Elizabeth Teufel , Anna Lucarelli and Sanai Horne (violins) along with teacher Carrie Erdely

YES: Still Feel Like Going On

August 10, 2013 – 12:06 pm
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From 8/10/13: Ervin Dyer and students Hakim Mckenzie and Joshua Fitch on Still Feel Like Going On, a photography exhibit at the August Wilson Center runs through 8/30

YES: London Reese

August 10, 2013 – 10:30 am
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From 8/10/13: Rising 11th grade CAPA student and Hip Hop On Lock member London Reese joins us to share her original poetry

WORD PLAY! by The Fred Rogers Company

August 3, 2013 – 3:26 pm
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From 8/3/13: Margy Whitmer of The Fred Rogers Company discussing WORD PLAY!, a new interactive family word game now in place at bus shelters throughout the city.

Live Music: Brian Peters

August 3, 2013 – 11:48 am
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From 8/3/13: British traditional singer, guitarist and squeezebox player Brian Peters performing live while in the area for the Augusta Heritage Festival and a concert at St. Andrew Lutheran Church on 8/3

YES: Nicole Shaheen

August 3, 2013 – 11:43 am
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From 8/3/13: Nicole Shaheen, a student at St. Teresa of Avilia and member of the Children’s Festival Chorus, with original songs and poems