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Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade

Big Brother Corey Rethage and Little Brother Nico

April 20, 2013 – 3:18 pm
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From 4/20/13: Corey Rethage and Nico on how Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh connected their lives along with staffer Kristen Pace

Live Music: Josh White Jr.

April 20, 2013 – 3:11 pm
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From 4/20/13: Live music with legendary acoustic bluesman Josh White, Jr.

YES: Shaler Area High School Creative Writers

April 20, 2013 – 2:59 pm
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From 4/20/13: Original poems, short stories, fiction and non-fiction from eight Shaler Area High School students

YES: Pitt Theater Arts

April 13, 2013 – 12:04 pm
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From 4/13/13: Members of the cast from University of Pittsburgh’s Theater Arts program performing scenes fromThis Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing

Live Music: Machete Kisumontao

April 6, 2013 – 12:34 pm
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From 4/6/13: Afro-Caribbean music with Machete Kisumontao, a 7-piece Pittsburgh-based ensemble

YES: Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s “Sleeping Beauty”

April 6, 2013 – 12:28 pm
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From 4/6/13: Pittsburgh Musical Theater with a preview of Sleeping Beauty, 4/11 through 4/13 at The New Hazlett Theater

YES: Gemini Theater’s “Sword in the Stone”

April 6, 2013 – 12:05 pm
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From 4/6/13: Members of the cast of the Gemini Theater production of Sword in the Stone, 4/6 through 4/28

Live Music: Jack McLaughlin

March 30, 2013 – 12:05 pm
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From 3/30/13: Live music with singer/songwriter Jack McLaughlin

YES: Poetry Inspired by Historical Architecture

March 30, 2013 – 11:37 am
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From 3/30/13: Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 students Jaiman White (11), Daisy Tappe (10), and Cristal Flores (10) discuss and share art and poetry inspired by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation explorations of architectural spaces in Squirrel Hill, the South Side and Banksville

YES: Adele Grabowski

March 30, 2013 – 11:25 am
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From 3/30/13: Vocalist and Carnegie Mellon student Adele Grabowski, one of the winners of the 2012-2013 Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra Young Artist Competition