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YES: Shaler High School Creative Writing

November 3, 2012 – 11:47 am
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From 11/3/12: Shaler Area High School students Megan Pennington , Ethan Griffin and Alex Gercak share original writing created in teacher Ben Shannon’s English 101 class

Prime Stage Theater’s “Fahrenheit 451”

October 27, 2012 – 11:27 am
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From 10/27/12: Justin Mohr and Magan Yantko of Prime Stage Theater with a preview of Fahrenheit 451, running at the New Hazlett Theater, 11/2 through 11/11

Live Music: Vox Lumina

October 27, 2012 – 11:19 am
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From 10/27/12: Vox Lumina with “organically grown soul music” featuring blues, jazz, folk, rock and world music.

Big Sister Sonya Lindgren and Little Sister Moreana

October 27, 2012 – 11:03 am
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From 10/27/12: Big Sister Sonya Lindgren and Little Sister Moreana along with Kristine Pace of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh

YES: Marcus Meston

October 27, 2012 – 10:52 am
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From 10/27/12: Seventeen-year-old singer-songwriter Marcus Meston from Upper St. Clair High School along with guitarist Billy Sukitch

YES: Hope Academy’s HAT Co

October 27, 2012 – 10:20 am
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From 10/27/12: Kids from Hope Academy performing Halloween favorites that were part of the4th Annual Halloween Mayhem, Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 10/27, 10 am to 2 pm

YES: Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s “Cinderella”

October 20, 2012 – 8:13 pm
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From 10/20/12: Cast members from Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s upcoming production of Cinderella , 10/25 to 10/28, Byham Theater

Live Music: Monty Kane

October 20, 2012 – 6:01 pm
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From 10/20/12: Live music with fingerstyle guitarist Montogomery Kane along with Professor Gum, his “funny-song-writing, bad-nutritional-advice-dispensing” alter ego

YES: Gemini Theater’s “Jack and the Bean Stalk”

October 20, 2012 – 11:39 am
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From 10/20/12: Members of the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk, running 10/20 through 11/11, Gemini Theater.

Pittsburgh Youth Media Reporters

October 20, 2012 – 10:34 am
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From 10/20/12: Pittsburgh Youth Media reporters sharing their experiences covering the 2012 One Young World Summit.