Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade
Interview: Bach Choir Uprooted, The Spirituals of William Dawson
From 11/13/2021: Artistic director Thomas Douglas previews Bach Choir’s upcoming performance “Uprooted: The Spirituals of William Dawson”. (250 North Highland Ave, 11/13 and 11/14).
Interview: PYSO returns to Heinz Hall, Bill Powers
From 11/13/2021: Executive Director Bill Powers on Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Return to Heinz Hall (11/13, 600 Penn Ave).
Interview: Steel City Shakespeare Youth Academy
From 11/13/2021: Jeffrey Chips along with Samuel and Isaac on the Steel City Shakespeare Youth Academy Fall Showcase (11/19, 7:00 pm at Steel City Shakespeare Center in the West End).
Interview: Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse Quilts
From 11/13/2021: Sarah Simkin with details on a new Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse exhibition featuring quilts created by artist-in-residence Ada S. Cyrus, 11/15 through 11/17 (noon to 3 pm).
Interview: Crash the Carnegies
From 11/06/2021: Tad Wissel, Manager of Special Projects at SLB Radio joins us with live interviews from Crash The Carnegies, the 125th anniversary celebration of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Museums (11/6 & 11/7).
Interview: Animated Arias, Chris Cox
From 10/06/2021: Chris Cox previews Pittsburgh Opera’s November Brown Bag Concert “Animated Arias” a series of custom animated videos by Point Park University students from the Cinema Arts Department set to opera selections by Pittsburgh Opera. (11/13 at 12:00pm, Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters)
Interview: Alex Hamburger
From 11/06/2021: Flutist-composer and singer Alex Hamburger on her new album And She Spoke, memorializing strong, unrelenting women. Hamburger will play at SongSpace at First Unitarian on 11/11 at 7:30 PM.
Interview: Natalie Homer
From 11/06/2021: Poet Natalie Homer on her upcoming poetry reading at Pittsburgh Remembers: Illuminating A Path Forward Through Music and Poetry (11/9 from 7:00 – 8:30PM, Alphabet City and online).
Live Music: The Turpentiners
From 10/30/2021: Good-time country and rural swing with The Turpentiners: Megan Williams on fiddle/washboard/vocals, Ron Mesing on Dobro, Stu Braun on harmonica, Ben Hartlage on acoustic guitar/vocals, and Adam Frew on upright bass.
Youth Express: Poet Danielle Obisie-Orlu
From 10/30/2021: Danielle Obisie-Orlu is Alphabet City’s 2021-22 Youth Poet Laureate of Allegheny County.



