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Live Music: Steve Pellegrino

March 15, 2014 – 2:11 pm
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From 3/15/14: Live music with accordionist and storyteller Steve Pellegrino

YES: Center for Young Musicians Guitarists

March 15, 2014 – 1:11 pm
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From 3/15/14: Guitarists Julian Drake (10, Ross Elementary), Manav Kathir (12, Ingomar Middle School), Nolan Jacob (13, Providence Heights Alpha), Samuel Farls (13, Providence Heights Alpha), and Bernardo Vieira (14, Marshall Middle School) from the Center for Young Musicians

Live Music: Mark Dignam

March 8, 2014 – 4:31 pm
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From 3/8/14: Irish born singer/songwriter Mark Dignam with a song or two in preview of an annual concert featuring music to honor Ireland and its culture, 3/14, Club Cafe

YES: Brilliant Bookworms

March 8, 2014 – 4:25 pm
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From 3/8/14: Stories told by members of The Brilliant Bookworms, a club of 3rd, 4th and 5th Winchester Thurston grade students who enjoy each other’s company while exploring and practicing the art of storytelling

YES: Falstaff’s Fellows

March 8, 2014 – 4:16 pm
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From 3/8/14: Falstaff’s Fellows with original-language adaptations of Shakespeare performed by kids for kids

YES: Wesley Smith

March 8, 2014 – 4:11 pm
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From 3/8/14: A musical performance Wesley Smith, a talented percussionist and senior at Urban Pathways Charter Schools, with accompaniment from Tony Campbell on saxophone and Ian Gordon on trumpet.

Live Music: The Ortner/Marcinizyn Duo

March 8, 2014 – 4:03 pm
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From 3/8/14: The Ortner/Marcinizyn Duo, featuring clarinetist and soprano saxophonist Susanne Ortner-Roberts and guitarist John Marcinzyn performing gypsy jazz, Latin, klezmer and more

YES: Prime Stage Theatre

March 5, 2014 – 10:45 am
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From 3/1/14: Andrew Swackhammer and Magan Dee Yantko with a scene from the Prime Stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest, 3/7 to 3/16, New Hazlett Theater

Live Music: Na Gaels

March 1, 2014 – 11:05 am
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From 3/1//14: Live Celtic music with Na Gaels

Live Music: Cathasaigh

February 22, 2014 – 3:18 pm
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From 2/22/14: Live music with Pittsburgh-based singer/songwriter Cathasaigh