Youth Expression Showcase

Our weekly radio program invites students in Grades K-12 to perform live on the air. Hear young musicians, singer/songwriters, photographers, writers, poets and other people who express themselves through the arts.

Oral History

SLB Radio’s Oral History Program connects teens with adult role models in their communities. Click here to listen.

Callers

Since 1978, The Saturday Light Brigade has broadcast LIVE spontaneous on-air phone calls from kids and adults as part of its Saturday morning radio program. Now you can hear some of the most memorable calls from people participating in on-air games and other participatory features or simply calling to tell us about something exciting.

Performance

Join us as we celebrate the original talent in our midst with these weekly archives of in-studio performances by regional and national musicians and artists. Folk, bluegrass, jazz, singer/songwriter, international, storytellers and more!

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Gemini Children’s Theater previews Charlotte’s Web

February 19, 2011 – 11:30 am
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The Gemini Theater produces original, interactive, children’s musicals which focus on artistic, cultural and educational themes. This week we welcome members of the cast of Charlotte’s Web, as they preview their production of this classic story.

CAPA’s Literary Arts Review

February 19, 2011 – 11:25 am
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Pittsburgh CAPA students who have recently attended the Pittsburgh Opera’s production of Rinaldo join us to share their performance reviews and poetry inspired by the opera.

Sean Regan

February 12, 2011 – 4:24 pm
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We’re happy to host bagpiper and Edinboro University student Sean Regan, the very first student to enroll in a music education degree for piping, live in our studios.

Western PA Writing Project

February 12, 2011 – 4:20 pm
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Students of the Western PA Writing Project join us to share some of their recent compositions, live in our studios.

Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Camelot

February 5, 2011 – 11:41 am
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We’re pleased to welcome two young members of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Camelot, as well as PPT’s Director of Education, Rob Zellers, as they preview PPT’s biggest event of the season. See website for further detail.

Brilliant Bookworms

January 29, 2011 – 2:04 pm
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The Brilliant Bookworms, an afterschool storytelling club of 4th & 5th grade students from Winchester Thurstson School, join us for a special storytelling session featuring three original, fractured fairy tales, live in our studios.

Gilda’s Club Teen Advisory Committee

January 29, 2011 – 2:01 pm
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We’re joined by three members of Gilda’s Teen Advisory Committee, a select group of high school students committed to helping spread awareness, understanding, and advocacy in their schools and communities about how cancer affects teens. They join us to discuss their efforts and to preview their upcoming Battle of the Bands fundraiser.

Dreams of Hope’s Bully Me

January 22, 2011 – 2:11 pm
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Through spoken word, movement, drama, and song, Dreams of Hope youth performers explore bullying and its negative consequences in their production of Bully Me. Show premiers at the August Wilson Center on Sunday, January 30 at 4:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. We welcome members of the cast who will preview a scene, live on SLB.

David Weale

January 15, 2011 – 1:06 pm
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We’re happy to host talented, classical guitarist David Weale again on our program.

My Holiday Traditions

January 15, 2011 – 1:01 pm
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During the holidays of 2010, several young students from Manchester Academic Charter School wrote stories about their traditions, many of which appeared in the Northside Chronicle. This week we’re joined by a few of the young writers, along with MACS faculty and Emily Leone of the NCS.