Articles in Youth Expression Showcase
Youth Express: Large Print Literary Magazine
From 10/28/2017: Large Print student editor, Lauren Jasper (11th grade, Ellis School) and writers Brianna Kline Costa (11th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA), Gracie Cain and Emma Prokop (each in 8th grade, Falk School) share writing and discuss their experiences with this Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh teen literary magazine
Youth Express: Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Beauty and the Beast
From 10/21/2017: Mia Schmidtetter (18, Fox Chapel), Dara Kovacevic (16, Pittsburgh CAPA), Tanell Franklin-Phillips (17, Lincoln Park Performing Arts), Aubrie Knap (18, Pine Richland), Brecken Farrell (16, Knoch), Teodora Bikowski (9, Bon Meade Elementary), Amarianna Busa (16, Pine Richland), Ilyssa Bails (10, Community Day School), Rachael Parsons (12, Thomas Jefferson), Ben Godley-Fisher (14, Obama Academy), Nick Staso (17,Lincoln Park Performing Arts), preview Beauty and the Beast, 10/26 to 10/29, Byham Theater.
Youth Express: City Theatre Young Playwrights
From 10/21/2017: Jack Horrigan (14, Mt. Lebanon High School), Dani Jordan (14, Pittsburgh CAPA), Chloe Werner (14, Pittsburgh Allderdice) preview upcoming City Theatre Young Playwrights Festival performances at Lester Hamburg Studio. (10/28 and 10/29, 1 and 6 pm).
Youth Express: Big Brother, Big Sister of the Month
From 10/14/2017: Big Sister Nicole Parker and Little Sister Ceazia discuss their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staff member Shaun Hall.
Youth Express: Pittsburgh Music Academy
From 10/07/2017: Pittsburgh Music Academy piano and violin players Leela Kulkarni (8, Streams Elementary), Allie Miller (8, Markham Elementary), Amanda McClain (14, Carlynton High School), Ellis Clark (5, Adat Shalom Preschool) and Avery Mills (9, Wyland Elementary) along with instructor Becky Keeley.
Youth Express: H.M.S. Pinafore, Pittsburgh Savoyards
From 10/07/2017: Pittsburgh Savoyards previews its 80th season and upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S Pinafore with Evan Vay (15, Hampton High School) and Scott Gerse (18, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg), along with adult cast members and production crew Sarah Nadler, Caryn Crozier, Shane Valenzi and Lynette Garlan. The show runs 10/13 to10/15 and 10/19 to 10/22, Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall
Youth Express: Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, Mary Poppins
From 09/30/2017: Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School students Amanda Gross (17), Matt Fedorek (16), and Abby Witherstine (17) previewing their production of Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical (10/6-10/8, 10/13-10/15 and 10/20-10/22).
Youth Express: Rising Voices Youth Choir
From 09/30/2017: Rising Voices Youth Choir members Julianna Page (12) and Bailey Roach (9) from St. Benedict the Moor School, NaKyah Stribling (11, Pittsburgh CAPA), Saniyah Whitley (11, Pittsburgh Schiller) and Zoe Palat (10, Kentucky Ave. School) along with instructors Elizabeth Chitester and Alex Sabo.
Youth Express: ARYSE Academy
From 09/23/2017: ARYSE (Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education) Congolese students Deborah Mwadi (15) and Shaelida Mujinga (19) at Brashear High School with poetry and conversation along with ARYSE interns Varsha Ramasubramanian and Isabelle Ouyang and executive director, Jenna Baron.
Youth Express: The Queen’s Gambit Chess Institute
From 09/23/2017: Ashley Lynn Priore (12th grade, The Ellis School) with details on The Queen’s Gambit Chess Institute, a new initiative to help chess reach more young people throughout the region.
