Special Guests: Pitt Students from heroiKs
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Kaitlyn Goerl, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, and Thomas Bryant, a recent Pitt alumni, stopped by to tell us a little about themselves and let listeners know about their non-profit student organization heroiKs. The organization will host its biggest event of the year, the 2nd Annual Pittsburgh Super Stroll, on Sunday March 25th, 2012, at 12:00pm. Listeners are invited to come join the heroiKs crew in Oakland on Sunday. All information can be found at http://www.heroiks.org
The 6th Annual Father Daughter Dinner Dance
Alongside an evening of dinner and dance, fathers and their daughters joined us here at The Saturday Light Brigade to share memories of their fondest moments together.
Three Rivers Arts Festival
Thank you to everyone who connected with The Saturday Light Brigade during this year’s Three Rivers Arts Festival.
SLB’s tent was open Saturdays and Sundays (noon to 5 p.m.) in the Creativity Zone in Point State Park and collected thoughts from children and youth on the role the arts play in their lives.
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy – 15th Birthday
At the 2011 celebration for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancies 15th birthday, HearMe & SLB collected these 5 stories from children aged 7 to 11. Topics were left up to the storyteller and ranged from Sports, Volunteerism, Martin Luther King, Jr, Acting and Animals.
Grow Pittsburgh’s ‘Family Cooking Night’
Grow Pittsburgh’s ‘Family Cooking Night’ event gives children and adults a chance to prepare a large meal together and learn about different culinary styles, methods, and seed-to-table agriculture. Children attending Family Cooking Night at Pittsburgh Montessori discussed their sensory experiences with the herbs that were a part of their recipe for Indian Curry.