From 12/8/12: Fairchild Challenge winners Sarah Del Frate (Mellon Middle School), Claire Bachtell (Woodland Hills Junior High), Hannah Pribanic (St. Sylvester School), Sharon Dong (Ingomar Middle School) and Tyler Wade (Manchester Academic Charter School) sharing reflective essays on spending 24 hours in the absence of technology

From 12/1/12: Oakland Girls Choir Concentio Choir with challenging, classical, multiple-part pieces featuring thirty-five 6th through 12 grade girls from throughout Pittsburgh. The choir previews their Sing-a-thon, bringing music to area nursing homes and the general public via four full-length concerts, all on 12/1

From 12/1/12: Young violinists from the Landes String Studio performing live

From 11/24/12: Members of the cast of Beauty and the Beast Holiday, running 11/24 through 12/23, Gemini Theater

From 11/17/12: Trent Uhlemann (St. Sylvester School), Camille Neira (Avonworth Middle School), Alayna Ziegler ( St. Sylvester School), Jack Shorthouse (St. Phillip School) and Will Sutherland (Mellon Middle School) describing how they created sculptures using found objects as part of the Fairchild Challenge, a Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens program designed to foster interest in the environment by encouraging teenagers to investigate and to take action on environmental issues