Podcasts about Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Kendra Whitlock Ingram, President and CEO of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, calls in to tell listeners about "Art's Landing."

If you're new here, welcome! We've put together a starter pack for you, with episodes and articles to welcome you to the City Cast Pittsburgh community.  Fall is almost here, which means it's time to lace up your hiking boots and grab an apple cider donut — or lace up your Ren Faire outfit and grab a turkey leg. Whether you're into stargazing, tailgating, or harvest festivals, we're here with tips for enjoying September. If you love our food recommendations in this episode, don't miss our recent episode about the best meals for $10 or less in Pittsburgh. For even more tips on how to make the most out of September in Pittsburgh, check out Hey Pittsburgh's take on what to do this month. City Cast Pittsburgh is made possible by our awesome sponsors, like Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Recovery Walk, and Babbel. We're also powered by our members, who enjoy an ad-free version of the show. Find out more about how to become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here. Reach us at pittsburgh@citycast.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Hill, Director of Government Affairs and District Initiatives for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, calls in to tell listeners about the plan the Cultural trust has to keep the city busy for the summer.

Summer is here, and it's the perfect season for curling up in a hammock with a good book. If you need an extra incentive to get started, our county library system's adult summer reading programs offer lots of prizes. Bellevue librarian Erin Thompson explains how you can earn rewards for getting lost in a beach read, plus she's sharing a few hacks for getting the most out of your library card.  Learn more about our sponsors: Tours of the Carrie Blast Furnaces are a great way to connect with our region's steel-making legacy. Rivers of Steel offers different kinds of tours — the Industrial Tour highlights the site's iron-making technology, its workers, and their culture, and the Black Experience shares how the Great Migration shaped the workforce and our surrounding communities. Check them out at https://riversofsteel.com/tours Liberty Magic is the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's premier speakeasy theater dedicated to the art of elevating magic. In his one-person comedy magic and variety show, The Zabrecky Hour, multiskilled artist Rob Zabrecky invites audiences into his remarkably curious world through storytelling and magic. Get tickets at https://trustarts.org/magic before they disappear. Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news?  Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're on Instagram @CityCastPgh. Text or leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Three Rivers Arts Festival will be here before you know it, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has been hard at work to line up musical guests for the ten day extravaganza. From Los Lonely Boys to Ben Folds, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra or The SugarHill Gang, Sarah Aziz from the Cultural Trust tells Rick Dayton this year's performers cover a wide range of music. She also discusses how the Trust decides what kind of musical mix they are trying to find each summer.

Ep. 66 Pam Komar: Mindful Service This week Katie shares her conversation with friend of the podcast Pam Komar of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. They discuss the power of embracing change, how to focus on wellness and taking care of yourself, and how particular programming areas are avenues to connecting with disengaged audiences. Pam also shares the history of the Cultural Trust and the impact it continues to have on Pittsburgh. Our hosts share how they unplug and take time for themselves, and we discover that Kevin is actually from the Jersey Shore. Pam Komar is the Director of Programming at The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (https://trustarts.org/). Follow us on social media and let us know your thoughts and questions - https://linktr.ee/nobusinesslikepod Our theme song is composed by Vic Davi.

Listen to Brittany Martin (The Ruby on Rails Podcast), Jason Charnes (Remote Ruby) and Paul Bahr (Peachtree Sound) as they interview guests from the community on a live podcast at Railsconf 2023 in Atlanta, GA. Guest #1: Aaron Patterson, Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify (https://twitter.com/tenderlove) Guest #2: Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians (https://twitter.com/inazarova) Guest #3: Voted on by the community in an online poll: Justin Searls, Meta Programmer at Test Double (https://twitter.com/searls?lang=en) Guest #4: Voted on by the community live at this session: Britni Alexander, Senior Software Engineer (https://twitter.com/TwitniTheGirl) Our Vanna White of Guest Selection: Danielle Greaves, Lead Web Developer, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (https://twitter.com/danigirl329) Show Notes: A Ruby Community Podcast Live! | Railsconf 2023 (https://railsconf2023.sessionize.com/session/471526) Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/meet-paul) Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw) Keynote - Aaron Patterson | Railsconf 2023 (https://railsconf2023.sessionize.com/session/471439) Rails as a piece of birthday cake | Railsconf 2023 (https://railsconf2023.sessionize.com/session/452834) Evil Martians (https://evilmartians.com/) N.E.A.T. (Not Everything's About Technology) (https://testdouble.com/neat) Justin's Field Report from RubyKaiji (https://testdouble.com/field) Hire Britni! | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/britnia) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) You won't know if Honeybadger will really save you time and trouble until you see how it works in your own toolchain. With two lines of code and five minutes, you can see for yourself. Honeybadger automatically hooks into popular web frameworks, job systems, authentication libraries, and front-end JavaScript. Get started today in as little as 5 minutes at Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) with plans starting at free!

Join Jim Ellermeyer in this latest podcast episode as he wraps up his discussion with Chris Whitlatch, author of "Notorious Pittsburgh". Together, they delve into the personalities of bosses who were known to do their own "dirty work", and explore what drove them to cross ethical lines. Chris also shares his experience of turning the walking tour concept into a full-fledged book. Discover how the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust was able to reclaim some of the properties featured in the book and much more in this fascinating conversation. Notorious Pittsburgh is available in paperback or Kindle format on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3oJV5II, and you can keep up with Chris by visiting his website, www.christopherwhitlatch.com. Chris had previously joined the show in 2018 to discuss living with bipolar disorder. You can revisit that conversation on episodes 140, 141, and 142 of the show at www.FishingWithoutBait.com. Join Jim for a Mindful Walking Tour in Highland Park starting May 7! Sign up today! https://www.doorsopenpgh.org/tour-calendar/a-mindful-walk-through-highland-park-5-7-200pm Are you finding benefit from this show? We appreciate any support with our Patreon page! Pledge as little as $1 a month for extra clips, behind the scenes and more at www.patreon.com/fishingwithoutbait ! Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Join Jim Ellermeyer in this latest podcast episode as he wraps up his discussion with Chris Whitlatch, author of "Notorious Pittsburgh". Together, they delve into the personalities of bosses who were known to do their own "dirty work", and explore what drove them to cross ethical lines. Chris also shares his experience of turning the walking tour concept into a full-fledged book. Discover how the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust was able to reclaim some of the properties featured in the book and much more in this fascinating conversation. Notorious Pittsburgh is available in paperback or Kindle format on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3oJV5II, and you can keep up with Chris by visiting his website, www.christopherwhitlatch.com. Chris had previously joined the show in 2018 to discuss living with bipolar disorder. You can revisit that conversation on episodes 140, 141, and 142 of the show at www.FishingWithoutBait.com. Join Jim for a Mindful Walking Tour in Highland Park starting May 7! Sign up today! https://www.doorsopenpgh.org/tour-calendar/a-mindful-walk-through-highland-park-5-7-200pm Are you finding benefit from this show? We appreciate any support with our Patreon page! Pledge as little as $1 a month for extra clips, behind the scenes and more at www.patreon.com/fishingwithoutbait ! Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

The new CEO & President of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Kendra Whitlock Ingram was a guest on the Rick Dayton Show. She was talking about the blockbuster schedule for the 2023-24 season of the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series.  Moulon Rouge, The Wiz, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Kite Runner and My Fair Lady are among the shows coming to town. Why is she so excited about this schedule? Click to listen.

We're kicking off Women's History Month by looking at some of the artistic and cultural programming President/CEO and Artistic Director Janis Burley Wilson has brought to the August Wilson African American Cultural Center and the city of Pittsburgh over the years.  In this podcast, Janis Burley Wilson discusses the philosophy (engaging artists across disciplines to tell stories of African-American experiences and the African diaspora) that informs the programming of the  August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh's cultural district. We talk about the center's history  and the many programs and events it produces which include theater, music, dance, visual art, and educational programs as well as the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, the Highmark Blues and Heritage Festival, and the Black Bottom Film Festival.  Janis also talks about the center's deep commitment to the Pittsburgh community (nearly half of all programming is free and open to the public), her own deep roots in the city, her previous work with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and experience with the arts as a catalyst for economic development, all the juggling that's necessary in her current role, the enduring legacy of August Wilson, and  her hopes for the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in the future. Let us know what you think about Art Works—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov.

We're kicking off Women's History Month by looking at some of the artistic and cultural programming President/CEO and Artistic Director Janis Burley Wilson has brought to the August Wilson African American Cultural Center and the city of Pittsburgh over the years.  In this podcast, Janis Burley Wilson discusses the philosophy (engaging artists across disciplines to tell stories of African-American experiences and the African diaspora) that informs the programming of the  August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh's cultural district. We talk about the center's history  and the many programs and events it produces which include theater, music, dance, visual art, and educational programs as well as the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, the Highmark Blues and Heritage Festival, and the Black Bottom Film Festival.  Janis also talks about the center's deep commitment to the Pittsburgh community (nearly half of all programming is free and open to the public), her own deep roots in the city, her previous work with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and experience with the arts as a catalyst for economic development, all the juggling that's necessary in her current role, the enduring legacy of August Wilson, and  her hopes for the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in the future. Let us know what you think about Art Works—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov.

Established by five intrepid women in 1939, Pittsburgh Opera is viewed as one of the most vibrant opera organizations in the U.S., with a rich artistic tradition, outstanding educational programs, an acclaimed artist training program and a progressive outlook toward the future. Hear from the Opera's Christian Cox and Wendy Parkulo to learn how opera is thriving in Pittsburgh and is a valuable part of our cultural ecosystem. Join fellow Pittsburgh Technology Council members for a unique evening at the Pittsburgh Opera, with Pittsburgh Cultural Trust on March 28! This special iteration of our PTC Member Face2Face Mixer series will feature an opening networking reception for PTC members and Pittsburgh Opera and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust staff including light food and beverage. Learn more here.

Incoming President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Kendra Whitlock Ingram, joins Rick to talk about her vision for the Cultural Trust, replacing the retiring current president Kevin McMahon, and what music you can find her listening to. 

For Season Three, we are featuring the artists of THE BORDER IS A WEAPON exhibition curated by Gil Rocha and presented by Other Border Wall. The exhibition features five artists from the US/MX border and was curated by Gil Rocha. First opening in January 2022 at 937 Gallery in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust the show then traveled to the Laredo Center for the Arts in July 2022. Each interview is conducted by Tereneh Idia. Tereneh is the founder of Idia'Dega, an award-winning journalist, and the co-founder of Other Border Wall Project. Maritza Bautista is a Tex-Mex/pocha multi-disciplinary artist, educator, and cultural worker from Laredo, Texas. She received a Master of Arts in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2009) and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Studio Art from Texas A&M International University (2002). Maritza was awarded the SAIC Masters Fellowship in Art Education (2009), and her essay Unique Voices in Youth Media was published in the book Art and Social Justice Education: Culture as Commons (2012). Her work has been screened at various festivals including the iFFY: Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti (2022), MIRAAA Media Fest (2021), San Antonio Film Festival (2019), and Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (2015). She has also presented her work at the Creating Justice Symposium (2022), PASSAGE Visions (2022), the Sixth Biennial IAS Conference Walls, Bridges, Borders (2021), and most recently the collective exhibitions The Border is a Weapon (2022) and Across (2021). Maritza started teaching in 2003 and has sustained meaningful, collaborative art practices that explore and create a dialectic milieu inhabited by issues unique to marginalized communities. She is the Executive Director for Daphne Art Foundation. Her artistic practice explores scavenging, movement and transportation of goods as they relate to wealth along and across the U.S./Mexico border, the economic disparities that are visible and at times ironic, and survival mechanisms of working class people. Links, topics mentioned Gil Rocha, https://www.maakemagazine.com/gil-rocha Latino Union of Chicago https://www.latinounion.org/ NAFTA https://www.thebalance.com/history-of-nafta-3306272 https://www.thebalance.com/disadvantages-of-nafta-3306273 https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/14/nafta-has-harmed-mexico-much-more-than-a-wall-will-ever-do/ Binational River Park https://cw39.com/news/nationworld/u-s-and-mexican-ambassadors-promote-binational-river-park-at-border-conference-in-d-c/ RISC Rio Grande International Study Center https://www.wavy.com/news/national/laredo-nonprofit-awarded-art-grant-for-anti-border-wall-initiatives/ No Border Wall https://noborderwallcoalition.com/ Tereneh Idia Design work: www.IdiaDega.com Writing: https://muckrack.com/tereneh-idia Twitter: @TerenehIdia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otherborderwall/message

For Season Three, we are featuring the artists of THE BORDER IS A WEAPON exhibition curated by Gil Rocha and presented by Other Border Wall. The exhibition features five artists from the US/MX border and was curated by Gil Rocha. First opening in January 2022 at 937 Gallery in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust the show then traveled to the Laredo Center for the Arts in July 2022. Each interview is conducted by Tereneh Idia. Tereneh is the founder of Idia'Dega, an award-winning journalist, and the co-founder of Other Border Wall Project. Angel Cabrales, MFA, is an Assistant Professor in Sculpture at the University of Texas at El Paso. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University and Masters of Fine Arts from The University of North Texas. Angel views everything as an artistic resource and utilizes this in all his creations, from his extensive experience with a variety of mediums and styles, to the intangibles, such as his upbringing in the El Paso, Texas Borderlands, his work grows and expands with the requirements presented from each new idea.His father a retired engineer at White Sands Missile Range, instilled Angel with a great interest in science and engineering, while his mother, a politically active stay at home mother, taught him the importance of community and social work through her volunteer work. Angel's work is an amalgamation of his upbringing resulting in social/political commentary with an engineered flare. The artwork's concept ultimately dictates the medium needed for its creation, so artistic evolution is intrinsic in his philosophy. Cabrales is an artist fellow for the Looking for America project out of Washington D.C. He is exhibiting in the American Embassy in Mexico City and has exhibited in the International TransBorder Biennial, Texas Biennial, AmoABiennial600, the Chamizal National Memorial, the Mexic-Arte Museum, MAC Dallas, the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Mesa, AZ, The Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, El Paso Museum of Art, Wave Pool Gallery in Cincinnati, OH, Grand Art Haus in Phoenix, AZ, Baton Rouge Gallery, and collaborated with the AMBOS Project (an intervention collaboration along the Border) from Los Angeles. He is also featured in the Icons and Symbols of the Borderland book by Diana Molina and La Frontera: Artists along the Mexican/American Border by Stefan Falke. Angel was recently interviewed by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to be included in the Estrellas y Cuentas initiative on Latino Futurism. He is represented by the Ro2 Gallery in Dallas, TX and the Royse Contemporary in Scottsdale, AZ. Cabrales is also a member of the International Sculpture Center, the Texas Sculpture Group, and a board member in the JUNTOS art collective. Angel was also a juror for the 2020 Student Achievement Awards for Sculpture Magazine.Cabrales teaches all levels of Sculpture at UTEP, includingExperimental Systems in Sculpture focused on STEAM elements in art and the Neon Sculpture program. He is head of theEASSI (Engineering + Art + Science = Social Impact) team that works on community engaged projects involving the arts and sciences in the Borderlands of El Paso. Website: http://www.angelcabrales.com/ Tereneh Idia Design work: www.IdiaDega.com Writing: https://muckrack.com/tereneh-idia Twitter: @TerenehIdia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otherborderwall/message

On today's episode of The Confluence: Physicians in Pennsylvania can't advertise their ability to prescribe marijuana, but marijuana certification businesses are making millions of dollars connecting patients to physicians; the State Small Business Credit Initiative Program will soon be distributing $584 million to businesses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware; and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's president and CEO is retiring after two decades at the helm. Today's guests include: Ed Mahon, investigative reporter with Spotlight PA; Steve D'Ettorre, state deputy secretary of technology and innovation; and J. Kevin McMahon, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

Chai with Rai (Ep.28)- In Conversation with Ramita Ravi and Vikas Arun from Project Convergence. We sat and discussed the creative space in US from a South Asian perspective, being a female and being queer. We also dove into conversations about South Asian Dance-- how the space can often be divided and separated. How South Asian dancers are only bought together for South Asian projects as oppose to our counterparts in the community. How Ramita and Vikas are creating heritage work but meshing it with other forms. Mentorship and sharing the South Asian dance space with other companies and uplifting each other.  We also discussed their passions for balancing careers outside of the arts industry and how that functions with all of their business ventures. We obviously talked about the work they both create for Project Convergence and dance competitions. Their credits, dance journeys, their views on digital space and actualising that into work and so much more.  A bit about Ramita:  Ramita Ravi is a professional dancer, choreographer, educator, entrepreneur, and consultant: As an Artist, she is signed bi-coastally with Bloc Talent Agency. She was the first South Asian to be featured on So You Think You Can Dance which launched a career of credits including SAG Feature Film Spinning Gold, John Oliver, TNT, Viceland, Hermès NYFW, Mystic India: The World Tour. I've choreographed for Lincoln Center, Raveena, KSHMR, Buzzfeed, Spotify; and taught at Broadway Dance Center, Columbia, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Alvin Ailey. I'm also on faculty with Groove Dance, Headliners, and Imagine Dance Challenge. As a consultant, she has worked in UX Design, Product Strategy, Marketing, Program / Portfolio Management at companies like TEDMED, Tomorrow Health, Advice Coach, and Stage Door Connections. As an Entrepreneur, Ramita is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Artswrk: a professional network for artists and creatives. She also co-founded Project Convergence, a dance company incubated at the American Tap Dance Foundation.  A bit about Vikas:  Vikas is a sought-after dancer specializing in tap, contemporary, and Bollywood dance. He has had the pleasure of working with numerous prestigious choreographers including Emmy nominees Chloe Arnold and Anthony Morigerato, Jeff Award winner Jared Grimes, MacArthur Genius grant winner Michelle Dorrance, and many others. His performance credits include TV (Good Morning America, So You Think You Can Dance, Univsion), film (Breaking Brooklyn), commercials (J.Crew, Vogue), and musicals (42nd Street). He has performed for esteemed guests such as the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of India. Vikas' company Project Convergence, co-founded with Ramita Ravi, is the first company in residence at the American Tap Dance Foundation dedicated to blending tap dance with Bharatanatyam, a classical from of Indian percussive dance. The company's performance credits include Spotify, Buzzfeed, and Lincoln Center, with media coverage from WNYC (New York Public Radio), Dance Magazine, Columbia Magazine, and The Hindu. You can catch him in print as the first South Asian Ambassador for Capezio or as a teacher at Broadway Dance Center and Columbia University. In addition to his dance work, Vikas' is also an award winning engineer and a Robert Gartland Fellow at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School for Engineering and Applied Science. He travels the world teaching dance technique, dance pedagogy, financing for dancers, and personal growth coaching. He is a guest lecturer at Columbia University, a substitute faculty member at Broadway Dance Center, a regular guest on numerous podcasts, and a cited source for articles in major publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, and more. To watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/G-aIVNHxenY  Social: Myself: https://www.instagram.com/chaiwithrai_/  Guest: https://www.instagram.com/ramita.ravi/ , https://www.instagram.com/vikas_arun_/ & https://www.instagram.com/project.convergence/  Links: Myself: https://linktr.ee/raimuitfum Guests: https://www.ramitaravi.com ,  https://www.vikasarun.com  https://www.projectconvergence.org   Hope you all enjoyed it and Thank you for tuning in. To Subscribe, share, follow my work and everything else is listed above.

On today's episode of The Confluence: We discuss the inaugural joint audit of the Pittsburgh Police Bureau developed by the city controller's office and Citizen Police Review Board; we look at how well Pittsburgh 2030 District has advanced in reducing energy use and water consumption by 50%, a goal it hopes to achieve by 2030; and we get a preview of the Three Rivers Arts Festival, which begins next weekend.Today's guests include: Michael Lamb, Pittsburgh's city controller and Beth Pittinger, executive director of the Citizen Police Review Board; Chris Cieslak, senior director of Pittsburgh 2030 District; and Sarah Aziz, director of festival management at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

Rick talks to the President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, who is retiring after 21 years.

Douglas Levine is a composer, pianist, music director and educator based right here in Pittsburgh. He's the composer/co-lyricist of the new musical Claws Out!, which was  filmed and premiered online in 2020 by City Theatre. He's also the composer/lyricist of Jazz Time!, a new musical filmed and streamed online in 2021 by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Arts Education Dept. Douglas's original scores have been premiered by such companies as: Pittsburgh Public Theater, Microscopic Opera Company, The Warhol, The Playhouse REP, Conservatory and Junior Companies, Attack Theatre, Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Classical Theatre, Dreams of Hope, Gateway to the Arts, Renaissance City Women's Choir, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Opera Theatre  of Pittsburgh and WQED FM. Please be sure to stick around at the end of the show, because Doug has given us a great treat. We'll hear three of his songs, The Mother Age, Not That Kind of Lawyer, and Zoey and Jake. 

We had the great honor of speaking with Christiane Dolores, aka Madame Dolores. Do not miss this! Multi-platform cross-disciplinary artist, Christiane Dolores, a.k.a. Madame Dolores, employs sound, vision, text, and performance as storytelling tools to create radical, sometimes controversial, cultural engagements. At the heart of her work is a humanistic empathy that questions our inability to coexist and reimagines new mythologies of inclusion and belonging. Her practice is rooted in responding to compelling questions about cultural definitions, the root of hatred, cognitive dissonance, binary systems, and the ongoing social conflicts of Us vs Them. She thinks of what she does as social-cultural anthropology, employing the ethnographic technique by culling audio, text and images to create a record of our struggle to be human. Her textual, visual, musical work responds to burgeoning questions about human behavior and inhuman cruelty. How are these confounding, at times, disturbing actions seen through the lens of justice, compassion and understanding and how will that propel us to evolve? Madame Dolores has earned many accolades and opportunities for her work. In 2017, she received the Pittsburgh Business Times Women First award, and in 2014, was commissioned by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to create a song and lead Pittsburgh's inaugural Complaints Choir during the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. She has also been recognized as the winner of an 2010 August Wilson Center Fellowship; an awardee of a 2011 and 2020 grant from Advancing the Black Arts in support of solo musical releases; a 2007 honoree at the New Hazlett Theatre “Celebrating Women in the Arts; a 2003 winner of the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Fellowship for World/Jazz/Blues musical composition; and a 2002 Pittsburgh Magazine “40 under 40” award winner. She received funding from Sprout for two MiniM Music Festivals for the Blues and Jazz genres and for “Listen to This, featuring poetess, Ursula Rucker; a commission from Pittsburgh Foundation to write her first play, Saffronia; funding from Multi-Cultural Arts Initiative to produce Saffronia: the Mulatto Slave, which came in 2nd place at the Trinidad Theater Festival, in 2016. Madame Dolores is the founding member of the #notwhite collective, a group of 13 femme artists who use their art to make their stories visible as they excavate histories, expose realities, and exorcise oppression. She has also been very dedicated to the arts community as the artist relations manager at the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, where she worked for 15 years leading several landmark programs and increasing engagement and support of typically underserved artists, especially people of color and women, and is now currently working at the Pittsburgh International Airport's Art as their technical assistant of arts and culture. Visit her website at madamechristianedolores.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otherborderwall/message

Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast Hosted by Rick Lee James of Voices In My Head Productions. Rick run the Mister Rogers Quotes account found on Twitter @MisterRogersSay. As we again walk into this podcast neighborhood, I want you to know that no matter where you are from, you are welcome here. I'm glad to be your neighbor. Every daughter, every son, every tribe, and every tongue, in the Spirit of Fred Rogers and the life of welcome that he lived, welcome to the neighborhood. Joe Negri stops by for a visit. This week in the neighborhood, our special guest is Mister Rogers Neighborhood's Very Own Joe Negri Joe Negri, is a Pittsburgh icon and a guitar legend. He has distinguished himself as a nationally acclaimed performer, recognized composer, renowned actor, and respected educator. He may be most familiar to national audiences for his 30-year tenure as the affable Handyman Negri on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on PBS. However, he has appeared with a roster of Platinum artist including Michael Feinstein, Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Buddy Defranco, and YoYo Ma. Negri's discography includes the Pittsburgh Symphony's Cinema Serenade with Itzhak Pearlman and John Williams. Compositions by Joe Negri include scores for TV documentaries and major works for jazz instrumental and choral ensembles. Joe Negri served as adjunct professor of guitar at Duquesne University where he is an Honorary Doctor of Music. In 1998, he was named Man of the Year by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and in 2004, he received the coveted Elsie Award. In 2008, Joe was chosen Man of the Year by Audia Caring Heritage Foundation. As if that wasn't enough, Joe Negri also served as WTAE-TV's musical director for more than 20 years. He has stopped by our podcast neighborhood for a visit today and I'm so glad he has. Joe Negri, Welcome To The Neighborhood.   Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood. Music featured on podcast was Stay by Rick Lee James Special Thanks to my guest Joe Negri And The @MisterRogersSay Community on Twitter I'm your host Rick Lee James. My Twitter account is @RickLeeJames, my web site is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward being with you again next time. Until Then: You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.

Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute PodcastWelcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute PodcastHosted by Rick Lee James of Voices In My Head Productions. Rick run the Mister Rogers Quotes account found on Twitter @MisterRogersSay.As we again walk into this podcast neighborhood, I want you to know that no matter where you are from, you are welcome here. I'm glad to be your neighbor. Every daughter, every son, every tribe, and every tongue, in the Spirit of Fred Rogers and the life of welcome that he lived, welcome to the neighborhood.Joe Negri stops by for a visit.This week in the neighborhood, our special guest is Mister Rogers Neighborhood's Very Own Joe NegriJoe Negri, is a Pittsburgh icon and a guitar legend. He has distinguished himself as a nationally acclaimed performer, recognized composer, renowned actor, and respected educator. He may be most familiar to national audiences for his 30-year tenure as the affable Handyman Negri on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on PBS. However, he has appeared with a roster of Platinum artist including Michael Feinstein, Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Buddy Defranco, and YoYo Ma. Negri's discography includes the Pittsburgh Symphony's Cinema Serenade with Itzhak Pearlman and John Williams. Compositions by Joe Negri include scores for TV documentaries and major works for jazz instrumental and choral ensembles.Joe Negri served as adjunct professor of guitar at Duquesne University where he is an Honorary Doctor of Music. In 1998, he was named Man of the Year by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and in 2004, he received the coveted Elsie Award. In 2008, Joe was chosen Man of the Year by Audia Caring Heritage Foundation.As if that wasn't enough, Joe Negri also served as WTAE-TV's musical director for more than 20 years.He has stopped by our podcast neighborhood for a visit today and I'm so glad he has. Joe Negri, Welcome To The Neighborhood.Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.Music featured on podcast was Stay by Rick Lee JamesSpecial Thanks to my guest Joe NegriAnd The @MisterRogersSay Community on TwitterI'm your host Rick Lee James. My Twitter account is @RickLeeJames, my web site is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward being with you again next time.Until Then: You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute PodcastWelcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute PodcastHosted by Rick Lee James of Voices In My Head Productions. Rick run the Mister Rogers Quotes account found on Twitter @MisterRogersSay.As we again walk into this podcast neighborhood, I want you to know that no matter where you are from, you are welcome here. I’m glad to be your neighbor. Every daughter, every son, every tribe, and every tongue, in the Spirit of Fred Rogers and the life of welcome that he lived, welcome to the neighborhood.Joe Negri stops by for a visit.This week in the neighborhood, our special guest is Mister Roger’s Neighborhood’s Very Own Joe NegriJoe Negri, is a Pittsburgh icon and a guitar legend. He has distinguished himself as a nationally acclaimed performer, recognized composer, renowned actor, and respected educator. He may be most familiar to national audiences for his 30-year tenure as the affable Handyman Negri on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on PBS. However, he has appeared with a roster of Platinum artist including Michael Feinstein, Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Buddy Defranco, and YoYo Ma. Negri's discography includes the Pittsburgh Symphony's Cinema Serenade with Itzhak Pearlman and John Williams. Compositions by Joe Negri include scores for TV documentaries and major works for jazz instrumental and choral ensembles.Joe Negri served as adjunct professor of guitar at Duquesne University where he is an Honorary Doctor of Music. In 1998, he was named Man of the Year by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and in 2004, he received the coveted Elsie Award. In 2008, Joe was chosen Man of the Year by Audia Caring Heritage Foundation.As if that wasn’t enough, Joe Negri also served as WTAE-TV's musical director for more than 20 years.He has stopped by our podcast neighborhood for a visit today and I’m so glad he has. Joe Negri, Welcome To The Neighborhood.Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.Music featured on podcast was Stay by Rick Lee JamesSpecial Thanks to my guest Joe NegriAnd The @MisterRogersSay Community on TwitterI’m your host Rick Lee James. My Twitter account is @RickLeeJames, my web site is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward being with you again next time.Until Then: You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe

Shannon Musgrave, Communications Director of the Regional Asset District, and Terri Bell, Vice President Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, discuss Lights On in the Cultural District and Radical Days beginning Steptember 9th with the Ballet Theater's outdoor stage on Eighth Sreet and events in several locations including along Fort Duquesne Boulevard at Allegheny Overlook Park. The CLO, Pittsburgh Symphony, August Wilson Center, Pittsbugh Public Theater and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater join with a gallery crawl in the art galleries and restaurants to present free events followed by all the hapenings of Radical Days. They also share thoughts on the pandemic implictions for the fall season with Jim Cunningham.

Sarah Aziz, Director of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and Director of Festival Management for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, tells WQED FM about the upcoming Three Rivers Arts Festival, which runs from June 4-13, 2021.

Donna Dzurilla graduated with a BA in Professional Writing (minors in art, philosophy, and English Literature) and received the Excellence in Professional Writing Award from Carlow University. Her sculpture has appeared at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, BoxHeart and Panza galleries, Pittsburgh Technology Council shows, and featured in Urbanic 2: Catalyzing a Regional Economic Renaissance at the Pittsburgh International Airport. She was commissioned to create a public art piece for the 2010 Three Rivers Arts Festival by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Donna's monologues are a mainstay in Carlow University Theater's Practice Monologamy series and have been performed at Yinz Like Plays?!10 Minute Play Festival. A staged reading of her play, SCRAP, was performed in 2017 at the Henry Heymann Theatre at the University of Pittsburgh. Her creative nonfiction pieces have appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Currently working towards her MFA in Carlow University's Creative Writing Program with a concentration in fiction, Donna's short stories have been published in the Voices from the Attic anthology series, Rune, The Penny, and other publications. She is working on a novel set during the demise of the steel industry.

Billy Hartung - ‎Executive Director, ‎Center for Theater Arts, previews the first show at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust since the start of Covid.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Previews First Night on KDKA-TV tonight. There will be all sorts of entertainment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first lady and gent of TV, Heather and David, join one of the first ladies of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Sarah Aziz, to discuss an evening of firsts on First Night in Pittsburgh. Entertainers FRZY and Illusionist phenomenon Eric Jones join the conversation as we prepare to ring in 2021….or 202FUN! SPONSOR: Rohrich Honda is proud of its vast array of vehicles both pre-owned and new, like the 2017 Honda Pilot Rach scored, as well as the Honda Civic John's son drives back and forth to NYC. Not to mention the $2,200 in yearly savings thanks to the Rohrich Advantage. Rohrich Automotive is also proud to have sponsored the YaJagoff Podcast for two years and counting. Listen to the podcast and visit rohrich.com for all of your vehicle needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin McMahon, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, fills us in on the pandemic year First Night Celebration, the Harris Theater films and efforts of the Cultural Trust to maintain viability during the pandemic with the challenge of very few people in the city and most cultural events canceled. Kevin reflects on the future of the plan to add a commercial first run theater downtown. Kevin also remembers his years at the Kennedy Center as Executive Vice President where he attended and worked on the Kennedy Center Honors, met Bob Dylan, and was a regular at the White House. He suggests a few Washington DC musts for visitors.

Kevin gives an update on how the Cultural Trust is transforming virtually and the struggle for stage actors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode I talk with Brittany Martin, Lead Web Developer at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and host of the 5x5 Ruby on Rails Podcast. Brittany and I talk about working successfully with poor-quality APIs, whether to extract application code into gems or not, and, of course, roller derby.

The show this week is a special episode produced in collaboration with Liberty Magic, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and Eric Jones. Last week on the live stream Liberty Magic At Home Eric Jones facilitated a conversation between Ran'D Shine, Rory Rennick, and Tessa and Jeff Evason who are known professionally as the Evansons, around social injustice within the community of magic theatre and cultural appropriation in the history of the performance of magic. This is a special edit of that broadcast, and the full show can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNNgh221Ik with more information at TrustArts.org. Included at the top is a brief history by Rorry Rennick on America's first African American magician Henry Box Brown.

Brittany Martin, Lead Web Developer at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust joins the panel today to talk about her talk "Rails Against The Machine". She has given this talk at Southeast Ruby, Rubyconf MY and Ruby on Ice. Brittany Martin works for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust as the nonprofit’s Lead Web Developer, where she is part of the team that develops, supports and maintains the Trust’s ticketing and festival web applications. She is a certified AWS Developer and the host of the 5by5 Ruby on Rails podcast. Under her alter-ego, Norma Skates, Brittany officiates roller derby for the Little Steel Derby Girls. Her talk's elevator pitch is as follows: "What should a development team do when a few bad users threaten their application? Online businesses are plagued with trolls and bots. Learn how your team can leverage features from RoR and AWS to monitor and (secretly) segment bad actors using automation and behavioral triggers." Brittany and the panel address questions such as "When is it better to block a user instead of incorporating them into your app?" and "How do you know the difference between a security threat or something trying to game the system?"   Panelists Dave Kimura Andrew Mason Charles Max Wood Guest Brittany Martin Sponsors Sentry | Use the code "devchat" for $100 credit RedisGreen Adventures in DevOps Podcast CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Brittany's Talk Podcast Brittany Hosts https://twitter.com/BrittJMartin https://www.instagram.com/wonderwomaninthemaking/ https://brittanymartin.dev https://github.com/wonderwoman13   Picks Andrew Mason http://expo.stimulusreflex.com/ Dave Kimura Stay secure with CyberGhost VPN Free Proxy https://github.com/danmayer/coverband Charles Max Wood https://devchat.tv/events/ Brittany Martin KBDfans – KBDfans Mechanical Keyboards Store http://rubyconf.org/ CrossFit Games: The Open  

Brittany Martin, Lead Web Developer at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust joins the panel today to talk about her talk "Rails Against The Machine". She has given this talk at Southeast Ruby, Rubyconf MY and Ruby on Ice. Brittany Martin works for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust as the nonprofit’s Lead Web Developer, where she is part of the team that develops, supports and maintains the Trust’s ticketing and festival web applications. She is a certified AWS Developer and the host of the 5by5 Ruby on Rails podcast. Under her alter-ego, Norma Skates, Brittany officiates roller derby for the Little Steel Derby Girls. Her talk's elevator pitch is as follows: "What should a development team do when a few bad users threaten their application? Online businesses are plagued with trolls and bots. Learn how your team can leverage features from RoR and AWS to monitor and (secretly) segment bad actors using automation and behavioral triggers." Brittany and the panel address questions such as "When is it better to block a user instead of incorporating them into your app?" and "How do you know the difference between a security threat or something trying to game the system?"   Panelists Dave Kimura Andrew Mason Charles Max Wood Guest Brittany Martin Sponsors Sentry | Use the code "devchat" for $100 credit RedisGreen Adventures in DevOps Podcast CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Brittany's Talk Podcast Brittany Hosts https://twitter.com/BrittJMartin https://www.instagram.com/wonderwomaninthemaking/ https://brittanymartin.dev https://github.com/wonderwoman13   Picks Andrew Mason http://expo.stimulusreflex.com/ Dave Kimura Stay secure with CyberGhost VPN Free Proxy https://github.com/danmayer/coverband Charles Max Wood https://devchat.tv/events/ Brittany Martin KBDfans – KBDfans Mechanical Keyboards Store http://rubyconf.org/ CrossFit Games: The Open  

Brittany Martin, Lead Web Developer at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust joins the panel today to talk about her talk "Rails Against The Machine". She has given this talk at Southeast Ruby, Rubyconf MY and Ruby on Ice. Brittany Martin works for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust as the nonprofit’s Lead Web Developer, where she is part of the team that develops, supports and maintains the Trust’s ticketing and festival web applications. She is a certified AWS Developer and the host of the 5by5 Ruby on Rails podcast. Under her alter-ego, Norma Skates, Brittany officiates roller derby for the Little Steel Derby Girls. Her talk's elevator pitch is as follows: "What should a development team do when a few bad users threaten their application? Online businesses are plagued with trolls and bots. Learn how your team can leverage features from RoR and AWS to monitor and (secretly) segment bad actors using automation and behavioral triggers." Brittany and the panel address questions such as "When is it better to block a user instead of incorporating them into your app?" and "How do you know the difference between a security threat or something trying to game the system?"   Panelists Dave Kimura Andrew Mason Charles Max Wood Guest Brittany Martin Sponsors Sentry | Use the code "devchat" for $100 credit RedisGreen Adventures in DevOps Podcast CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Brittany's Talk Podcast Brittany Hosts https://twitter.com/BrittJMartin https://www.instagram.com/wonderwomaninthemaking/ https://brittanymartin.dev https://github.com/wonderwoman13   Picks Andrew Mason http://expo.stimulusreflex.com/ Dave Kimura Stay secure with CyberGhost VPN Free Proxy https://github.com/danmayer/coverband Charles Max Wood https://devchat.tv/events/ Brittany Martin KBDfans – KBDfans Mechanical Keyboards Store http://rubyconf.org/ CrossFit Games: The Open  

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust upset at declining Public Safety downtown How to Avoid Anger Overload in the Digital Age ... GUEST Brett McCracken It's National Hot Dog Day! A look at the ubiquitous Habit of Capitalizing letters to make a Point USAF warns against storming Area 51 Kids today would rather be You Tubers than Astronauts Celeb B-day -Donald Sutherland There’s a loneliness crisis on college campuses (LA Times) The best destinations to retire! City of Pgh Police Officer Calvin Hall dies in the line of dutySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust upset at declining Public Safety downtown How to Avoid Anger Overload in the Digital Age ... GUEST Brett McCracken It's National Hot Dog Day! A look at the ubiquitous Habit of Capitalizing letters to make a Point USAF warns against storming Area 51 Kids today would rather be You Tubers than Astronauts Celeb B-day -Donald Sutherland There’s a loneliness crisis on college campuses (LA Times) The best destinations to retire! City of Pgh Police Officer Calvin Hall dies in the line of dutySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summary: It sounds like a bad joke, but what do yo get when you plant two jagoffs at a business networking event for two days with multiple businesses? A really good podcast with its three-year host, finance tips and tell-tales, reasons hot tubs in the home are a must, and a visit about why the Three Rivers Arts Festival has been the best gig in town for 60 years....all at the Convention Center at a newer must-attend in Pittsburgh.  Music: Orange Mammoth, Space and Time, “The Only Thing”  SPONSOR: As Memorial Day approaches, Rohrich Honda basks in the beauty of its neighborhood memories and longevity. Stop by Rohrich Honda and check out a Civic, a Pilot or anything in between and experience the Rohrich Advantage. And as always, visit www.rohrich.com.  00:53 John and Rachael with host LindaJo who kinda threatens Rach of her job!  She talks about the year-long planning, vast array of businesses from insurance to fashion and even a wedding venue in between. The new exhibits this year include a new and improved speed networking opportunity and an Empowering Women stint.  09:45 Mike from Young's Hot Tubs Sales and Service has been in business longer than some business owners have graced the earth.  His work ethic and relatability have contributed to his 30+ years as a seller and installer, AND listen to what else he dabbles in to make his sales so high. It just may go into your carry-on for your next trip.  Plus, just guess where the craziest place was where he installed a hot tub?   25:24 Sarah Aziz, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust: Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, #TRAF19 is sure to not disappoint.  From a vast list of music acts, art, food and anti-rain dances, there is no way in its 60th year that could happen. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust send its finest entertainment investigators to multiple festivals to prepare for Pittsburgh prefection year-after-year.  43:23 Todd Marley, Marley Financial Group: makes finances fun.  I mean he started out in a different profession like so many of us, and quickly learned the healthcare/finance niche that could, and has, made his career successful. He offers tips about how to reduce healthcare insurance premiums for healthy people and explains a few other do's in the finance industry.   SPONSOR: As Memorial Day approaches, Rohrich Honda basks in the beauty of its neighborhood memories and longevity. Stop by Rohrich Honda and check out a Civic, a Pilot or anything in between and experience the Rohrich Advantage. And as always, visit www.rohrich.com.  Find daily #Jagoffs posts at www.YaJagoff.com How to Listen Regularly:   All shows are free and available to listen 24/7/365 nationwide. Audio-On-Demand in-your-hand, on smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop computers.   – Available to APPLE users on the iTunes and Podcast app.   – Available to ANDROID users on Google Play Music   – Available to ALL users via YaJagoff.com, Stitcher, or tunein     * SEARCH: YaJagoff Podcast *          iTunes        Google Play Music        tunein        RSS        Libsyn The Rivers Edge        YaJagoff Website Thanks To: Gina Thornberg for the photos!  How to Follow Everyone on Social Media:   Rohrich Honda @RohrichHonda (Twitter)  John Chamberlin @YaJagoff (Twitter)  Rachael Rennebeck @RachaelRennebe3 (Twitter)  Pittsburgh Business Show @PittsburghBusinessShow (Facebook)  Young's Hot Tubs @YoungsSpaService (Facebook)  Pittsburgh Cultural Trust @CulturalTrust Marley Financial @MarleyFinancial (Facebook)  Orange Mammoth Band @Orange_Mammoth See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ubuntu 14.04, a common Ruby on Rails hosting environment, reached its end of life on April 30, 2019. Brittany brought on Justin Snair, Director of Cloud Infrastructure for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, to discuss his custom script for upgrading their hosting environments and his tips for earning AWS certifications.

Ubuntu 14.04, a common Ruby on Rails hosting environment, reached its end of life on April 30, 2019. Brittany brought on Justin Snair, Director of Cloud Infrastructure for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, to discuss his custom script for upgrading their hosting environments and his tips for earning AWS certifications.

If you’d love to keep 88 Cups of Tea going strong, please consider supporting us through our Patreon membership. We added EARLY ACCESS TO INTERVIEWS for our Super Storyteller patrons in the $8.88 tier. Your kind support at any level of our tiers is so helpful. A heartfelt thank you in advance. https://www.patreon.com/88cupsoftea --------------------------------------- For today’s new episode, we’ve partnered with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. They’re producing Bookish in the ‘Burgh, the Northeast’s newest teen book festival on March 23rd and 24th.  Head over to TrustArts.org/bookish to learn more! --------------------------------------- Have you ever struggled with juggling a full-time job and staying inspired to pursue your creative goals? Or how about keeping yourself disciplined to reach your writing goals? We talk about it all and so much more with Kelsey Ford! Kelsey is the creator of Bookish in the ‘Burgh,’ Pittsburgh’s first teen book festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. She is also a contemporary fantasy author represented by Jessica Mileo at InkWell Management and one of our very own Storytellers and listener of 88 Cups of Tes for over three years. During our conversation, Kelsey shares her journey as a writer, her experience querying and getting a literary agent, and how she balances her full-time job with her writing all while sharing amazing crafting advice. She also talks about Bookish in the ‘Burgh” and gives us a behind-the-scenes look into what inspired her to create the festival, the planning and research behind it, and what events will take place during the festival. Say 'Hi' to Kelsey Ford on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelseylynnford Be sure to head over to her shownotes page for all the resources and time stamps of highlights mentioned throughout the episode: https://88cupsoftea.com/podcast/kelsey-ford

If you’d love to keep 88 Cups of Tea going strong, please consider supporting us through our Patreon membership. We added EARLY ACCESS TO INTERVIEWS for our Super Storyteller patrons in the $8.88 tier. Your kind support at any level of our tiers is so helpful. A heartfelt thank you in advance. https://www.patreon.com/88cupsoftea --------------------------------------- For today’s new episode, we’ve partnered with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. They’re producing Bookish in the ‘Burgh, the Northeast’s newest teen book festival on March 23rd and 24th.  Head over to TrustArts.org/bookish to learn more! --------------------------------------- Have can we use storytelling to heal when grieving? What does it mean to own your writing and find confidence in your unique writing voice? We dive into it and much more with Sarah Enni! Sarah is the author of TELL ME EVERYTHING and her short story THE BLESSING OF LITTLE WANTS featured in the New York Times bestselling anthology, BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO HATE ME. Sarah is also the host of the podcast FIRST DRAFT where she shares meaningful conversations with other storytellers about their unique perspectives on the creative process, and to provide more transparency about the professional side of artistic endeavors. In our conversation, we talk about vulnerability and finding comfort and strength through stories. We dig deep into Sarah’s writing process, where she draws inspiration from, the importance of humility as a writer, and tips on managing your time. And we discuss the development process of her debut novel TELL ME EVERYTHING. Say 'Hi' to Sarah Enni on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahenni Check out her podcast 'First Draft Podcast' on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FirstDraftPod To access Sarah's writing prompt, the list of all the books and resources mentioned in her episode, along with the timestamps for each highlight, head over to the shownotes page: https://88cupsoftea.com/podcast/sarah-enni

Brittany put her tickets aside to invite her web team at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Patrick FitzGerald (Director of eCommerce) and Danielle Greaves (Frontend Developer) on to the show. They discuss their origin stories, their team dynamics and their favorite aspects of Rails.

Brittany put her tickets aside to invite her web team at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Patrick FitzGerald (Director of eCommerce) and Danielle Greaves (Frontend Developer) on to the show. They discuss their origin stories, their team dynamics and their favorite aspects of Rails.

The Broadcast is a client Podcast.  Sorgatron Media and Sidekick Media Services have helped with the production.  Can we help with your Podcast? Contact us today! Shaunda McDill joined The Heinz Endowments in October 2017 as the program officer for arts and culture, following more than a decade of nonprofit executive and arts management experience. Shaunda has worked for theater companies across the country, including The Goodman Theatre of Chicago, Second Stage Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse and Cornerstone Theater Company. She also founded demaskus, a nonprofit, service-oriented collective of artists and administrators who produce theatrical projects sharing stories of the marginalized. In Pittsburgh, Shaunda served as vice president of programming and cultivation at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, where she managed all artistic and educational programs. As the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s director of public relations, she headed both national and local public relations campaigns, including the North American premiere of Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck Project. Shaunda spoke with Natalie and Kim about the depth of culture in Pittsburgh, and her work connecting artists with resources. Twitter (@BroadCastPGH)Facebook (@The Broadcast_PGH) Also, check out the Broadcast Podcast website and sorgatronmedia.com!

Beauty Slap is a “future-brass-thunder-funk machine” from Pittsburgh, PA. In this episode, “Chef Jake” Berntsen and Hakeem Bilal discussed their rise to world domination, how they design every aspect of their product with clear intent, and how five guys can go from a university-setting to playing for over 300,000 people at the Indy 500.   Beauty Slap - thebeautyslap.com TBJ Episode 36 - pedalnotemedia.com/the-brass-junkies/episode36 Pittsburgh Cultural Trust - trustarts.org Steve Hackman - stevehackman.com THUNDERFUNK MACHINE - thebeautyslap.bandcamp.com/album/thunderfunk-machine Nu Deco Ensemble - nu-deco.org Hot Mass - facebook.com/hotmasspgh

The Broadcast is a client Podcast.  Sorgatron Media and Sidekick Media Services have helped with the production.  Can we help with your Podcast? Contact us today! She has a history of working with nonprofits, including the Children’s Home of Pittsburgh, the Lemieux Family Center, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and other arts and nonprofit entities in the region. A native of Berkeley, California, March came to Pittsburgh from Washington D.C., and was immediately enamored with the region’s nonprofit sector. She talked with us about her work with Family House and why she felt drawn to working in Pittsburgh’s nonprofit sector. Twitter (@BroadCastPGH) Facebook (@The Broadcast_PGH) Also, check out the Broadcast Podcast website and sorgatronmedia.com!

The sun was shining so, just like in grade school, we took our stuff outside! We hung out at the first, of the year, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership's Farmer's Market. We people-watched AND hung out with the Pittsburgh Airport peeps, Dale from Woolf's Family Farm and, while we're in an “outside” kind of mood, we prepped for all of the art and music of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival! Oh... and if you didn't see this coming already... (he did)…we have part 2 of our interview with psychic medium John Edward. Episode Music: Hank the Business Man, “Tangled” Hank played the Millvale Music Festival, this past weekend and you should follow his schedule on Facebook and Spotify as GrateHank. 01:22 Intro: What was on the blog this week? Airplane travelers who can't wait to stand up when the doors open. I see belly-buttons! QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you a city guy/girl or a farm guy/girl? SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises is hosting an open house on May 22 to showcase all of the unique and often one of a kind pieces, that are available for auction at golf outings, galas, fundraisers, and any event waiting to be hosted. TSE takes the awwwww out of any auction as the representatives will customize every auction to your liking. Visit TSE shop.com for more open house information on May 22! 03:53 Alyson Walls of the Pittsburgh International Airport is hanging with us. Why is the airport at the Farmer's Market? Lotsa new flights to promo and free stuff, that's why! 10:26 Sarah Aziz from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is back for her annual visit to talk about the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival AND she takes a random run through market square! 24:05 When at the Farmer's Market, ya have to talk to at least ONE farmer! Dale Woolf of Woolf Family Farms (a 4th generation farm) in East Rochester, OH is a blast! Ain't nutnin' getting by him in downtown! 30:34 Part 2, the Pittsburgh portion, of our interview with John Edward, Psychic Medium. Does he sight see? Can we teach him about the phrase YaJagoff go prepare him for his Pittsburgh visit on May 31st? Get tickets to May 31st event in Pittsburgh. 47:33 Leigh White of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership talks about the Farmer's Market and all of the other events that PDP offers to bring us all together. Is Leigh “city” or “farm?” 57:06 Closing.. just before it POURED down rain. SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises is hosting an open house on May 22 to showcase all of the unique and often one of a kind pieces, that are available for auction at golf outings, galas, fundraisers, and any event waiting to be hosted. TSE takes the awwwww out of any auction as the representatives will customize every auction to your liking. Visit TSE shop.com for more open house information on May 22! Find daily #Jagoffs posts at www.YaJagoff.com How to Listen Regularly: All shows are free and available to listen 24/7/365 nationwide. Audio-On-Demand in-your-hand, on smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop computers. – Available to APPLE users on the iTunes and Podcast app. – Available to ANDROID users on Google Play Music, – Available to ALL users via YaJagoff.com, Stitcher, or tunein * SEARCH: YaJagoff Podcast * Thanks, To: • Photo Credits: Hannah Lapiska • Production: Wayne Weil How to Follow Everyone on Twitter: • Total Sports Enterprises @TotalSportsEnt • John Chamberlin @YaJagoff • Rachael Rennebeck @RachaelRennebe3 • Hank the Businessman @HankTheBusiness • Alyson Walls @AlyWalls • Pittsburgh International Airport @PitAirport • Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership @DowntownPitt • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust @CulturalTrust • 3 Rivers Arts Festival @3RiversArtsFest • John Edward @PsychicMediumJE #YaJagoff Podcast / Episode 114 / May 15, 2018 See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The sun was shining so, just like in grade school, we took our stuff outside! We hung out at the first, of the year, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership's Farmer's Market. We people-watched AND hung out with the Pittsburgh Airport peeps, Dale from Woolf's Family Farm and, while we're in an “outside” kind of mood, we prepped for all of the art and music of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival! Oh... and if you didn't see this coming already... (he did)…we have part 2 of our interview with psychic medium John Edward. Episode Music: Hank the Business Man, “Tangled” Hank played the Millvale Music Festival, this past weekend and you should follow his schedule on Facebook and Spotify as GrateHank. 01:22 Intro: What was on the blog this week? Airplane travelers who can't wait to stand up when the doors open. I see belly-buttons! QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you a city guy/girl or a farm guy/girl? SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises is hosting an open house on May 22 to showcase all of the unique and often one of a kind pieces, that are available for auction at golf outings, galas, fundraisers, and any event waiting to be hosted. TSE takes the awwwww out of any auction as the representatives will customize every auction to your liking. Visit TSE shop.com for more open house information on May 22! 03:53 Alyson Walls of the Pittsburgh International Airport is hanging with us. Why is the airport at the Farmer's Market? Lotsa new flights to promo and free stuff, that's why! 10:26 Sarah Aziz from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is back for her annual visit to talk about the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival AND she takes a random run through market square! 24:05 When at the Farmer's Market, ya have to talk to at least ONE farmer! Dale Woolf of Woolf Family Farms (a 4th generation farm) in East Rochester, OH is a blast! Ain't nutnin' getting by him in downtown! 30:34 Part 2, the Pittsburgh portion, of our interview with John Edward, Psychic Medium. Does he sight see? Can we teach him about the phrase YaJagoff go prepare him for his Pittsburgh visit on May 31st? Get tickets to May 31st event in Pittsburgh. 47:33 Leigh White of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership talks about the Farmer's Market and all of the other events that PDP offers to bring us all together. Is Leigh “city” or “farm?” 57:06 Closing.. just before it POURED down rain. SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises is hosting an open house on May 22 to showcase all of the unique and often one of a kind pieces, that are available for auction at golf outings, galas, fundraisers, and any event waiting to be hosted. TSE takes the awwwww out of any auction as the representatives will customize every auction to your liking. Visit TSE shop.com for more open house information on May 22! Find daily #Jagoffs posts at www.YaJagoff.com How to Listen Regularly: All shows are free and available to listen 24/7/365 nationwide. Audio-On-Demand in-your-hand, on smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop computers. – Available to APPLE users on the iTunes and Podcast app. – Available to ANDROID users on Google Play Music,  – Available to ALL users via YaJagoff.com, Stitcher, or tunein * SEARCH: YaJagoff Podcast * Thanks, To: • Photo Credits: Hannah Lapiska • Production: Wayne Weil How to Follow Everyone on Twitter: • Total Sports Enterprises @TotalSportsEnt • John Chamberlin @YaJagoff • Rachael Rennebeck @RachaelRennebe3 • Hank the Businessman @HankTheBusiness • Alyson Walls @AlyWalls • Pittsburgh International Airport @PitAirport • Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership @DowntownPitt • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust @CulturalTrust • 3 Rivers Arts Festival @3RiversArtsFest • John Edward @PsychicMediumJE   #YaJagoff Podcast / Episode 114 / May 15, 2018 See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

December 26, 2016 #YaJagoffPodcast / Episode #052 From the Wheeling Nailers Game with the Wheelin’ Feelin’ Our first podcast road trip... from WesBanco Arena and the Wheeling Nailers game with some stocking stuffer chit-chat just before the game against Cincinnati. Guests: Sarah Aziz from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust with First Night updates and prizes, Wheeling Nailers Coach (former Pens player) Jeff Christian, West Virginia House of Delegates Rep. Shawn Fluharty, and then Kelly Clutter (VP of Marketing, Wheeling Nailers, Brian Stefan (Co-owner of Sports Monger and Marketing Media) and Andrew Grimm (Hockey writer for Sports Monger) join us for stocking-stuffer chat! VIEW the Episode Promo Video: https://youtu.be/-msiSF3c9Zo LISTEN to the Podcast show right here below or on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher Radio, Soundcloud, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and Tunein Radio via the “Pittsburgh Podcast Network” channel. YaJagoff! Podcast - Show Notes: Music: West Virginia Band, Davisson Brothers Band “Jesse James” 01:09 Wayne Weil packed up the podcast gear and we hit the road! We are in the lobby of WesBanco Arena just before the Nailers game against the Cincinnati Cyclones. You won’t hear it on the podcast but, between periods 1 and 2 we went on the ice to judge the ugly sweater contest! Everyone tells a stocking stuffer story! 03:43 Sarah Aziz, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust goes through the AWESOME list of events for Highmark Pittsburgh First Night (including telling the inside info about where the smart phone charging stations will be) 12:43 The head coach of the Wheeling Nailers, Jeff Christian, has a stocking stuffer story, great chat about his friendship with Bill Guerin and his tips for Craig’s boys playing knee hockey at home! 24:05 West Virginia Delegate, Shawn Fluharty joins us. Shawn has an awesome vision for growth in the Wheeling area AND bought us a beer (which Craig spilled). 34:01 Kelly Clutter, Brian Stefan and Andrew Grimm (our gracious hosts and connections to nachos and beer) have stocking stuffer stories. You can hear Andrew’s tie sing! Big thanks to the Wheeling Nailers organization and Sports Monger (Did You See That Now) for having us and actually allowing us in the building! Definitely make a point to go see some Wheeling Nailers games! See Andrew’s write-up about the game here. Find daily #Jagoffs posts at www.YaJagoff.com How to Listen Regularly: All shows on the “Pittsburgh Podcast Network” are free and available to listen 24/7/365 worldwide. Audio On-Demand in-your-hand, on smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop computers. – APPLE users can find us on the iTunes and Podcast app. – ANDROID users can find us on Google Play Music, – ALL users can listen on computers, tablets, and smartphones via RSS, SoundCloud, Stitcher Radio, Overcast, Pocket Casts or tune in radio, website or apps. * SEARCH: Pittsburgh Podcast Network iTunes • Google Play Music • SoundCloud • tunein radio • RSS • Website Thanks, To: Photo Credits: The Pittsburgh Podcast Network Production: Frank Murgia and Wayne Weil How to Follow Everyone on Twitter: The Podcast@YaJagoffPodcast John Chamberlin@YaJagoff Craig Tumas@CraigTumas John Knight@JKnight841 Wheeling Nailers @WheelingNailers Brian Stefan @GolfMonger Jason Havelcka @SportsMongerPgh Davisson Brothers Band @DavissonBroBand First Night Pittsburgh @FirstNightPGH Coach Jeff Christian @JeffChristian72 Shawn Fluharty @WVUFLU Andrew Grimm @AGrimm2 Pittsburgh Podcast Network@PghPodcast Produced at talent network, inc. @talentnetworktv by the Pittsburgh Podcast Network @pghpodcast

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Pamela Komar from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Tami Dixon  (Bricolage Production Company). She is the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Director of Theater, Music and Youth Programming and Executive Director of Children's Theater Series and Festival. Tami Dixon from Bricolage Production Company, Pittsburgh-based, is creating and producing the all sensory-friendly, children's festival commissioned work titled, Welcome to Here.   

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Jeff Hobson ‘The Trickster' from THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™  is a season special part of the 2015-2016 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Broadway Across America.   The tour will be in Pittsburgh, April 19-24, 2016, at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15222. PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™  HEINZ HALL | APRIL 19th-24th, 2016  TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Pittsburgh, PA— On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world's best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ will visit Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh on April 19 through April 24, 2016 during a 25 city U.S. tour. The New York Times raved the show is, “A High-Tech Magic Extravaganza.” THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ is a season special part of the 2015-2016 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Broadway Across America. THE ILLUSIONISTS is produced by Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, MagicSpace Entertainment, Road Show Entertainment LLC, and The Production Office. Conceived by Simon Painter, the show's creative team also includes executive producer Tim Lawson, director Neil Dorward and creative director Jim Millan.    

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Sarah Ellis. SARAH ELLIS (Swing/Dance Captain). Regional: Ogunquit, Pittsburgh CLO, Northshore, KC Starlight, Westchester Bway, WV Public. NYC: Stardust Road: The Hoagy Carmichael Musical, Musicals Tonight! BFA Penn State (WE ARE!). Endless gratitude to teachers, fam & friends-love to DR. @sell_is A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER, the Tony® Award winner for Best Musical,  will make its area premiere at the Benedum Center, Tuesday, November 17 through Sunday, November 22.  ·         FOR TICKETS: visit TrustArts.org; call 412-456-6666. ·         A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER is part of the 2015-16 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Broadway Across America. ·         A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession, by any means necessary. All the while, he's got to juggle his mistress (she's after more than just love), his fiancée (she's his cousin but who's keeping track?), and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance… and be done in time for tea.

Jasmine Guy was born in 1962.  She is an American actress, singer, director, and dancer.  Some of her shows include:  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,  Alex Haley's Queen, Melrose Place, Touched by an Angel, and many others, but she is best known for her role as the "Southern Belle" Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC television sitcom A Different World (1987-1993)  Jasmine also does voiceover work for animation.     

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Under The Streetlamp star Michael Cunio. He will discuss his experience with the Jersey Boys, Under The Street Lamp, the event coming to Pittsburgh on September 24th, and his other projects. Pittsburgh, PA ?   The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces UNDER THE STREETLAMP with special guest GENTLEMAN'S RULE, from the creator of Straight No Chaser,will play the Byham Theater, for one performance only on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at 8:00 p.m.  This event is part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series. ABOUT UNDER THE STREETLAMP Composed of four leading cast members of the hit Broadway musical “JERSEY BOYS” (now a major motion picture), UNDER THE STREETLAMP performs classic hits from the American Radio Songbook with tight harmonies and slick dance moves that take audiences back to an era of sharkskin suits, flashy cars and martini shakers – a time when on hot summer nights, people would gather under a streetlamp to sing. Classic hits come to life in an evening of great music and hilarious behind-the-scenes tales, complete with an exceptional band comprised of world-class musicians.  With irresistible rapport, Under the Streetlamp offers audiences the rare opportunity to get to know four stars of stage and screen, Michael Ingersoll, Michael Cunio, Christopher Kale Jones and Shonn Wiley. While their individual talent is highlighted on stage, their synergy and charisma as a group has drawn an extremely devoted nationwide following.  Each carries with him an impressive list of credits.   

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview International Award-Winning French Jazz Vocalist Cyrille Aimee. She will discuss how she started as a Jazz vocalist, and the upcoming event in Pittsburgh on September 6th at 6:30 PM. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is pleased to announce the award-winning, internationally recognized jazz vocalist and recording artist Cyrille Aimée will be the featured performer during the Cultural Trust's Gala on Saturday, September 6, 2014, performance being held at the O'Reilly Theater located in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District.  Ms. Aimée was born in Fontainebleau, France where she discovered a love of the gypsy's language and music at an early age and comments, “I was hypnotized by this music which made me want to tap my feet.  Swinging music makes me so happy. ”  Ms. Aimée studied music at the American School of Modern Music in Paris and SUNY Purchase, New York.  “The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is honored that Ms. Aimée will be performing at our annual gala event.  Ms. Aimée's performance will be a highlight of the evening and we look forward to hosting this outstanding and accomplished jazz vocalist as our special guest,” comments J. Kevin McMahon, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.