WYEP Event
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| November 14, 2012 |
Education Seminar: Radio DazeReturn to an era before pictures and video dominated entertainment, when families gathered around their radios after dinner. |
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| December 13, 2012 |
Inspire Speakers Series: Thinking Big - Interdisciplinary Sustainability LearningJoin Green Building Alliance (GBA) and Phipps Conservatory for the INSPIRE SPEAKER SERIES! Each event welcomes motivational local and national guest speakers on the second Thursday of each month. These experienced and inspiring speakers will present on a variety of topics that we can all apply to our schools, businesses and communities. December's event features David Orr. |
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| December 13, 2012 |
Holiday HootenannyWYEP’s Holiday Hootenanny is the wand to your sugar plum fairy, the stuffing to your stocking, the fire to your hearth, and the marshmallows to your hot cocoa. To get a true taste of the holiday spirit join the WYEP staff and board to benefit our very own Youth Media Project. You’ll get to hear your favorite local artists singing holiday tunes at the New Hazlett Theater on the north side. And get ready for some surprises this year; what would the holidays be without a little whimsy? Tickets on sale now. Tickets Available:
‘Tis the season! Band line-up: Singers:
Desserts and refreshments will be provided by: |
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| January 8, 2013 |
The Moth StorySLAMThe Rex Theater in the South Side will host The Moth’s StorySLAM event, which celebrates the tradition of spoken stories. This open-mic event invites ten randomly selected hopefuls up on stage to share their 5 minute stories with the crowd, depending on the story theme of the evening. Stories are rated by guest judges, and winners can go on to compete in semi-final rounds of storytelling. |
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| January 10, 2013 |
Inspire Speakers Series: Reducing Your Impact - Communities United For SustainabilityJoin Green Building Alliance (GBA) and Phipps Conservatory for the INSPIRE SPEAKER SERIES! Each event welcomes motivational local and national guest speakers on the second Thursday of each month. These experienced and inspiring speakers will present on a variety of topics that we can all apply to our schools, businesses and communities. January's event features guests from the Bertschi School in Seattle. |
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| January 19, 2013 |
Let Freedom Sing!On Saturday, January 19th, several Pittsburgh-area choirs will join together in song to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. These two concert performances will benefit the Food Bank of Greater Pittsburgh and the Westmoreland County Food Bank. Among the special performers are Vanessa German, Ellen Gozion, and the Pittsburgh Gospel Choir. |
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| January 31, 2013 |
Education Seminar: Songwriter's StudioDelve into the artistry of songwriting with Greg Joseph, songwriter, singer, bassist and spokesman for The Clarks. Learn creative techniques for writing your own songs. With more than 25 years of experience writing powerful pop songs for The Clarks and commercial jingles for radio and TV, Greg brings a deep understanding of what it takes to write memorable hooks, riffs and lyrics. The interactive workshop, on Thurs., Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in WYEP’s Community Broadcast Center, will take you through the creative process of writing a song and how to turn a great idea into a memorable song. Participants are asked to bring their acoustic guitar or keyboard, notepad and portable recorder (if you have one). Tickets for the event will be $60 for members and $75 for nonmembers. A limited amount of participants will be accepted into the workshop, so reserve your ticket now! Find out more about Education Seminar: Songwriter's Studio » |
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| February 3, 2013 |
WYEP's 13th Annual Alternative Souper BowlWYEP invites you to enjoy local music and help tackle hunger in our community. Our 13th annual Alternative Souper Bowl is a free event that features a live broadcast with local artists.Broken Fences The Deceptions The Billy Price Band ...and a special performance by the Pitt Repertory Theatre Please bring a non-perishable donation for HEARTH, a local shelter for displaced women and their children. This event is free and open to the public, and portions will be broadcast live on 91.3fm WYEP. Donation Needs at HEARTHNon-food:Diapers sizes 3 and up Food:Ketchup Find out more about WYEP's 13th Annual Alternative Souper Bowl » |
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| February 14, 2013 |
Inspire Speaker Series: Breathe Easy - Healthy Places & Indoor Air QualityJoin Green Building Alliance (GBA) and Phipps Conservatory for the INSPIRE SPEAKER SERIES! Each event welcomes motivational local and national guest speakers on the second Thursday of each month. These experienced and inspiring speakers will present on a variety of topics that we can all apply to our schools, businesses and communities. February's event features Steve Ashkin ("The Father of Green Cleaning") and local guest Vivian Loftness (nationally recognized author, speaker and CMU professor). To register for the event, visit the Green Building Alliance site. Find out more about Inspire Speaker Series: Breathe Easy - Healthy Places & Indoor Air Quality » |
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| February 23, 2013 |
Green GatheringsBehind the Wheel: Options for Greener Driving A FREE event to help you navigate your choices. You are in the driver's seat and our Green Gatherings series wants to be your copilot for a greener ride. Congress just reestablished tax credits for consumers purchasing biodiesel, natural gas and other vehicles that run on fuels other than standard gasoline and businesses putting in infrastructure to support alternative fuels. Join The Allegheny Front Environmental Radio program, 90.5 WESA and 91.3 WYEP as we navigate the choices along with experts from Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities, Growth Through Energy & Community Health (GTECH) Strategies, Fossil Free Fuel and Baum Boulevard Automotive. Baum Boulevard Auto will host the event, and test rides will be available on site. We'll also be serving tasty treats drinks in the lobby, which doubles as an old-time radio museum! Sign Up for this free event now! |
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| March 6, 2013 |
Inaugural Just Jazz Benefit ConcertJoin Familylinks and Honorary Chair Chuck Sanders for the inaugural Just Jazz concert presented by BNY Mellon Jazz on March 6, 2013. |
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| March 14, 2013 |
Inspire Speaker Series: Food For Big Thoughts: Eat & Live HealthyJoin Green Building Alliance (GBA) and Phipps Conservatory for the INSPIRE SPEAKER SERIES! Each event welcomes motivational local and national guest speakers on the second Thursday of each month. These experienced and inspiring speakers will present on a variety of topics that we can all apply to our schools, businesses and communities. The meeting in March features National Guest Stephen Ritz (Educator, TED Speaker, & Healthy Food Advocate) & his students from the South Bronx. To register for the event, visit the Green Building Alliance site. Find out more about Inspire Speaker Series: Food For Big Thoughts: Eat & Live Healthy » |
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| March 20, 2013 |
Fred Rogers Good Neighbor DayThe United Way of Allegheny County will honor the life and work of Pittsburgh icon Fred Rogers with their 3rd annual Fred Rogers Good Neighbor Day. On March 20th, (what would have been Mister Rogers' 85th birthday!) his legacy will be celebrated with sweater drives, community art projects, and and a special evening of awards at the Children's Museum. Join WYEP in Market Square on Wednesday, March 20 from 11:30am - 1pm for a live performance by Neighbours, along with fun and surprises. For more information, please visit the United Way's Fred Rogers Good Neighbor Day page. |
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| March 23, 2013 |
14th Annual D-JamRock the night away and fight to end hunger at this fundraiser benefitting the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. David Tauberg and theCAUSE will host this benefit show at Frankie’s in Squirrel Hill on March 23rd, which also features raffles, door prizes, and auctions. |
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| April 12, 2013 |
Warhol Sound Series: DeerhoofThe Warhol welcomes back the original and innovative indie-noise/pop group, Deerhoof. The ensemble boasts eleven self-produced albums since emerging in ’94 in San Francisco. Uniquely able to embrace and deconstruct traditional “pop” conventions, the band has been consistently hailed by a variety of press, such as the NY Times declaring them "one of the most original rock bands to have come along in the last decade,” and FILTER stating "Deerhoof can walk into any musical territory and make it their own." Current members are Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier. The high energy rhythms and melodic hooks of the Brooklyn-based ensemble, People Get Ready, open the show. |
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| May 4, 2013 |
Re(imagiNATION): The Sound of Pittsburgh's FutureCheck out the future of Pittsburgh's music and arts scene at Re(imagiNATION) on Saturday, May 4 at Schenley Plaza. Teens from WYEP's Re(imagine) Media, our youth-led media and advocacy program, are organizing the music and arts festival showcasing high school talent. The free concert starts at 4 p.m.
Music:The Options: Shannon Drew, Jake Leya, Matt Bauman and Zack Leya. Dustin Carpenter: Dustin Carpenter, Darius Hays, Griffin Epps and Brandon Agguire. The Actions: Neil McGuire, Marty Slovonic, Gavin Carnahan and Luke Padezan. Basement Party: Billy Simmons, Derek Kalanish, Ethan Gottschall, Jake Krepley, and Cal Tarasi.
Art:Alisa Pugacheva Dennis Doyle Shelby Huebner Alicia Mastroianni Kayla Jade Keefer Gianna Caparelli Sarah Trobee Katherine Mills Hannah Shoemaker
Music judges:Brian McLeod Art judges:Jody Shell
Re(imagine) Media brings together high school students interested in media creation to work on the projects they care most about. Students have worked on videos, concert and album reviews and podcasts. Re(imagiNATION) started as a way to give high schoolers a platform to showcase their art and music and to give the Re(imagine) Media students practice with event planning.
Find out more about Re(imagiNATION): The Sound of Pittsburgh's Future » |
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| May 9, 2013 |
Inspire Speaker Series: Defying Boundaries - Integrating Sustainability PracticesJoin Green Building Alliance (GBA) and Phipps Conservatory for the INSPIRE SPEAKER SERIES! Each event welcomes motivational local and national guest speakers on the second Thursday of each month. These experienced and inspiring speakers will present on a variety of topics that we can all apply to our schools, businesses and communities. May's event features David Orr (Author, Healthy Building Pioneer, Environmental Education Expert & Distinguished Professor at Oberlin College.) To register for the event, visit the Green Building Alliance site. |
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| May 20, 2013 |
Live & Direct Volume 15 Release PartyWYEP invites you to the CD launch party of our Live & Direct Volume 15 CD - a compilation of some of the best live studio sessions at WYEP in the past year. This year's complilation includes Andrew Bird, The Punch Brothers, Rufus Wainwright, The Wallflowers and more! To celebrate the launch of this CD, Josh Ritter will perform a benefit concert for WYEP on Monday, May 20 at the Byham Theater. Bill Deasy will be the special guest. Tickets are available now! Live & Direct Volume 15 Track Listing: Punch Brothers "Movement & Location" |
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| June 4, 2013 |
Art of Listening: Creating Oral HistoriesDiscover the craft of story-telling and use your skills to produce an oral history. Brian Siewiorek, WYEP's Production Director, and Erika Beras, WESA's Behavioral Health Reporter, will offer an hour-long workshop on how to create an oral history. You'll learn about effectively interviewing a subject and how to draw out their stories. As part of the class you'll get a chance to create an oral history in the WYEP studio in a one-on-one session with Brian or Erika. Come to "The Art of Listening: Creating Oral Histories" on Tuesday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 for members and $60 for non-members. Find out more about Art of Listening: Creating Oral Histories » |
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| June 17, 2013 to June 23, 2013 |
North Side Sandwich WeekCelebrate signature sandwiches during the Second Annual Northside Sandwich Week at Northside restaurants and pubs. Look for the Sandwich Week banner at participating restaurants. Stop in and chow down, then vote online for your favorite! Try all of the sandwiches at the Northside Sandwich Sampler on Thursday, June 20th from 6-9pm at the Allegheny Elks Lodge #339 in Historic Deutschtown, just half a mile from PNC Park. Sample each one, vote for your favorite, and help select the next Northside Sandwich King or Queen! Morning Mix co-host Joey Spehar is one of 2013's Celebrity Judges! $25 gets you samples of every Sandwich Week sandwich, two (2) Penn Brewery beers and dessert! Must be 21 to consume alcohol. Soft drinks may be substituted for beer. This is a smoke-free event. |
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| June 20, 2013 |
Northside Sandwich Week Sandwich SamplerCelebrate signature sandwiches during the Second Annual Northside Sandwich Week at Northside restaurants and pubs. Look for the Sandwich Week banner at participating restaurants. Stop in and chow down, then vote online for your favorite. WYEP's Joey Spehar is a celebrity judge! Find out more about Northside Sandwich Week Sandwich Sampler » |
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| June 20, 2013 |
Mad RaptureThird Thursdays at WYEP are a monthly happy hour featuring a performance from Pittsburgh’s best local musicians. Local support for Third Thursdays @ WYEP is provided by: East End Food Co-Op, Phil Hilf of the Monroeville Office of Waddell and Reed, Rivertowne Brewing, and UPMC. |
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| June 25, 2013 |
InnerBeat Drum School at WYEPDiscover your rhythm with InnerBeat Drum School at the WYEP Community Broadcast Center. Children and adults of all ages are welcomed to come learn how to drum with a qualified local drum teacher, George Guest, the owner and drum teacher of InnerBeat. He offers his energetic classes to students of all ages--he'll work with anyone willing to learn. Drum classes can be a good summer enrichment activity for kids and adults. They're also cheaper than you think, just pay for the lessons and the equipment package. George is offering two 7-week courses, one for kids ages 6 to 12 and one for teens and adults. Both 40-minute weekly classes start at 10 a.m. The young kids class starts on Tuesday, June 25 and meets weekly on Tuesday until August 6. The teen and adult class starts on Wednesday, June 26 and meets weekly on Wednesdays until August 7. The 7-week course costs $125 for WYEP members and $150 for nonmembers. The equipment package costs $60 and includes a practice pad, lesson book and drumsticks. Payments for lessons and equipment should be made at the InnerBeat website, find the WYEP 2013 Summer Class webpage. Class sizes will range from 5 to 15 students. Missed classes will not be refunded, there are no make-up lessons.
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| June 28, 2013 |
Kid's Area at WYEP's 16th Annual Summer Music FestivalWYEP's 16th Annual Summer Music Festival will be held Friday, June 28th at Schenley Plaza. The festival is a free summer music concert, complete with kids activities and an indie craft marketplace. In addition to our great lineup of Anders Osborne, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Jesse Dee, and the Neighbours, we're planning an exciting, fun-filled Kid's Area. The Kid's Area will be filled with interactive activities from a variety of Pittsburgh organizations from museums to outdoors groups to dance groups to music organizations. Here is a list of the groups bringing kids activities: The Andy Warhol Museum --collage acetate Assemble --geometry activity Bricolage --Foley sound effect generators Carnegie Library --crafts and ukulele playing CCFA Team Challege --balloon artist E.L.F. Entertainment --moon bounce Hear Me --Hear Me activities Hip Hop on LOCK --CD turntable and open mic Josh and Gab --antibullying concert Literary Arts Boom (LAB) --Pittsburgh poems activity The Mattress Factory --button making Philippine-American Performing Arts of Greater Pittsburgh --dance performance and demonstrations Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy --hands-on climate change and park health activity Pittsburgh Zoo --mascots and chalk art The Sprout Fund --Knit the Bridge and Touch ART Steel Town Fire --fire dancing Texture Ballet --performance and ballet lessons Venture Outdoors --bike bowling and button making
Find out more about Kid's Area at WYEP's 16th Annual Summer Music Festival » |
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| June 28, 2013 |
WYEP's 16th Annual Summer Music FestivalWYEP's 16th Annual Summer Music Festival will be held Friday, June 28th at Schenley Plaza. The festival is a free summer music concert, complete with kids activities and an indie craft marketplace. This year's lineup includes: This year's Kids and Crafters area expands beneath the trees across from the Plaza and in front of Carnegie Library, starting at 4pm. For more information about the fun activities coming to the Kids area, visit the Kids area event page. Local crafters from I Made It! Market (http://imadeitmarket.com/) set up shop for the crowds at the festival. Guests can shop for handmade crafts that support community and non-profit groups. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public, so participants are urged to grab a blanket, get comfortable and enjoy live music and activities on the lawn of Schenley Plaza. The free music at Schenley Plaza continues throughout the summer with WYEP's Final Fridays! This year's Final Fridays feature: July 26 Bike it, baby! This year our friends at Bike Pgh! will be on-site at all four events with bike valet services!
WYEP's Summer Music Festival and Final Fridays are provided in part by Dollar Bank and Port Authority.
Find out more about WYEP's 16th Annual Summer Music Festival » |
