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  • Third year at July 3 music party and finally participated in jamming · musicimprovisationPittsburghbluesold timeguitarukulelepianosingingIrish fluteLaura · Jul 3, 2014
  • Steel City Ukuleles: navigating a challenging playlist · musicukulelesingingSteel City UkulelesStevie WonderSimon and Garfunkel · Mar 19, 2014
  • Thoughts on returning to ukulele after almost two months off: returning to piano was the reason · musicpianoukulelesingingSteel City UkulelesMy Favorite Thingscookies · Mar 5, 2014
  • Steel City Ukuleles: a nice session on playing by ear · musicukulelesingingSteel City UkulelesBeatles · Nov 6, 2013
  • The biggest Pittsburgh Recorder Society meeting I have attended in two years!! · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghHalloweenrubber duckukulelesingingcookies · Oct 20, 2013
  • Steel City Ukuleles: back to plain good fun, including the cups song · musicukulelesingingSteel City UkulelesMister SandmanRubber DuckieCups · Oct 16, 2013
  • Was that a ukulele I heard in Frick Park? No, a cavaquinho · musicukulelerunningFrick ParkcavaquinhoPittsburgh · Oct 6, 2013
  • Performing with the Steel City Ukuleles at the Wilkins School Community Center Ecofest 2013: with videos · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent Squaresinging · Oct 5, 2013
  • Final rehearsal for my first ukulele gig: and some hard decisions about music in my life · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent SquaresingingrecorderPhipps ConservatoryFlanders Recorder Quartet · Oct 4, 2013
  • 9 things you could be doing in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 5 · PittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubchessprogrammingPerlPittsburgh Perl WorkshopRun ShadysiderunningukuleleSteel City UkulelesEcofestmusicragtimeLatin musicRegent SquarePodCamp PittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Step TrekSouth Side Slopes · Oct 4, 2013
  • Rubber Duckie and Steel City Ukuleles rehearsal · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent Squaresingingrubber duckRubber DuckiePittsburgh · Oct 2, 2013
  • An erhu player and a tuba player at a party said "Let's jam" · musiccookingimprovisationerhutubaflutemandolinukulele · Sep 28, 2013
  • First rehearsal for my first ukulele gig: dealing with anxiety · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent Squaresingingmarching bandballroom danceCarnegie Mellon Universityrecorderchess · Sep 26, 2013
  • Finally got a nice new ukulele: Mainland Classic Mahogany Concert · musicukuleleSteel City Ukuleles · Sep 23, 2013
  • My third meeting of the Steel City Ukuleles: finally ordered a new instrument · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent SquarePittsburghsinging · Sep 18, 2013
  • New goals for a new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Society · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghJohann Sebastian BachDieterich Buxtehudeukulele · Sep 15, 2013
  • My second meeting of the Steel City Ukuleles: why I already signed up to perform before being ready · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent SquarePittsburghsingingrecorder · Sep 4, 2013
  • Another unexpected life change: one month of learning to play ukulele · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesPittsburghRubySteel City RubyJim WeirichrecorderchessAprès un rêveviola da gambafluteJake Shimabukurobanjolelebanjo · Aug 23, 2013
  • Second year at July 3 music party: still only listening without playing · musicimprovisationPittsburghbluesold timeguitarukulelepianosingingflute · Jul 3, 2013
  • Oblivion obsession: time to start playing melodica! · tangoPiazzollamusicbossa novamelodicafluteIrish fluteukuleleaccordionguitarpianoHoliday Ballbossa novarecorder · Dec 2, 2012
  • Steel City Ruby Conf review: Part 1: It's About People · conferenceprogrammingPittsburghRubyintroversionshynessSteel City RubyJim Weirichukulele · Aug 22, 2012
  • Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet · PittsburghRun ShadysiderunningracesshoesFiveFingerspodcampCommuniTeachmusicrecorderukuleleaccordiontrumpetmelodicafermentation · Oct 1, 2011