Welcome to week four of the HP porch concert season!
This week features:

The Highland Park Mini Band

1112 N. Highland Ave

The Bogen family will be singing and performing eclectic music from traditional folk and gospel, to a real mix of band members’ favorites like Gillian Welch, Bob Dylan, and Lyle Lovett.  They will be playing uke, banjo, bass, and guitar.  

Oak Tree Baroque Trio

 951 Wellesley Road

• Jeremy Black, violin                         
• Jenny Steele, flute
• David Sogg, bassoon

All three are Pittsburgh Symphony musicians. They will play Baroque chamber music by Bach, Handel, and others.

Please join these great musicians and your neighbors for some sweet summer music,

See you on Sunday, June 27 from 7 – 8 P.M.!

Welcome to week three of the HP porch concert season!
June 20  7-8 P.M.
This week features:

Jonathan Callard and Friends

5811 Stanton Ave.

Jonathan is a professionally-trained vocalist who’ll be playing acoustic guitar & singing an eclectic mix from folk, pop, gospel, and other genres. http://www.jonathancallard.com/blog

So, come on down and celebrate Fathers’ Day with Jonathan’s tunes!

See you There!

The HPCC recently learned that the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s new draft master plan includes a new 6-story apartment building at the corner of N. Sheridan and East Liberty Blvd. The HPCC supports many of the goals and other elements in the proposed master plan, but we are concerned that this building does not fit the scale of the adjacent residential properties. There was limited public engagement on the plan over two years ago and now it is going before the Planning Commission. Although the Seminary is in East Liberty, it is directly adjacent to the Highland Park neighborhood. We are distributing this information to ensure that neighbors in both East Liberty and Highland Park are aware of this proposal and can submit testimony about it, if they choose. If the plan is approved by the Planning Commission, it’s our understanding that the Seminary will be able to move forward with this building without additional public input.

To see the entire proposal, visit:

• https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/redtail/images/14561_DCP-MPZC-2019-00584_Pittsburgh_Theological_Seminary_IMP.pdf
  • Details of the proposed apartment building begin on page 31

The Seminary presented this plan to the Planning Commission 6/15/21; the meeting can be viewed online: https://pittsburghpa.gov/dcp/planning-commission

The public can provide testimony to the Planning Commission in the next two weeks by:

• Sending a letter to 200 Ross St., 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219.  Mailed testimony must be received by Friday, June 25; cite DCP-MPZC-2019-00584
• Emailing planningcommission@pittsburghpa.gov before noon Monday, June 28
• Attending the Zoom public meeting at 1 pm Tuesday, June 29: Webinar ID is 882 7511 3502
  • Attend via Zoom and use the “raise your hand” function to speak:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88275113502 ; or 
  • Call 301-715-8592 & use the “raise your hand” function by pressing *9

Join us for the HPCC’s Annual Business Meeting.  The meeting will be held via Zoom. In addition to updates from Zone 5, there will be updates from HPCC’s Finance and Membership Committees, plus the opportunity to vote on the HPCC’s officers for next year and three of the nine board members. The slate includes:

• Officers (no proposed changes)
  • President:  Stephanie Walsh

• Vice President: Betsy Rogerson
• Treasurer:  Howard Degenholtz
• Secretary: Judy Beck

• Board seats:
  • Kathleen Paola
  • Becky Marinov
  • Justin Bhagat

We look forward to seeing you! 

What: June  HPCC Community Meeting  

When: June 17, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

You MUST Register in advance for this meeting by clicking this link.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Note: You may also receive an invitation via the Highland Park ListServ.  Please only register once.

Welcome to week two of the HP porch concerts,

This week’s lineup is:

June 13, 2021, 7 – 8 P.M.

Lilly Abreu and Eric Susoeff

•  6536 Jackson Street
• Brazilian Jazz Porch Concert featuring Brazilian songstress Lilly Abreu and guitarist Eric Susoeff
• note: Lilly & Eric will be performing from 6 – 8 PM – stop by early for extra music!
• Face Painting: Lilly and Eric will be joined by Rikki The Painter who will be providing free face painting!

Jonathan Callard and Friends

• 5811 Stanton Ave.
• Jonathan is a professionally-trained vocalist who’ll be playing acoustic guitar & singing an eclectic mix from folk, pop, gospel, and other genres. http://www.jonathancallard.com/blog

Shrink Wrap

• 1423 N. Euclid Ave.
•  pared down version of band playing little blues, funk, country, and rock (something for everyone)

Michael Stang

• 5824 Bryant Street
• Mike Stang of “Fun Facts” acoustically playing their original tunes and some covers.

Ken Karsh:

•  5906 Callowhill Street
• Solo Jazz Guitar and Guitar with live loop recording.

See you there!