Tonight are the penultimate Summer Porch Concerts. We have five amazing performances lined up – – please thank our musicians for sharing their time and talent with the neighborhood! And as always, please wear masks and stay at least 6 feet from people not from your household so that everyone can enjoy the music safely and comfortably.

Renata and Friends

6311 Jackson St.

Renata Nelson (mandolin and guitar of Glass Run Gals) will be performing with Henry Gonzalez (guitar) and Paul Nelson (violin) to play some classics from a variety of genres.

Brazilian Jazz Duo

6536 Jackson St

This duo includes Lilly Abreu (vocal) and Eric Susoeff (guitar). Lilly is from Rio de Janeiro and have been living in Highland Park since 2014. She teaches Voice at Carnegie Mellon and sings with the Pittsburgh Opera. She will be performing some of the gems of Brazilian and Latin Jazz, in Portuguese and Spanish, with Eric Susoeff on guitar. They will also be live streaming their performance on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/2LcKPvAGC?ti=ia

The Grubbs with special guest guitarist Teddy Pantelas

1033 Portland St

The Grubbs are professional jazz musicians who comprise ⅔ of the Tania Grubbs Quintet. https://taniagrubbs.com/ This week they will be joined by special guest guitarist Teddy Pantelas.

Jonathan Callard & 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

The Funky Fly Project joined by Colonel Eagleburgre’s Highstepping Goodtime Band

5718 Callowhill St

The Funky Fly Project is a Jazz/Funk band featuring four talented young men who have all grown up in Pittsburgh’s East End. This week they are joined by Colonel Eagleburgre’s Highstepping Goodtime Band, ragtag avant garde marching band that rocks!

The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) is hosting a Neighborways Summit on September 30th, 2020 at 6pm to introduce its MoveForwardPGH rapid implementation program and to update the community on DOMI’s new traffic calming tool, the Neighborway. Through the use of traffic calming measures, Neighborways improve connections to existing bike routes, create safer environments for bicyclists and pedestrians, reduce vehicle collisions and speeding, and have minimal impact on parking. 

This meeting will introduce the community to: the MoveForwardPGH program, explain what a Neighborway is and what traffic calming infrastructure it can include, why Neighborways are selected for certain streets, and updates about ADA modifications being included in Neighborway designs.  

Included in this email is a PDF fact sheet about the Neighborway Program. Please share it and the meeting link with any residents interested in attending this meeting. 

Also, to learn more about the current Neighborway projects that have been proposed for Pittsburgh, please visit https://moveforwardpgh.org/projects/ or click on the individual project links below:

• Reynolds St traffic calming “Neighborway” and FAQs
• N. Euclid “Neighborway” and FAQs
• Bloomfield-Friendship “Neighborway” and FAQs
• South Side “Neighborway”

You can register for the Neighborways Summit here on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkfuuhqjgrEtJI7GB6wiP9OmnySQCnrP7E  

Apologies for the late notice!  The September Community Meeting will be virtual. Please join us on Zoom.  Please register online using the following link. You will get an email with the actual meeting link.  Looking forward to ‘seeing’ everyone!

Agenda:

1. Zone 5 Update
2. Miscellaneous City Projects Updates (Reservoir Drive, N. Euclid Neighborway, East Liberty Bike Lanes)
3. Garbage Olympics
4. Super Duper Playground Project Update
5. Membership Committee Update 
6. Brainstorm with community about ideas for social events this fall (Halloween, Thanksgiving, other)

What: September HPCC Community Meeting  

When: September 17, 2020 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.

There are only three evenings of concerts left in our Summer Porch Concert series so get out and enjoy them while you can! Please wear masks and keep at least 6 feet from people not from your household. It can be easy to let your guard down when you’re enjoying music and being social with neighbors, but a few people have raised concerns that not everyone is following safety guidelines and we want everyone to be able to enjoy the shows safely and comfortably.  And as always, show our musicians lots of love!  Map attached.

Tom Roberts: music, poetry, and silent films!

5434 Avondale Place

From 6:00 until 7:30ish, internationally acclaimed pianist and Emmy award winning composer Tom Roberts will perform live Tango, Calypso, Venezuelan waltzes, Ragtime, Stride, New Or-Yinz piano!  He’ll also wind up his vintage Victrola record player and curate original 78 rpm recordings from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.  Also interspersed will be poetry readings by Gail Langstroth and Yona Harvey.  For the grand finale at dusk (7:45ish) Tom will perform his celebrated Charlie Chaplin Silent Picture show playing LIVE to three short films: The Pawn Shop (1916 – 25 mins), The Rink (1916 – 30 mins), and Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914 – 11 mins).

Uptown Quartet

830 N Euclid Ave.

The Uptown Quartet will reunite for this event, and we can’t wait to share our music with you!! Featuring guitarist Jon Bañuelos, flutist/saxophonist Erik Lawrence, percussionist Jeff Berman, and vocalist Carolina Loyola-Garcia, the quartet will play flamenco and Latin American music.  

Tania & Jeff Grubbs: 2 Basses & Voice

1033 Portland St.

The Grubbs are professional jazz musicians who comprise ⅔ of the Tania Grubbs Quintet.  https://taniagrubbs.com/  This week they will be joined by special guest six string electric virtuoso Tony Grey.

Funky Fly Project 

This week at 1123 Portland 

The Funky Fly Project is a Jazz/Funk band featuring four talented young men who have all grown up in Pittsburgh’s East End.  Two are Highland Parkers and three of the boys got their start in music right here in the neighborhood at The Dilworth Traditional Academy.  The FFP have played music venues all over Pittsburgh and sometimes travel as far as Ohio, Chicago, and South Carolina.  

Jonathan Callard & 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  

Last week, Mayor Peduto announced the launch of ForgingPGH, the first-ever citywide comprehensive land use plan for the city of Pittsburgh. The Department of City Planning is leading this effort to set a vision and plan for the city for the next 20 years.

To get involved in the development of the plan, please visit: https://forgingpgh.org/get-involved/.

An online workshop is now open for participation: https://engage.pittsburghpa.gov/forgingpgh. From now until October 1, participants can identify locations on a map where they would like to see certain land uses (employment centers, open space, affordable housing, etc.) developed or preserved. The markers on the map will help shape the comprehensive land use plan, and in turn, the city’s future growth.