Rick Handler
Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Fort Ligonier Days commemorates the battle of Fort Ligonier, fought in 1758 as part of the “French and Indian War.” The three day festival (running through tomorrow) features a plethora of history, food, crafts and entertainment. At the Fort itself you’ll find reenactors…
Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Joe Negri, who played “Handyman Negri” on “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” TV show, is a fantastic jazz guitar player, known as one of the finest guitarists in the nation, is performing with friends Tony DePis (bass), Thomas Wendt (drums) and Maureen Budway (vocalist) at the first cafe-style…
Neil Young and Crazy Horse to the Petersen Events Center by storm in their concert Tuesday night. Young and Crazy Horse played a tight, twelve song set that left the diverse crowd well-satisfied. The majority of the songs were from Young’s soon to be released album, Psycheic Pill, which he recorded with Crazy Horse. Young has always been one of…
Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Engelbert Humperdinck, who was born Arnold George Dorsey in India, and moved to England as a child of ten, will sing his hits including After the Lovin, Release Me, The Last Waltz at The Palace Theatre tonight. 8 p.m. Greensburg. 2) Margaret Cho, American comedian (also…
Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Lions and tigers and bears, and free admission to the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, oh my! Allegheny County RADical Days gets you and yours into the zoo today for FREE. There will be musical groups playing at Water’s Edge Pavilion. Performances start at 11…
Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Plein Air Mt. Lebanon: A Neighborhood Celebration of the Arts. “En Plein air” is a French term that translates to “in open air” and has come to mean the act of painting outdoors. Twenty-five top Western PA professional painters have painted outdoor Mt. Lebanon scenes over the last few days…
Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) BLONDIE, a 1970s-1980s pop/New Wave/punk band out of NYC, is rockin’the PalaceTheatre in Greensburg tonight. Featuring former Playboy bunny, blond-haired singer Deborah Harry rode the charts with hits like Call Me, Heart of Glass, The Tide is High, One Way or Another. Another Blondie hit, “Rapture,”…