Rick Handler
1) If you see “fins to left and fins to the right” you are either out in the ocean or at a Jimmy Buffet Concert. The later is happening tonight as Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band sail their Lounging at the Lagoon Tour 2012 into town. Flocks of Parrotheads are migrating south to First…
1) Watershed, a high energy rock band from our neighbors to the west, Columbus, Ohio, rocks out Club Cafe. Special guests are Erica Blinn. 8 pm show, South Side. 2) “Captain America : The First Avenger” is running free in Schenley Park. The movie starts at 8pm with a live pre-show concert from The Schrader Steel…
1) Roger Humphries, Pittsburgh’s internationally renowned jazz drummer, will be pulling out his tubs and heating up his skins as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trusts Jazz Live series. Agnes Katz Plaza , 5-7pm, Downtown. 2) Club Cafe, South Side presents Pey LaFarge & South City Three playing their rich of American music.. 3) Irish Ceili dancing at Mullaney’s Harp &…
1) Rising musician, Brandi Carlile, plays her hit song It Wasn’t Me and others at the Carnegie Library of Homestead Music Hall. Munhall, Show starts at 7:30 p.m. 2) Citiparks Farmers Market in East Liberty features icious fresh vegetables, fruits (check out their beautiful strawberries on our Home Page), honey, sweets and snacks. 3:30 to 7:30 pm. Penn Circle West.…
1) Anne Mullaney’s Friends for Haiti Block Party event is happening today at the Map Room in Regent Square from 5 to 10 pm. Proceeds from the event will be used to build a school in Haiti. Haitian Food, Haitian poetry readings and some Irish music (Ann Mullaney is the late owner of Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle in…
Went Phishing and said “Hi” to the Clarks. On the way to the Meadows to see Paul, encountered Cinderella and a Spector. No, this isn’t lost verses from Don McLean’s American Pie recording; with so many interesting names of the great entertainers in Pittsburgh tonight I couldn’t help putting them in a little verse. 1) Phish jams out First Niagara Pavilion in Burgettstown.…
1) A really cool free music event happens this evening, the 15th Annual WYEP Summer Music Festival. Concert highlights include on-the-rise national acts. The event begins with established local talent Donora at 6 pm, Great Lake Swimmers at 7:10 pm, Sharon Van Etten, 8:25 pm, and finishes with Dr. Dog at 9:45 pm. Dr. Dog has a hot song out now…
1) The Bachelor Casting Call is happening at Rivers Casino Banquet Space from 5-9 pm. Men and women can take a chance at being one of the contestants on an upcoming season of The Bachelor reality show on ABC (carried locally on WTAE, Channel 4). Must be over 21 years of age. All right, I admit I watch the show occasionally.…
1) Acoustic troubadour James Taylor will play some beautiful songs from his great catalog of hits. Show starts at 8 pm at Peterson Events Center on the Pitt campus. 2) Stage AE hosts power pop band Nada Surf in an intimate club setting style show. 3) Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Star band, though born out of the horrors of…
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