Rick Handler
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…
1) BNY Mellon presents Jazz Live in the Cultural District. Kenia performs a free show from 5-7 pm at Katz Plaza, 655 Penn Ave. Downtown. 2) “One Singular Sensation” is a great number from the CLO’s current production, A Chorus . A Chorus was written by the legendary Marvin Hamlish (who also conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Pops series). The play won…
1) Monday Bargain: $5 movie tickets, all day and night at the South Side Works Cinema. You can also receive deals at the concession stand: buy any size popcorn and get the same size fountain drink for free, $1 off all candy and fountain drinks, Kiddie combos only $2.50. There is an additional charge for…
1) Rich Engler, legendary Pittsburgh rock promoter and extra cool guy, brings part of his fascinating personal guitar collection to the Carnegie Science Center as part of the new Guitar exhibit. Engler has guitars signed by the top rock stars of the last thirty years. He will display his guitars, answer questions and discuss the concerts he has…
1) Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked the World opens tonight at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore. The show features over 60 guitars, hands-on interactive exhibits, performance audio and videos, photos and much . Tonight’s opening reception features some of Pittsburgh’s best rock musicians in an All-Star Acoustic Jam — Joe Grushecky of the Houserockers, Rick…
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