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Cool Picks Friday November 16, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Hey everybody, it’s Light Up Night Pittsburgh 2012, one of the region’s biggest free events. There are three stages full of musical groups: Market Square, Clemente Bridge and EQT Plaza, starting at 5 p.m.  Artists include: Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Kenny Blake Quartet and…

Cool Picks Thursday November 15, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) KC and the Sunshine Band (from Miami, Florida) are bringing their classic dance grooves including: “That’s The Way I It,”  “Get Down Tonight,” “I’m You’re Boogie Man,”  “Give It Up” to the stage of  Greensburg’s Palace Theatre . 7:30 p.m. 21 W. Otterman…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 14, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) South Side Stories is not a new Rick Sebak documentary or a WDVE Morning Show skit  it is writer/actor Tami Dixon’s new one-woman show which just opened at the City Theatre. Dixon spent two years gathering neighborhood stories from South Side natives about working in…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 13, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Jakob Dylan’s (Bob Dylan’s son) band, The Wallflowers are playing a concert at Carnegie Library Music Hall. Jakob Dylan’s musical sound has been influenced by his dad, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. The Wallflowers are touring in support…

Cool Picks Monday November 12, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society presents Takacs Quartet with Marc-Andre Hamelin.  The classical music concert will highlight works by Schubert, Britten and Shostakovich. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 4400 Fifth Ave. 2) The Three Rivers Film Festival continues with movies today at…

Cool Picks Sunday November 11, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Who’s “Quadrophenia” is a rock opera and film that chronicles the running lives and battles between two rival English groups, the “mods” versus the “rockers.” In the movie, the “mod” character (Ace-Face) is played by musician Sting.  The Quadrophenia album produced many hits for the band including “The Real…

Cool Picks Saturday November 10, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Artist and fashion illustrator Cindy Engler is showcasing her beautiful art creations in the Fashion to Passion 3 “pop-up” art show in Sewickley this weekend. Engler has painted a fantastic series in oil paints of fashionably dressed “rock ‘n’ roll women.” When asked where the inspiration…

Cool Picks Friday November 9, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Chicago just arrived in Pittsburgh last night, the musical that is. In the story, housewife and dancer Roxie Hart kills her departing on-the-side r as he threatens to end the relationship. She tries to beat the wrap by hiring a slick criminal attorney and…

Cool Picks Thursday November 8, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are bringing their wall-of-rock sound to Jergel’s Rhythm Grille tonight. The band features a New Jersey rock sound complimented by a talented horn section. “Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes” are known for songs  “Trapped Again,” “Talk…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 7, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) There’s a “bluegrass jam” happening with the Shelf Life String Band at the North Side’s Park House. Yuengling pints are $2 until 12 a.m.  There’s a complimentary one for joining in the jam, so bring along your instrument. No cover; free peanuts + free popcorn, “oh boy!” 9 p.m.-midnight.…

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