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Cool things to do in the Pittsburgh region

Cool Picks Wednesday November 28, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Buddy Valastro, star of TLC’s TV show “Cake Boss,” brings his Homemade for the Holidays Tour to the stage of the Benedum Center. Valastro will entertain you with family tales and traditions, straight from Carlo’s Bakery in Hoben, New Jersey.  Along with all of the fun, he’ll demonstrate…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 27, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Oklahoma native, American Idol  champion, multiple Grammy and American Music award winner Carrie Underwood graces the stage at Consol Energy Center as part of her “Blown Away Tour.” Underwood is known for songs: “Alone,” “Jesus Take the Wheel,” “I Told You So.”  Hunter Hayes opens the…

Cool Picks Monday November 26, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day!  1) Gwar can be described as a very heavy metal band with elaborate horror and science fiction costumes, masks, and props. Their songs are often composed of obscene lyrics. Their stage performances contain humorous politically and morally deficient themes and acts.  Their album titles are…

Cool Picks Sunday November 25, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Brian Setzer Orchestra are in town tonight as part of their 2012 Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza tour. Setzer is a multi-Grammy, award-winning, innovative musician. He revived the rockabilly genre in the 1980s with “Stray Cats” and brought back swing music with his orchestra in the 1990s. …

Cool Picks Saturday November 24, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Jingle Bell Rock is happening tonight at Rivers Casino. Featured performers are Eddie Money (a former New York City cop turned musician, who rose to success with the song “Two Tickets to Paradise;” Winter, best known for the jams “Frankenstein” and “Free Ride;”…

Cool Picks Friday November 23, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) With all the early, early morning “Black Friday” shopping specials, “Happy Hour” can come early today too. If you started work (shopping) early, like 4 a.m., then your “Happy Hour” would start at, say, noon. Maybe have lunch at  Walnut Grove, Applebee’s, or Chili’s (most of…

Cool Picks November 22 (Thanksgiving), 2012

The Entertainment Central team wish you and yours a joyous and blessed Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a day for all of us to count our blessings no matter how big or small they are. A day to give thanks together no matter what way we choose to worship or not worship. It’s a day of hope and fellowship;…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 21, 2012

Cool Picks Brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Music royalty is in town tonight. B.B. King, the “King of the Blues,”and his bed guitar “Lucille” are playing the Benedum Center.  The multiple Grammy award- winning artist is known for hits “The Thrill is Gone,” “Sweet Sixteen,”  and the album he recorded…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 20, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Citizen Cope (Clarence Greenwood) is in concert tonight at the Byham Theater. Citizen Cope brings his distinctive harmonic voice and couples it with great rock, soul, blues and folk influences for a rich melodic sound. Best know for songs “Bullet & A Target,”  “Son’s Gonna…

Cool Picks Monday November 19, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) SpacePlace is a cool new exhibit that has just opened at the Carnegie Science Center. SpacePlace simulates what it feels like to be an astronaut through its exhibits: Zero-G Climbers–strap into climbing gear and scale a zero gravity climbing wall while completing a simple task; Micro-G Simulator–complete real-life…

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