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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.…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 6, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The “material girl” Madonna takes the stage tonight at the Consol Energy Center. Her shows always entertain and contain a combination of great music and quirky outrageousness. Madonna rose to fame on songs like “Lucky Star,” “ a Virgin,” “Vogue,” “ a Prayer.” She is touring in support of…

Cool Picks Monday November 5, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) As we prepare for the winter season here in Pittsburgh, we can be thankful that we don’t live in the harsh conditions found in the Arctic. The Carnegie Science Center is currently showing the IMAX film”To The Arctic.” The movie showcases a mother…

Cool Picks Sunday November 4, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The McCoury Band (bluegrass) play the American Mountain Theater in Elkins, West Virginia. The concert has not been postponed despite all of the snow that fell in the mountains here this past week. Nothing like some great guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle and bass music to lift…

Cool Picks Saturday November 3, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Mozart’s opera, Don Giovanni takes the stage at the Benedum tonight. Don Giovanni is a tale of an Italian r with many conquests who is undone by his own behavior. Sung in Italian with English texts projected above the stage, it was originally premiered…

Cool Picks Friday November 2, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Clowns, elephants, tigers, horses, hoops, trapeze artists, three rings all add up to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has pulled into town, performing their latest version of their classic circus, “Fully Charged.” Circus is in town thru Sunday.…

Cool Picks November 1, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Keb’ Mo,’ singer/songwriter/guitarist, is a magical musician who dabbles in a corner of music that includes blues, soul and country. His work has garnered him multiple Grammy Awards in blues and country categories, including a W.C. Handy Award (acoustic blues/Album of the Year, 1995).  Mo’ collaborated with Martin…

Cool Picks Wednesday October 31, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Super group Asia is in playing “the burgh” tonight. Asia is made up of British rockers John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer. The band enjoyed big success in the 1980s with songs “Heat of the Moment,” ” Sole Survivor,” and “Only Time Will…

Cool Picks Tuesday October 30, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Stomp is making some noise at the Benedum Center. A percussion masterpiece that turns the ordinary into the extraordinary, Stomp shows that beautiful sounds and music can be made from everyday objects (garbage can lids, hubcaps, Zippo lighters, matchboxes, brooms, etc.). The award-winning…

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