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Cool Picks

Cool things to do in the Pittsburgh region

Cool Picks Wednesday June 27, 2012

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…

Cool Picks Tuesday June 26, 2012

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 &…

Cool Picks Monday June 25, 2012

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.…

Cool Picks Sunday June 24, 2012

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…

Cool Picks Saturday June 23, 2012

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.…

Cool Picks Friday June 22, 2012

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…

Cool Picks Thursday June 21, 2012

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.…

Cool Picks Wednesday June 20, 2012

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…

Cool Picks Tuesday June 19, 2012

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…

Cool Picks Monday June 18, 2012

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…

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