Stage AE Hosts Pittsburgh Rock ‘N Roll Legends Awards; Well-Traveled Jewel Performs at CHMH (Thurs., 4/28/16)

1) The new class of 2016 inductees for the Pittsburgh Rock ‘N Roll Legends Awards was announced earlier this year. The new members are: Joe Grushecky, Billy Price, promoter Pat DiCesare, The Skyliners, and longtime WDVE-FM DJ Sean McDowell. The Pittsburgh All-Star Band  will provide a musical backdrop for the evening, with members including Donnie Iris, Rick Witkowski, Hermie Granati, Ed Manion, and others. The evening also includes special tribute performances by The Clarks and Pure Gold. There will be an opportunity to see rock memorabilia and to bid on auction items. Benefits the Cancer Caring Center. Rock on! VIP 6 p.m., regular admissions 7 p.m. Stage AE, 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore.

2)  Jewel, one of America’s finest singer/songwriters, has—like her family—led an adventurous life. Her grandfather fled Switzerland to escape the Nazi movement, moved to the U.S. Territory of Alaska and like other homesteaders was granted 600 acres. Jewel was raised in the Alaska wilderness with no running water or heat (the family did have a coal stove to fight off the frigid Alaska weather), and would ride her horses under the midnight sun. Jewel started performing with her father as a musical duo at the tender young age of 8. She got a partial scholarship to Interlochen, a fine arts preprofessional boarding school in Michigan, where she studied operatic voice and learned to play the guitar. She raised $11,000 for the school by performing a show in a high school auditorium in her hometown of Homer, Alaska. Local businesses donated prizes to be auctioned off at the show. During spring break one year, she didn’t have anywhere to go, so she busked her way across the country by train with a guitar and a song. Then she hitchhiked to Cabo San Lucas with a large skinning knife for protection concealed in her belt. She wrote lyrics about things she saw while traveling, resulting in the song “Who Will Save Your Soul.” Jewel has maintained a semi-nomadic lifestyle (concert touring) over the years which has brought her to Pittsburgh this month.

Jewel has been nominated for Grammys several times and has sold over 27 million albums. She was married to legendary bull rider Ty Murray, but is now divorced.  She played June Carter Cash in the ’12 Lifetime network movie Ring of Fire, and also has authored eight books. Her songs include “You Were Meant for Me” and “Standing Still.” Will Hoge opens. 8 p.m. Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall

3) Mario’s East Side hosts Team Trivia Night every Thursday. Win, place, or show and your team will earn Mario’s gift certificates. Play against the Miller Lite Girls, and you could even win Miller Lite trinkets and giveaways! Feed your brain some chewy trivia and your stomach some delicious Mario’s food. 8 p.m. 5442 Walnut St., Shadyside.

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