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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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